What is growing in your garden this year? One of the things I am picking is garlic scape (those cool green spiral thingies that grow out of your garlic plant pictured above). I am also picking sugar and snap peas and radishes.
Grow garden …grow
If you are growing garlic don’t miss out on picking these garlic scapes. Garlic scape are milder in taste than garlic and are awesome stir fried in a pan with other vegetables, made into garlic scape pesto, or as I just discovered, made into Garlic Scape Hummus.
Garlic Scape Humus
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup chopped garlic scapes
1 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon sea salt
Ground black pepper (to taste)
1 can (15-ounces) chickpeas, rinsed and drained
¼ cup olive oil
DIRECTIONS:
1. In the bowl of a food processor, process the garlic scapes, lemon juice, sea salt and black pepper until finely chopped, scraping the sides as needed.
2. Add the chickpeas and process to a rough puree (the chickpeas will be just about completely mashed).
3. With the machine running, slowly pour in the olive oil and process until smooth. Check the consistency; if it is still thick and paste-like, you can add 2 or 3 tablespoons of water to thin it out a bit. Taste, and add more salt and pepper, if desired. Serve with your favorite vegetables, pita chips, etc.
Now don’t say I didn’t warn you … if you make these home-made pita chips you will never ever buy them in the store again. You will tell yourself “I’m only going to have one more” … after having had about 10… they are that good and super easy.
Homemade Pita Chips
Ingredients
3 pitas, cut into 8 wedges
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 clove garlic, smashed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Cut pitas into 8 wedges. Pour olive oil into a bowl and add garlic, salt and pepper. Brush pita chips olive oil and garlic mixture. Arrange pita chips on baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
Recipe courtesy of The Neelys – FoodNetwork
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