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April
Appetizer - Hummus Base
Appetizers rock! These are the only things you
should cook and have ready to eat before the date
arrives. This way, she can nibble while she watches
you perform your ‘magic’ in the kitchen.
Hopefully when you are done with your magic, she
will be inspired to perform some of her own!! Woo
hoo!
Description:
This is a killer little dip that you can make
for your date to sample as she watches you with
those ‘oh he is so different from those other
cavemen’ eyes while you cook the main dish. It
beats the heck out of the store bought stuff and if
you were to compare the two side by side, you would
taste a major difference. You can also toss the
comments around such as, “Yes, I prefer to
make my own,” or, “I refuse to eat
something that contains items I can’t
pronounce such as ‘niacinamide, pyridoxine
hydrochloride and magnesium oxide.’ I know
what goes in my food and I can trust it.”
Mmmmm, tasty. By the way, those chemical warfare
sounding items are found in peanut butter which is
used for a few things in this book. But that is
okay; we don’t have to go there right now.
If you have sun-dried tomatoes, you can toss a
few of these in as well. Another swift idea is to
go to a store and see what sorta’ flavors they
have for their humus. This is always a cool sense
of inspiration on how to further personalize your
humus.
Ingredients:
1. 1 can of garbanzo or chickpeas (15 ½
oz.)
2. ½ cup and 2 T of Extra Light Virgin olive
oil
3. ½ tsp garlic powder
4. 1 T basil
5. Something to dip in to it and eat it aside from
fingers
Directions:
Take the above ingredients and whip them
together with a food processor. There is no need to
add them to the mix in any special order except
that you should add the powder and flaky stuff
last. Otherwise, it just sits on the bottom and
does not have a good chance to mix. Ain’t that
grand! You will know that you have whipped them
enough when the stuff looks creamy, kind of like a
killer potato chip dip. You can taste it and see
what you think. Adding more garlic is an option but
do remember, you want to be able to speak to your
date later without burning her eyebrows off her
face.
Serving:
Once you have the taste and consistency down,
scoop the mixture into a bowl and put it on a
plate. Around that plate, take some pita bread (the
thicker the better) and cut each piece like a
pizza. Take those pieces and arrange them on the
plate and around the bowl. Ahh, so nice, so
nice
©2009, by Ron
DesMarais
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Ron
DesMarais started life in Charlottesville, VA and
has lived in several parts of the United States.
When people hear the number of times he has moved,
the question invariably arises as to whether or not
he was an ‘Army Brat.’ There is only a
half-truth there and that is found by dropping
‘Army’; unless, you consider ‘Army
of Darkness.’ After moving with his parents
for several years, Ron continued his nomadic ways,
which were spurred by his mother’s finding out
where he currently lived. In the process of
changing dwellings and never getting rental
deposits back (which he claims were never his
fault), Ron’s financial status required that
he start cooking for himself, as he could not
afford eating out. This resulted in his quickly
getting bored with Top Ramen and deciding to get
creative in the kitchen. Soon, a list of recipes
with a limited number of inexpensive ingredients
started coming together. What really bolstered the
creation of his book Cavemen
in the Kitchen, and the
writing of it as not just a cookbook but a
‘dating aid’ as well was when Ron ended
up at a date’s house after a financially
draining evening out. As both were hungry but Ron
too broke and both too tired to go out somewhere,
Ron dug through her cabinets, found some items to
work with and based on a recipe he had created
earlier, he created a meal for both. She loved it
and the results of the meal were amazing in ways
those under 18 should not hear about. From that
point, dates for Ron consisted of cooking dinner,
either at his house or the date’s house, and
afterwards, either watching a video or doing
something else. Click here
to order a copy of the book (Contains adult
content.)
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