A Hummus Makeover

Brilliant beets add festive bling to the party favorite.
A Hummus Makeover
Turn your hummus red for the holidays with healthy and all-natural ingredients. Lynda Balslev for Tastefood
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It’s time to dress up for the holidays. While this certainly applies to our wardrobes, here we’re talking about hummus. Hummus is a party favorite, easy to make in advance, and unfailingly popular. It’s also very beige in color. This recipe gives the dependable Levantine chickpea-and-tahini dip a holiday makeover, infusing it with a jolt of color and a sprinkle of bling to usher in the festive season.

For that task, look no further than the humble beetroot. Beetroots are sweet and earthy, packed with fiber, vitamins, and nutrients, and, for the sake of a party, they’re decidedly not beige. Their brilliant fuchsia flesh lends vibrance and extra depth of flavor (not to mention healthy antioxidants) to the hummus, elevating it to take center stage in your appetizer spread.

Lynda Balslev
Lynda Balslev
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Lynda Balslev is a cookbook author, food and travel writer, and recipe developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her Danish husband, two children, a cat, and a dog. Balslev studied cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and worked as a personal chef, culinary instructor, and food writer in Switzerland and Denmark. Copyright 2025 Lynda Balslev. Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication.
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