This easy and simple homemade hummus recipe is made with canned chickpeas, tahini, and lemon. Homemade hummus is smooth, creamy, and the perfect snack with some raw veggies, in a wrap, or on crackers.

blue bowl of hummus with 2 cherry tomatoes, 2 sliced cucumbers, 2 sliced red peppers with a small bowl of mixed sliced vegetables in background — *Add a drizzle of olive oil to your hummus and serve with veggies or on a sandwich or wrap.*

You won't go back to store bought hummus after you learn how to make this quick and easy hummus recipe.

Easy Hummus Recipe Variations

Variations on homemade hummus are endless:

paprika
mint
basil
turmeric
basically any herb or spice that you like
a couple roasted red pepper slices
a couple roasted red beets

Ingredients for hummus: bottle of olive oil, fresh squeezed lemon juice, chopped garlic, tahini with a knife, salt in a wooden bowl with a teaspoon hanging out of it, and a strainer of canned chickpeas drained. — *Everything you need to make creamy hummus.*

How To Make Creamy Homemade Hummus

The trick to making creamy hummus is to run the food processor or blender several different times until smooth. See video.

Run the food processor or blender. Stop and push the hummus ingredients down with a spatula, then run it again.

Do this a couple times until hummus is smooth and creamy.

Tan creamy hummus in a food processor with the lid off.

Variations For Easy and Simple Hummus

Cook the garlic instead of adding it raw
Add extra olive oil as a garnish
Add pomegranate kernels as a garnish
Add toasted pine nuts as a garnish

Small blue bowl of off white hummus with a mint garnish. Spoon inserted into hummus.

Serving Suggestion

Serve this delicious hummus dish any time as a snack with crackers or crudités, or with a complementary dish like:

Things In My Kitchen:

An affordable and great food processor to puree the hummus.
Vitamix blender (low profile to fit under the cabinets) for when you want to really puree the heck out of something.

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