re: Favorite store bought hummus

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I buy it from Street Breads

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How much do they charge you?

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Grandma's Hummus from ATX(sold at most HEB's and Whole foods here in Texas)

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F yes to that! Easily the best store bought hummus that I've had. It's as good or better than what you can get at all the best greek places in BR.

Athenos is terrible. I find that many store brands taste like bean dip. I think part of that is the preservatives that they use and they don't put enough tahini and lemon juice.

I make my own hummus pretty often. It's super easy, cheap, and tastes almost as good as some of the best I've had. Using dry chickpeas instead of canned makes a big difference (preservatives can change the flavor).

plus you can get a big tub of sabra at costco for about what you pay for the small containers in most grocery stores

i've only ever bought Sabra.

But i'm sure everyone else makes their own.

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I've tried making my own once...and it didn't come out all that great and it costs about the same as Sabra from Costco.

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Maybe if you are using canned chick peas. A bag of chickpeas is $1 and will make at least 5 sabra containers. Tahini is $5 but is good for probably 10 batches. All the other ingredients are probably less than $1.

I keep all of the ingredients on hand. I can make it dirt cheap...no special purchases needed, and I takes less than 5 minutes.

I do. Look at the recipe I have in the book. I think it's consistency is good. Just run the crap out of the FP until it's smoother than goose poop. I need to try dried beans sometime.

The liquid volume may need to be higher than you think. Let me know bout dem beans.

Ruth's hummus. It's a local BR product made by a local Lebanese family. They have it at Bet-R, Calvin's, Matherne's, and Calandro's.

I'm not really a fan of Trader Joe's hummus. Texture wise, I find it to be a little too creamy for me and the taste is just...well...bland.

Recently I've been buying Hummus Chick.