With These Tips, Your Homemade Hummus Will Be the Best

Homemade hummus is a rich, creamy revelation, and it’s not hard to make.
With These Tips, Your Homemade Hummus Will Be the Best
The trick to restaurant-worthy hummus is a quick simmer in baking soda and plenty of good tahini. Denio Rigacci/Dreamstime/TNS
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You only need to stroll past the hummus section of the grocery store to realize it’s a lot bigger than it used be. The fact that there is even a hummus section, with many, many varieties, tells us how popular this bean dip has become over the past few years.

Of course, hummus has been around for centuries, originating in the Middle East, but the hummus many of us know here in the United States is quite different than what you’d find in the markets of Cairo.

Meredith Deeds, The Minnesota Star Tribune
Meredith Deeds, The Minnesota Star Tribune
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From The Minnesota Star Tribune. Meredith Deeds is a cookbook author and food writer from Edina. Reach her at [email protected]. Copyright 2025 The Minnesota Star Tribune. Visit at StarTribune.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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