Category Archives: Dips

Lemon & Thyme Tahini

Ingredients:

  • Sesame Seeds
  • 1 peeled lemon 
  • Thyme (to taste)

Method: Add ingredients to Vitamix (or other high speed processor) and Blend!

We have been absolutely so excited about making our own homemade organic tahini, it’s so difficult to try and find it in the shops here in the UK. Tahini is scarcely available in supermarkets and organic tahini is even more scarce and so we realise,  just like everything else, if you can buy it… you can make it 😉 

We couldn’t believe how simple tahini is to make, it consists literally just of blended sesame seeds, (nothing our trusted Vitamix can’t handle!) and so after a wholefoods delivery of…..

…just a little delivery of sesame seeds😊 We were good to go! 

To make tahini you simply need to blend sesame seeds! Here we go, half the jug full…

  

The mixture can warm up so you’ll need to open the lid, give it a stir and leave it to cool down intermittently.

The first time we made plain tahini we decided it was a little too thick and a little too plain for our liking and that’s how we happened upon this fantastic recipe! 

We added an entire peeled lemon, a good dash of thyme and a splash of mineral water and after Some blending later…

Voila!   


 Oh it tastes so good – you just have to try this – you’re very own of lemon and thyme sesame cream ‘cheese’. 

The lemon smell and creamy texture reminded us very much of lemon buttercream and suddenly – like a lightbulb lightening flash moment  we thought – Why not use our icing tool!? 

Oh swirly swirl… Mmhhmm   

Well I say! Who said salads couldn’t look as pretty as cake 🎂!  

  
We hope this post will inspire you to dress up your dressings and salads. 

Enjoy! JA ladies x

Red Pepper Hummus – Sesame Seed Free

Here’s a delicious red pepper hummus recipe, unique indeed because it’s sesame seed free!

 We like our hummus with a texture quite thick, which is why homemade we always pick!

Ingredients

  • 3 cans or cartons of pre-cooked chick peas
  • 1/2 a red pepper
  • 25ml of fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 3 garlic cloves. 
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 tablespoons olive oil
  • 120 ml water 
  • 1 teaspoon salt  

Have your chick peas ready to go…  

And measure out your lemon juice ready to flow…

  

…into the jug with your cumin too…

  

And half of a red pepper washed right through.

  

You’ll need to peel and give your garlic cloves a chop…

  

…and into the jug with the oil you pop….

  

All of the ingredients into your blend ready to whir! 

    

And in 30 seconds your hummus is ready to stir! 

😋