Or, what to make when you can't find the tahini.
I thought that I'd make a nice hummus to dip veggies and low carb tortilla chips in at our little party yesterday. So I bought some chickpeas and pulled out the Cuisinart and set about making the hummus. Opened the chickpea can (canned chickpeas make the best hummus), played a rousing game of "Chase the Chickpea" with Kieffer -- he loves for me to throw a chickpea across the room, then he'll chase, "kill" and eat it. Put the chickpeas in the Cuisinart, went searching in the fridge for MR's tahini.
Wasn't there.
MR was in the middle of his meditation session, so I didn't want to disturb him.
I went to plan B.
We had a calorie measured can of black olives kicking about the basement, plus some TJ's capers. I mixed two cans of chickpeas, 1 can black olives (drained), two tablespoons of capers, a few shakes of garlic powder, blend in the Cuisinart till smooth and voila! Black olive and caper hummus!
Everyone seemed to like it, and MR is enjoying eating the leftovers. 144 calories/100 g.