Too Hot for Soup

Totally changed my mind. I thought I'd like to share some soup recipes, but no one is in the mood for soup right now.... That's for winter! It's much more fun to get in the summertime, entertaining frame of mind. Snack food - that's where it's at!
I went to Kelowna on April 30. The girls and I got to see Sarah McLachlan's re-booked concert (which was great.) I also got to do a little grocery shopping for the girls while I was there. We went to Costco.... Yikes! There's a lot of BIG food there! Huge food. Huge quantities. I bought a huge tub of artichoke/spinach hummus. It was pretty good. I took the hummus to work on Monday, and shared it with my co-workers. Lorraine's daughter, Aiko, said that she had seen a recipe for the same stuff in a magazine recently. She copied the recipe and I made it last week. It's much better than the store bought version.

Artichoke/Spinach Hummus
Throw all these ingredients into a good blender or food processor
1 can chickpeas (rinsed and drained)
1 Tbsp tahini
2 cloves garlic
juice of 1 lemon
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup olive oil
1 pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1 can artichokes, drained
Salt and pepper to taste.
 Process until just blended (some chunks are okay).
This hummus is great with carrot sticks, pita, or on a sliced baguette. 
It is probably best to eat it right away or within a couple of days, so the spinach doesn't get too yucky. 

Thanks, Aiko.
With all the graduation celebrations, and weddings coming up, this dip is sure to become a popular replacement for all of those greasy (but delicious, I know) cheese-and cream-filled dips.