Homemade Hummus

 I made heaps of hummus last night after reading this article and being inspired to make my own Stuff. I wasn't ready to take on bread yet, but I heard that making hummus is awesome and delish and inexpensive.

I used the recipe from Mediterrasian blog

4 cloves of garlic (I like extra)

1 can of garbanzo beans (chick peas) rinsed and drained

1/2 cup tahini
 1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup water
teaspoon of sea salt

Extra:
some olive oil
teaspoon of smoked spanish paprika
chopped parsley

garlic hummus

The final result took a LOT more effort than I had imagined, my little food processor is crappy and the hummus was a bit chunky, and I still preferred the taste of store bought hummus. Costwise, hummus is pretty cheap ($3-5) and I probably made twice as much hummus for the same amount of hummus but I don't think it's that much worthwhile.... unless I eat hummus regularly.

Orange cupcakes

I looked up for the orange cake recipe by Nicko's kitchen
(check him out in youtube; I love his recipes, he made everything look easy)

And in the recipe, there was no butter/vegetable oil but he used milk instead.
I had some self raising flour so I decided to try the recipe; only I made cupcakes instead of a whole cake.
I divided the batter into two; one with butter; the other without.

Results?

I'm not really good in adjectives so it's not easy for me to explain.

The one without butter is moist, gooey, and didn't raise as much as the one with butter.

The one with butter is dry and hard on the outside.

I like both. They have different kind of texture and even taste slightly different.