A fancy snack to impress your friends

At one point or another in your life you'll be bound to have guests over and you'll want to impress them with a show of your savvy cooking skills. Well this is the perfect snack for hungry guests to show them that you can be both health conscious as well as culturally diverse.


Roasted Tomato Hummus & Pita Chips
Adapted from Cook's Companion and other various courses

Garlic Pita Chips
1 package pita bread
1/2 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed

Take each pita bread and slice it into eights so they look like mini pizza slices.

In a separate bowl combine olive oil and garlic cloves, let sit for 10 to 15 minutes and preheat oven to 375F.

Place pita bread slices onto baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Drizzle garlic oil with crushed garlic over pita bread and bake for 15 - 20 minutes until slightly browned and crispy.

Roasted Tomato Hummus
5 plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise
sea salt, optional
pepper, optional
540mL can chick peas (garbanzo beans)
3 -4 tbsp lemon juice
4 garlic cloves, crushed
olive oil

Preheat oven to 400F. (I usually just leave the oven on and turn it up after baking the chips)

Place tomato halves cut side up onto baking sheet and season with sea salt and pepper then drizzle with olive oil. Bake at 400F for 15 - 20 mins until tomatoes show signs of browning and become wilted.

Remove slices from oven and set to cool.

In a food processor combine chick peas a few tablespoons olive oil, lemon juice and crushed garlic, blend until smooth. Add the roasted tomatoes and continue processing until you reach your desired consistency. If you want a smoother hummus you can add a little more olive oil and continue processing.

Serve with garlic pita chips.