Skip the store-bought tubs in favor of these easy hummus recipes! Scroll down for our reader favorite hummus, roasted red pepper hummus, and our favorite ways to use them!
Our readers already know this, but we genuinely love hummus around here and are always looking for new ways to incorporate it into our meals. Almost 10 years ago, we shared our original, better-than-store-bought hummus and have never looked back. It’s one of our most popular recipes, and for good reason.
All the recipes below build off that original recipe. Happy cooking!
Better than Store-Bought Hummus
This is my favorite hummus recipe! With a few simple tricks, you can make the best creamy, smooth homemade hummus, and yes, it’s better than store-bought.
Homemade hummus is just so much better than store-bought (just read all the happy reviews). Once you try our recipe, I know you’ll want to make it again!
Recipe: Easy Hummus
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
My easy roasted red pepper hummus is made with sweet red bell peppers, chickpeas, garlic, and tahini. It’s super simple to make and tastes much better than the red pepper hummus you can buy at the store.
After falling in love with how easy it is to make hummus at home, we started to play around with more of our favorite store-bought hummus flavors. I love roasted peppers, so this red pepper hummus was a total winner!
Recipe: Red Pepper Hummus
Hummus with Spiced Ground Beef
This creamy hummus with spiced ground beef, feta cheese, and fresh mint is absolutely delicious! It’s the perfect appetizer or turn it into a light, high-protein meal.
We take hummus and pile on lots of spiced ground beef, crumbled feta cheese, and fresh mint. It’s extra tasty, easy to do, and works really well with homemade pita bread!
Recipe: Hummus with Spiced Ground Beef
Honey Dijon Chicken Lettuce Wraps
We love these chicken lettuce wraps filled with honey dijon marinated chicken, hummus, and veggies. These lettuce wraps are fresh, easy, and so tasty!
We are obsessed with these low-carb lettuce wraps. First, we fill lettuce leaves with hummus, veggies, feta cheese, and honey-dijon marinated chicken breast. Then, to top it all off, we drizzle over some dairy-free tahini sauce.
Recipe: Honey Dijon Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Hummus Cups
These cute hummus appetizers are perfect for parties and entertaining! We make mini cups using pizza dough and then fill them with hummus and veggies.
We love hummus so much that we’ve found many ways to serve it. And what better way to enjoy it than with these adorable hummus appetizers made with baked pizza dough cups?
Recipe: Easy Hummus Cups
More Recipes You Might Enjoy
If you love hummus, there’s a very good chance you’ll jump at the chance to make one of the recipes below. They aren’t hummus in particular, but many of them go really well next to a bowl of it!
Homemade Tahini
You need tahini to make hummus, and this homemade tahini recipe is so easy to make. It’s ready in less than 15 minutes!
Tahini is a paste made from sesame seeds. It is a staple in many cuisines, especially in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It’s vegan, gluten-free, tastes nutty, and is incredibly simple to make.
Recipe: Easy Tahini
Perfect Tahini Sauce
Once you have tahini, you can make tahini sauce! I use this creamy garlic tahini sauce on everything!
Since sharing our easy tahini recipe, we’ve been experimenting with more ways to use tahini. I’ve used it to make homemade hummus and am now obsessed with this easy dairy-free tahini sauce. I keep a jar in my fridge at all times! For more of a salad dressing, see our easy tahini dressing!
Recipe: Tahini Sauce
Easy Chickpea Salad
If you like hummus, you like chickpeas. I’ve been making this delicious salad with chickpeas for years and fall in love all over again every time I do.
Thanks to the dill and lemon vinaigrette, this chickpea salad has the most delicious Mediterranean vibe. It’s super fresh, incredibly flavorful, and perfectly filling as a healthy, speedy lunch or dinner (thanks to those hearty chickpeas!).
Recipe: Easy Chickpea Salad
Perfect Baba Ganoush
I am absolutely obsessed with this baba ganoush recipe. This incredibly delicious, smoky roasted eggplant dip, made with tahini and garlic, is truly one of my favorite ways to enjoy eggplant. If you love hummus, you’re going to fall in love with this dip.
Baba ganoush (also spelled baba ghanouj or baba ghanoush) is a delicious dip from the Middle East and Mediterranean. You’ll make it with roasted or charred eggplant, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, and spices, and it’s out of this world, delicious.
Recipe: Easy Baba Ganoush
