Last night I stopped on the way home at the Farmer's Market in Glendale to pick up some fresh produce. I bought baby eggplant, zucchini, pattypan squash, and an heirloom tomato. So far, so good. Then I made the mistake of stopping by the booth of Dr. Hummus for some free samples.
Dr. Hummus (actually the Tunisien-born Sabeur Rouin) sells pita bread, pita chips, and an astounding array of things to eat on and with the chips - guacamole, tabouli, two kinds of tapenade, several types of pesto, and more varieties of hummus than you would believe. He's always generous with the free tastes, and I always get carried away by them. The ingredients are fresh. Most of the offerings are nut-free and many are dairy-free; the outstanding spinach and onion dip, for instance, is made with silken tofu rather than dairy, but you can't tell from the taste or the unctuous mouth-feel that it doesn't contain full-fat cream cheese. The hummus products are also tahini-free, so they are much lower in calories than many of their commercially processed relatives.
Yesterday I was sucked in by the sun-dried tomato pesto and the jalapeno and cilantro hummus. I had some of the hummus with chips last night at dinner and some of the pesto scrambled with eggs for breakfast. The pesto, by the way, lived up to its billing as "the best friggin' pesto you ever ate!" Alas, it's so delicious that I have a hard time not scarfing the entire plastic tub of goodness in one sitting.
"Doctor Hummus products can be found at most of the metro area farmers markets as well as Whole Foods, New Frontiers, AJ's, Luci's Healthy Market Place, Phoenix Public Market - Urban Grocery and Wine Bar, Langley's Country Market, Tempe Farmers Market and Bashas in Carefree, Sedona, Scottsdale, and Payson." ~ Dr. Hummus.com
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