Roasted Garlic Hummus & Desert Chips

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Roasted Garlic Hummus & Desert Chips

This recipe is so tasty-- and super cheap to make! You'll wonder why you've been buying store-bought hummus and pita chips for so long.  

• 6 pitas
• 1/2 cup olive oil + 4 tablespoons
• coarse salt (to taste)
• 2 cans chickpeas
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 2 heads of garlic

Directions:

Hummus:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. 
2. Cut the tops off heads of garlic and coat in olive oil and salt & pepper. Wrap tightly in foil and bake for 1 hour (until cloves are caramel coloured)
3. After garlic has cooled, squeeze out cloves into food processor. Add rinsed and drained chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, 4 tbsp olive oil and warm water to food processor as well and blend until smooth. If mixture seems too thick add more olive oil a little at a time. 

Desert Chips:

1. Preheat oven to broil (500 degrees F)
2. Peel pitas in half, and brush olive oil on the inner side of both pieces. Cut circle in half, and then cut each half circle into triangles.
3. Place on baking sheet and bake (watching closely) for 3-4 minutes until golden brown.
4. Remove from oven and promptly sprinkle with coarse salt.