413806 Thu Jun 21 14:25:18 -0700 2007 6 31 Home Cooking 0 2682146 I just found my next sandwich spread - after I use up the stuff I have (a clone recipe for Rondele with cream cheese, italian dressing mix and garlic). From the ritz cracker site: Ingredients: 1 medium avocado, peeled, pitted and chopped 1 cup canned chick peas or chickpeas (garbanzo beans) 1/3 cup chopped onion 2 large cloves garlic, minced 3 Tbsp. lemon juice 1 tsp. hot pepper sauce 1 tsp. ground cumin 65 RITZ Crackers Preparation: PLACE all ingredients except crackers in blender or food processor container; cover. Blend until smooth. Place in serving bowl; cover. REFRIGERATE at least 1 hour to allow flavors to blend. www.nabiscoworld.com I can just taste this spread on a white flour tortilla with some lunch meat! I just happen to have an avocado in the fridge - how far sighted of me to have bought it! hehe Thu Jun 21 14:25:18 -0700 2007 91520 Bratdawg 1 2682414 Jeez! I have too many new foods to try right now! Just found the dried apples I'd been looking for in Alton Brown's Slow Cooker Pepper Pork Chops (current pork chop thread)...am also going to try the Grapefruit Tarragon Granite also recently posted...but now you post a title with 2 beloved words "Avocado" and "Hummus"...doh! How bad could it possibly be??? Please give a review when you can! Thu Jun 21 15:47:03 -0700 2007 2682146 11983 Val 2 2690029 Very good! Next time I will save the juice from the chick peas (garbanzos), tho, because it would have been good to have when running it in the food processor. I thought hummus always needed tahini paste but this was very good without that. I made some whole wheat tortillas yesterday that came out rather crackery - great to spread this on tho. :) Sun Jun 24 18:34:11 -0700 2007 2682414 91520 Bratdawg 3 2690112 thanks so much for the report, always helpful! Sun Jun 24 19:09:53 -0700 2007 2690029 11983 Val 1 2693368 Made this today and shared some with Candy. We both thought it was pretty tasty. I like that it doesn't oxidize like guacamole. Mon Jun 25 17:20:36 -0700 2007 2682146 11995 pikawicca 2 2698921 I also felt it needed a little salt - and I am not a big salter. I just dash a bit on it when I serve it and it seems to make a big difference. And yeah, I made this the beginning of the week and it's still just as green and just as good. Better, actually, after a day or so. No oxidation - probably because of lemon juice. Wed Jun 27 07:57:36 -0700 2007 2693368 91520 Bratdawg 1 2721580 I never thought about cumin, but it's something you'd put in either hummus or guacamole (via the salsa) so it makes sense that it would tie together the hybrid. Thu Jul 05 11:48:08 -0700 2007 2682146 13445 Louise