Spicy Pizza Hummus in 5 minutes!

Another recipe! Yea! This one is inspired by Katie's pizza hummus... in fact they're pretty similar, so I can't take a whole lot of credit. But nutritional yeast... wow. What great stuff! That's all I'm gonna say. It really punches up the flavor of this, and I think I may start sprinkling it willy-nilly everywhere! And this hummus... I love it. I eat it even without things to dip, that's how good it is. It truly tastes like you're eating a pizza, except the texture is nice and creamy and you get a little zing from the spice that I added. And another plus? It's REALLY healthy, between the beans for protein and fiber, the tomatoes for vitamin C and lycopene, and pretty low calorie, too (only 150 for a BIG half cup that will fill ya right up!)

Without further ado, I present to you:

SPICY PIZZA HUMMUS

1/2 cup cooked garbanzo beans, drained if from can

1/4 cup no salt added tomato sauce

2 T. Nutritional Yeast Flakes

1 teaspoon Sundried Tomato+ Rosemary Spice (or mix your own)

1/2 teaspoon dried basil

1/4 teaspoon Siracha chil sauce or spicy buffalo sauce (for buffalo pizza flavor!)

Dash Garlic Salt (opt)

Finely Chopped Tomatoes/Pepper (opt)

1. Put everything into a blender and blend for 2-3 minutes. Then puree for an additional minute. I allowed some bean chunks to stay in mine because I thought that added something (hence the veggie chunks, also)... And you're done! EAT UP! YUM!!!

Spicy Roast Cauliflower

It's tough to choose a favorite vegetable. I realized this very recently, when someone asked me WHAT my favorite veggie was. I would have expected myself to have some immediate answer, but nothing was coming to me. I guess it's like choosing a favorite child...although I neither have children nor have any desire to currently! The closest I could come to naming a favorite was making a list (and lists are what I do best!) of some potential candidates:

• Zucchini
• Brussel Sprouts
• Spaghetti Squash....actually all squash really :)
• Salads
• Cabbage
• Water Chestnuts
• Mushrooms
• Baby Corn
• Roasted Red Peppers
• Snap Peas
• FRESH tomatoes
• Celery

And actually, this list could go on for quite a while. I won't continue it in the interest of time, but it's nice to know I've begun to outgrow my childhood pickiness. One veggie that HAS succeeded in making it through the long haul with me, though, is cauliflower. I was ALWAYS part of the clean-plate club when those steamed florets were served. So it is with great excitement that I continue to show off my old friend in a new way:

SPICY ROAST CAULIFLOWER

adapted from here

1 head cauliflower, washed and cut into florets

1/2 tsp. cumin

1/2 tsp garlic powder

Pinch chili flakes

1/4 tsp paprika

2-3 dashes salt

Dash pepper

1/4 tsp. onion powder

2 tsp. Olive Oil

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Pour oil into large ziploc baggie, then add cauliflower and shake to evenly coat. Open up baggie and add spices, shake around again to coat evenly one more time.
3. Spread onto baking sheet and roast in oven for 40 minutes. It smells and tastes AMAZING, by the way! Enjoy!