Happy Monday, everyone! The lemon obsession continues. In the last month I’ve posted recipes for Vegan Lemon Blueberry Scones, Lemony Lentil Salad, Lemony Snack Bars, and now Lemon-Lime Hummus. I just can’t stop.
When I saw a recipe for a lemon-lime hummus, I knew I had to try it. I imagined how nicely the bright flavors of lemon and lime would blend with the creamy chickpeas, tahini, and garlic.
The results did not disappoint. The lemon and lime juice in this recipe give traditional hummus a unique spin. It tastes fresh and light and makes this a perfect spring-time hummus. This might actually be my new favorite hummus flavor.
Lemon-Lime Hummus
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 10 servings 1x
Description
A fresh and zest hummus recipe
Ingredients
- 3 large cloves fresh garlic, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 cups cooked chickpeas, or 1 (15 ounce) can, rinsed and drained
- 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/3 fresh lime juice
- 1/3 cup tahini
- 4 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1–4 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk (or other milk of choice)
- lemon and lime zest, for garnish, if desired
Instructions
- Place all ingredients except milk in a food processor. Process until smooth, and then add the milk, one tablespoon at a time, until the hummus reaches your desired consistently. Alternatively, you can use the bean-cooking liquid or liquid from the can to thin the hummus. I tried milk this time and loved the results. Transfer to a bowl and top with a little lemon and lime zest, if desired.
Notes
Adapted from Cooking the Whole Foods Way by Christina Pirello
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Condiment
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 291
- Sugar: 4.9g
- Sodium: 23mg
- Fat: 14.9g
- Carbohydrates: 29.8g
- Protein: 12.7g
I cannot think of a more nutritious way to get your kids to eat raw vegetables. Hummus is the perfect dipping agent and is packed with nutrients like protein, calcium, iron, and heart, hair, and skin-healthy fats! The addition of lemon and lime also helps us to digest the protein and fats. Bonus.
Here are a few more fun ways to use hummus:
- As a sandwich spread
- On crackers or pita chips
- On top of salads
- As a condiment for your favorite burger
- In a breakfast veggie burrito
Question: Do you have a creative way to use hummus? Please share!
I made your lemon-lime hummus today and it was both fresh and spicy. I felt that it needed some salt though but besides that I didn´t change a thing. Wonderful recipe!
Thanks for letting me know you tried and liked it. This is one of my favorite hummus combos.
Amazing!!! My 1 year old loved it as much as we did.
So glad to hear it! 🙂
Looks like I came to the right blog- I have citrus coming out of my ears over here!
Perfect! 🙂
That looks delicious! I really want to make some hummus, my bf keeps eating Whole Foods roasted red pepper hummus with veggies as his snack at work. I should really do the same.
This is delicious. I made a batch this afternoon. I love the citrus hints. I was a little skeptical about the chili powder because I’m not a huge fan, but it really works in this. Great recipe. Thanks.
Glad you liked it, Aimee! And thank you for letting me know. 🙂
I love this idea! 🙂 I have never thought to do lemon/lime hummus.. but it makes perfect sense! 🙂
This is on my to-do list to make! Thanks!!!
This hummus looks amazing! I have always wanted to make hummus, now that I have a food processor, I need to get on this!!!!
Strawberry Pretzel salad is amazing!!!
I want to try making hummus so bad! I see all these great recipes. This summer…for sure!
Yes…you definitely need to!
YUM! I just adore any kind of homemade hummus! I have to try this because I am in the mood for something light now….
My go-to hummus is roasted red pepper. But lately I have been loving dessert hummus! Have you tried it? I put some nutbutter and unsweetened chocolate (or you could put chocolate chips) and Voila! I am working on a dessert cracker to pair it with 😉
I love roasted red pepper hummus, too. I haven’t tried dessert hummus yet. I’ve seen it all over the place, but just haven’t gotten around to trying it. I’m sure it’s amazing! Can’t wait to see what you come up with for a dessert cracker. Yum!
I’m going through a sweet potato hummus period right now but I think I’m going to have to make your lemon-limr version tonight. Sounds fantastic!
I’ve been enjoying the Cilantro Jalapeno hummus from Peas and Thank You. I also have been trying to perfect a recipe for a Chipotle hummus…. I’ll keep you posted.
My kids will not do hummus. At all. They will eat chickpeas straight up, but won’t touch hummus. Make any sense? Nope.
Oooh I love chipotle and I’ll bet chipotle hummus would be fantastic.
Yum! Carter loves hummus and will actually eat cucumbers as long as he can smother them in hummus 🙂 I think he would love this and I would, too!
that sounds refreshing! I made an apple cinnamon hummus with nut topping. It was perfect with toast or even wrapped up in a tortilla.
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That sounds amazing! It’s so fun how easily you can manipulate the flavor of hummus and make it something new.
Sounds awesome, will try this next time I make hummus
Oooh, I love lime!! I really can’t get enough it, the flavor is great. I bet the chili powder makes it even better. We all love hummus around here too. We usually use it the same ways you do 🙂 Sometimes I’ll just make pitas when I make hummus and we’ll just use the soft pitas to dip in the hummus, or I’ll spread some out over the whole pita and then roll it up(with or without extra veggies inside) for the kids to snack on.
ohmygosh awesome! I’m a citrus FANATIC and have goooooot to get the recipe into my kitchen stat! what a perfect dip and spread! =)
We are hummus freaks at our house! I’m going to try this recipe this week. I just bought Dreena Burton’s new book, “Eat, Drink, and be Vegan” and I love her hummus recipes in the book. There are so many variations, the book is worth buying just for the hummus recipes.
Oooh another cookbook for me to add to my collection. Thanks for the recommendation! 🙂