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I'm serious. I made hummus today. In addition to standard ingredients like chick peas, olive oil, and salt, I added plum tomatoes, garlic, and hot sauce. It is red, and it is very good. Why would anyone kill themselves when they can make any kind of hummus they want? It just doesn't make sense. These are some of the ingredients I plan to use in hummuses of the future: spinach, kale, parsley (Yes, the next batch might be green.), onion, leeks, mushrooms, and spicy peppers. And there will be more. Making a green one with veggies like kale, parsley, and spinach will be key. I tend to get stuck in ruts. I'm in one now. Even though I've been doing well eliminating refined sugar and processed foods from my diet, I've really only consistently been eating carrots, split pea soup, hummus, and corn. So, technically, pretty much the only veggie I've been eating are carrots. The hummus is a great opportunity to break out of that rut. I love hummus. I know I like it with spinach in it, because I've bought the spinach and artichoke variety of it several times. I'll just have to make sure to buy organic spinach, because spinach is one of the dirty dozen.
Everyone who cares about their health and that of others should know about the dirty dozen. They are the fruits and veggies that tend to soak up the most pesticides. It is recommended that, if you eat any of them, you should only choose organic varieties. According to PBS' website, this is the dirty dozen:
- celery
- peaches
- strawberries
- apples
- domestic blueberries
- nectarines
- sweet bell peppers
- spinach, kale and collard greens
- cherries
- potatoes
- imported grapes
- lettuce
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