EVERY THING GREEN! Green Pea Hummus

 GREEN PEA HUMMUS

Keeping the Everything Green theme going! If you haven't read earlier posts, we are celebrating the color green for the month of March. We felt this was fitting since St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in March, and so is the first day of spring!
Today was one of those days that I could not think of a thing to make for dinner. My son was craving steak, and I had some red skin potatoes, so steak and potatoes it was.  Now for a vegetable...hmmm. I had froze peas in the freezer and the standard green peas with butter sounded okay, but I was feeling a bit more creative so I searched my cupboards and refrigerator and came up with the idea of a pea hummus. 

Now what would I use to put this lovely idea of pea hummus onto? I didn't have any good bread in the house however I did have frozen pre-sliced garlic bread that I had gotten on sale for only .88 cents. I bought a few of them and so far we had only eaten it with spaghetti.
The hummus spread on top of the toasted garlic bread would be a perfect match for the steak and potatoes. I also wanted to use my new found treasure, Avocado Oil! So I used it to fry up the steak, and I used it in the Pea Hummus. I hope you enjoy this delicious recipe as much as I did. This recipe will go down in the books as one of my favorite family recipes that I can pass down to my kids.

RECIPE

1 Bag of frozen peas

Avocado oil or other oil of your choice

Parmesan cheese 3/4 cup (More or less to your preference)

The juice of 1 lemon

3 medium cloves of garlic

1 handful of fresh parsley

2 tablespoons of dry basil (I would have used fresh basil, but I was out of it)

Salt and Pepper

A few shakes of garlic powder (If needed)

 DIRECTIONS

Another simple recipe. Heat one bag of frozen or thawed peas until they are heated through but not fully cooked or tender. The peas will be warm and they will still have that bright green appearance. Next in a blender or food processor add the juice of one lemon, about three tablespoons of avocado oil, garlic, peas, chopped parsley, basil, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and blend. As you blend you will need to add additional oil in order to keep the peas moving. You can also add lemon juice to help thin out the consistency. I liked mine a little thicker. Add salt, pepper and garlic powder as desired. I liked mine a little more garlicy So I added a few shakes of garlic powder, making it just right!