I was just examining the number of hummus posts on this blog, and I decided it’s not nearly enough! It’s a bit deceptive, because in real life, I’m constantly whipping up hummus. There’s a batch of hummus in my refrigerator at all times, and when I’m making hummus, more often than not, I just throw in whatever I’ve got on hand that happens to sounds good. Every now and then I end up with a gem, like this one. I’ve dabbled in the olive hummus concept before, but it was just recently that I decided to throw in a little something sweet to offset the saltiness of the olives. For the longest time I thought the whole sweet + salty olive thing was weird, and it is, but in a really tasty way. The sweet element in this hummus is sun-dried tomatoes. I also threw in some other ingredients you might find in a tapenade, like basil and garlic. Cumin too, but is cumin normally in a tapenade? It’s not in any recipes I’ve ever seen. I’m okay with that though, because it was delicious.
