On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…

…A super simple hummus recipe!

But no. No true love for me. I don’t do the whole “love” thing. Imma independent lady!

On that note…although there is no “true love” for me, there is a truly lovely tasting and super easy to make hummus recipe for you! So get your blenders ready…

Low Fat Garlic Hummus

Yields: 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients:

• 1 14oz can rinsed and drained chickpeas
• 1 cup cauliflower, boiled or steamed until very very tender
• 2 tbs sesame tahini
• 1 tbs tamarind concentrate (or lemon juice)
• 1 tsp braggs liquid aminos
• 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp onion powder

Directions:

Blend until very smooth, scraping the sides of your food processor vessel as necessary. Serve with raw veggies. Or you know, just eat it with your fingers a spoon.

Not going to lie…this was one of the only successful things that I made in the kitchen today.

Here’s how it went…

Fail 1 – Shortbread. I wanted to make a simple shortbread cookie bar. So I went onto the Martha Stewart site and followed a recipe from there. I didn’t stray from the directions. I baked them for 50 minutes at 325F like the recipe said. And they were totally over baked. Effing bummer. *perhaps I should invest in an oven thermometer…*

Fail 2 – Brownies. And this one was totally my fault. I played around with the Deluxe Cocoa Brownie recipe from VCIYCJ. I recplaced the sugar with jaggery and stevia. I was going to replace only some of the fat with applesauce and use coconut oil for the rest …but. I forgot to put the oil in with the fat substitute. So not only did I replace half the fat with applesauce, which would make a brownie gummy anyways, I forgot the rest of the actual fat. Fail.

Well that was discouraging.

So I decided to go with something foolproof for supper as to not make me feel like a total failure. And my rule is…when in doubt, make pizza. The only thing is… I had not prepared any pizza dough.

So I just used one of these huge-ass pita breads.

Since I was using pita I thought…hey. Middle Eastern-flavoured pizza. Why not? Why not use up some of the hummus I made earlier? And I also had some left over gobi tikka mixture, so I spread that on the pizza as well. And it was good. Very, very good. And yes, I ate a slice of it. Cold. Later. Hours after dinner. Because I figured with the amount of exercise I did today (ie too much), I should probably get to at least 1000 calories. So I had a slice and am trying not to regret it.

Without further adieu, here be the recipe:

Gobi Pav-zza

Yields 6-8 slices

Ingredients:

• 1 very large pita bread (over 12″ in diameter) or 4 normal 6-8″ pitas (I use the Alwatan Pita from Breadko)
• 1/4 cup hummus (from the recipe above, or your favourite brand/recipe)
• 1/4 recipe gobi tikka patties

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 375F and get out a pizza pan.

Place your pita on the pan (no need to spray/grease)

Spread your hummus evenly across your pita with a rubber spatula.

Spread the gobi tikka mixture atop the hummus.

Bake for 15 minutes.

Munch.

On a side note. It’s national cocoa day! At least that’s what @foodimentary told me on the Twitter this morning. So I made this.

‘Tis a mint-chocolate frappe with cocoa tofu whipped “cream.” Totally. Yummy. And only 90 calories total.

Should I feel guilty? No.

Do I? Yum, yeah. But I’m trying to deal with the discomfort. And enjoy what I’m eating. Which proves to be tough. Let’s see how tomorrow goes (it’s WIAW!)

Submitted as a Wellness Weekend Post

Have any baking failures lately?

What do you do when you eff up a recipe?

Any holiday baking plans yet?