Name: Hummus - Middle Eastern Chickpea Spread
Ingredients: 2 cn Chickpeas or garbanzo beans; 3 Cloves garlic; (3 to 4); 1/2 c Tahini (sesame seed butter); Juice of 1/2 lemon; 2 tb Tamari or strong soy sauce; 1/2 c Minced parsley

Now I know there are many dangers of striving for excellence. After all, haven’t we learned that Satan will take anything we do for good and seek to bring forth evil. We have been been taught, 2 Corinthians 2:11, to not be “ignorant of his schemes.” I know if we are not careful, a pursuit of excellence can lead to pride whereby we look down on others or desire to draw personal attention to ourselves or seek to be man-pleasers. I know it can lead to a reliance on our own strength and not God’s strength. I know it can lead to misplaced goals that believe the product is more important than the spiritual goals it aims to produce. I know it can lead to misplaced trust that excellence alone can somehow achieve God’s purposes. And I know it can lead to misplaced methods, looking to worldly techniques more than Scripture. I know all of these and now you do as well, but we can’t operate in fear as an excuse to excuse the behavior expected of us from the Lord.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Dips, Spreads	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	cn	Chickpeas or garbanzo beans
3		Cloves garlic; (3 to 4)
1/2	c	Tahini (sesame seed butter)
		Juice of 1/2 lemon
2	tb	Tamari or strong soy sauce
1/2	c	Minced parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

In a food processor or blender combine all ingredients at medium speed
until fairly smooth. The dip will be thick. Fold in the minced parsley.
Refrigerate to store. Can be served with pita or pocket bread or as a dip
with raw vegetables.
Note: Tahini is often available in natural food stores or gourmet shops.
"Natural" style peanut butter can be substi- tuted, if necessary. Tamari
can be purchased from natural food stores or in the Oriental foods section
of your grocery. Hummus is high in protein and fiber, with a pate-like
flavor.
Recipe by: diane@keyway.net
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 294 by "Diane Geary"
<diane@keyway.net> on Nov 23, 1997

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