Day of the Dead Hummus

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Servings:

• Recipe serving size: Approximately 2 tablespoons
• Number of servings: Adjust Reset

Ingredients:

• For the Hummus:

• 2 ripe, fresh avocados, halved, pitted, peeled and diced
• 1 (15 oz.) can chickpeas, drained
• 3 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 3 Tbsp. olive oil
• 2 Tbsp. tahini
• 1 garlic clove, smashed
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper

• For the Presentation:

• 1 mini red sweet pepper, bottom cut off for round shape, halved, seeded, one half cut widthwise into rounded strips, the other half cut into teardrop shape
• 1 mini orange sweet pepper, halved, seeded, cut into tear drop shapes
• 3 black olives, halved, 2 of the halves sliced widthwise into half-moon shape
• 1 carrot, peeled, halved cut into half-moon slices
• 2 cucumber slices
• 6 chickpeas, reserved from hummus recipe, cut in half
• 5 snow pea pods, remove and reserve the peas from 3 of the pea pods, keeping 2 whole
• 1 green onion, white removed, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced lengthwise
• 1 cup ice water
• 1 bag blue corn tortilla chips
• 1 bag regular corn tortilla chips

Instructions:

1. For Hummus:

2. In a food processor, puree avocado, chickpeas, lemon juice, oil, tahini, garlic, salt and pepper.
3. Transfer to a serving bowl.

1. For Presentation:

2. Fill hummus into a rectangular serving dish.
3. Arrange chips around the outer edge of bowl to make a frame of a skull.
4. Place the two slices of cucumbers for the eyes, encircled the cucumber slices with the small carrot half-moons, to make a “flower” shape.
5. Place 5 of the half-mooned black olives on top of each of the cucumber slices in an overlapping circular shape, then place a half olive on each for the pupil.
6. Use the remaining two halves of black olives to make the nose.
7. Arrange the halved chick peas in two rows of 6 for the teeth.
8. Alternate peas and the red sweet pepper strips along both sides of the teeth to form the mouth.
9. Use the round red sweet pepper shape at the very top of the skull and alternate the 3 orange sweet pepper tear drops and the 2 whole pea pods around the round red sweet pepper for the forehead adornment.
10. Place the red sweet pepper tear drop shape just above and between the eyes and 3 peas just above each eye for eye adornments.
11. Next place 3 carrot half-moons for the chin with re of the red pepper strips above them for the chin adornment.
12. To finish, take the thin green onion slices and place in the cup of ice cold water until the slices begin to curl. Use the curls as accents around the face as preferred.

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