Spinach Artichoke Hummus

Hey fools. Today I made several things so be prepared for several posts over the next several days. Yay! So me and mom love hummus, and then I watched this video talking about how store bought hummus wasn't real hummus so I decided to try to make some. This was awhile back, and what you will read today is my second attempt at making hummus. The basic recipe come from this website. The first one turned out really well. Here are the ingredients:

Just in case you can't read it all, it's:
A bunch of garlic
2 cups of chickpeas/garbanzo beans
Salt to taste
Something like 1/3 c. tahini
A good amount of lemon juice (~6 tbs)
2-4 tbs of leftover chickpea water or regular water
8-12 dashes of hot sauce or green taco sauce
~6 artichoke hearts
A handful of spinach

I usually use minced garlic, but if you have garlic cloves just throw a bunch of them (at least 4) into the food processor and mince before you add the rest of the stuff. This time I didn't add minced garlic because my cousin thinks it ruins hummus and I wanted him to be able to eat the stuff this time. I added garlic powder instead. I was a fool! ALWAYS ADD FRESH GARLIC. Otherwise it'll come out bland and you'll only have yourself to blame. As a side note, I found unopened garlic powder in my mom's cupboard. Who has unopened garlic powder? Only people who just bought it have an excuse because garlic powder is super handy. Except when you're making hummus.

Anyway, add all the ingredients into the food processor and puree the crap out of it.

Doesn't it look like I staged that beautiful picture for you? I didn't, artistic cooking comes natural to me. Stop laughing. You will occasionally have to scrape the sides to make it puree evenly. Also, takes it after every scrape because you will probably have to add more salt/garlic/water/artichokes. Artichokes are pretty salty themselves, but do not be afraid to add more salt anyway. If it is too thick, add just a bit more water. If it is too bland, add more salt and garlic and even more artichokes because they are freaking delicious and don't even try to deny it. If that doesn't work, add more hot/taco sauce.

As another side note, the green taco sauce was not my idea. The first batch I made was blandish because I didn't add hot sauce because I think hot sauce sucks. My mom pulled green taco sauce out of the fridge and had me add it and it is surprisingly not that terrible. So this is what your hummus will look like:

You may notice that the container it is going into is an old Sabro hummus container. It's a clever disguise for my delicious homemade hummus because Sabro hummus sucks so no one who doesn't know my secret will get into my hummus. Muwahahahaha. I hope your hummus turns out well, it's really easy and delicious and you can make any kind by simply adding your own favorite ingredients.