Cadre Life, Organization and Culinary Coach Dan Cunningham shares kitchen tips and tricks, recipes, and strategies for less stress and anxiety throughout the coming week, both in and out of the kitchen.
Make sure you sharpen your knives. One of the most common reasons for people cutting themselves in the kitchen is dull knives. Grab yourself a knife sharpener. That's what we're gonna make today.
Today we're making a white bean hummus. One of the first times I ever had it wasn't even in this country. In Italy, when you sit in a square and you have drinks, it's common for them to bring out snacks. It's affordable, quick, easy, and it's really healthy.
The recipe calls for one can of white beans, two tablespoons of tahini, the juice of one lemon and a half a teaspoon of garlic powder. You can flavor it so many different ways. If you have any ideas for a white bean hummus or any other type of hummus, you want to share with us.
White beans are packed with magnesium, with vitamin C, potassium. This is a great way to get in your protein. Think about different ways you could use this. Hummus is the easiest.
Think about your week ahead, what you can do to stay on your A game, to be prepared. When you're prepared, you have less stress and less anxiety. There's tons of content coming up this week from all of our creators focused on health and wellness.
Welcome, welcome, welcome. You're in the kitchen with Dan. Hi, everybody. It is a beautiful day in Michigan, and it's a great day here on Cadre. And there's so many reasons for that, but one of them is. Is white bean dip. That's what we're gonna make today. But one thing I always teach you guys is make sure you sharpen your knives. One of the most common reasons for people cutting themselves in the kitchen is dull knives. Grab yourself a knife sharpener. They come in many shapes and sizes, and just like us, during the week and during life, we want to be sharp.
Knife sharps, too, on knife sharps. Hey, Luke. Hello. Hello. So, today we are making hummus, but we're making a white bean hummus. Like a white bean diploma. I've had this in quite a few restaurants, and one of the first times I ever had it wasn't even in this country. It was in Italy. And they. In Italy, when you sit in a square and you have drinks, it's real common for them to bring out snacks. So as you progress in the amount of drinks you have, they increase the. Increase the. I don't even know how to say it.
The appetizers get better and better. So they'll start with peanuts, and then, you know, they'll. They'll come out with. Anyway, white bean hummus was one of the things they came out with after we were there for a while. But one of the reasons I really love this is it's affordable, it's quick, it's easy, and it's really healthy. So, I mean, it just crosses off all the boxes, and so let's get to it. Sharp knife. All right, so the recipe calls for. And we're gonna make this in the food processor. If you do not have a food processor, you can use your blender.
And if you wanna really go old school, it'll take a while. But you can mash this with potato masher or, you know, a fork and just keep working at it. Actually, the more lumpy it is sometimes, the more rustic, the more interesting the flavor. So another thing that's great about this recipe is you can flavor it so many different ways. You can add cumin. You can. It's similar to this to the grocery store. When you're looking at the case of hummus, there's so many different varieties, right? There's garlic hummus, and there's red pepper hummus, and there's spicy pepper hummus.
So, really, the sky's the limit on how you want to flavor this. I've even seen people go sweet with it, but I wouldn't recommend that. So. All right, we're going to do it. Beans in first. This is just one can of cannellini white kidney beans, and it's rinsed. Okay. And then tahini is another thing we add. This is a sesame paste. Roasted, peeled, organic sesame seeds. And we're gonna need two tablespoons. This one. Two. All right, another little tip I wanted to show you guys when measuring spices, okay?
So remember what chef taught me this. But if you want to learn how to, you know how a lot of cooks and chefs just measure spices right in their hand from the container. So this recipe calls for half a teaspoon of garlic powder and half a teaspoon of onion powder. So here's a half a teaspoon. And you just put it in your hand and just take a look at it. That's how much half a teaspoon is, right. So we're gonna try it with the garlic powder, and we're gonna do about half a teaspoon. And what do we have right that.
A little more, maybe. There you go. Well, hello, little robin. Little Robin just flew up into the window. Well, the tree in the window. Okay, we got our spices in, tahini in our beans. Next we have olive oil. And I want to show you this, this sweet little deal I just got. So you fill it up with oil and you never have to use measuring spoons again. You just fill it up. And we want one tablespoon, actually two tablespoons, but for now. And then you just pour the little guy out. It doesn't drip. How cool is that?
I think it's the coolest. Put whatever favorite oil you would like in. All right, next we have lemon. The juice of one lemon. Now, this trick I learned, I think Rachel Ray is the one that did this. But you squeeze the lemon up and, yes, I will post the recipe. Absolutely. If you juice your lemon up, the seeds won't fall down. Okay, that's one half. Oh, another thing for doing citrus and getting the most juice. Microwave your lemons or limes for about 20 seconds, or you can roll them on the counter.
And that helps break up the citrus and allows you to get more juice. More juice. All right. Okay. If you want to write the recipe down. Now, it's one can of white beans. It is two tablespoons of tahini. And you can find this where you can, where you find peanut butter and nut butter, the juice of one lemon, two tablespoons of olive oil, a half a teaspoon of onion powder and a half a teaspoon of garlic powder, and then some sea salt to taste and water to thin it out if you need to thin it out at all.
And I will post this on the community feed. And also, I always encourage anybody to everybody to share what works for you. If you have any ideas for a white bean hummus or any other type of hummus, you want to share them with us. We are always, we are always looking to learn. All right, I'm done with the cutting board. Oh, remember, when you're using a cutting board, these are great. They're flexible, but make sure you put a damp cloth underneath and it prevents it from sliding around. Okay, now for the fun pop.
Now we just turn this bad boy on. I got it facing you, so good deal. Now I put one tablespoon of the oil in, but we're gonna need another. That's that. Ooh, this smells so good. And the food processor allows you to drizzle the oil in very slowly. It's got a little, tiny little pin hole in this stout pin. Here we go. Smells so good. All right, let's give it a peek. Oh, here, I'll let you see. So at this point, we want to scrape the bowl down a little bit. We've got some oil sitting on the bottom.
Oh, this smells so good. This is such a great way to get in your protein. White beans are packed with magnesium, with vitamin. Vitamin C, potassium. Okay, now it's up to you. If you like it really thick, you can leave it like this. If you want to thin it out a little bit, you can add a little bit of water. Just a tiny little bit. Kind of helps. Just incorporate everything and get it going. Oh, yes. Oh, wow, look at that. Now let's get a little taste. Oh, my gosh. Wow. I love it when I even surprise myself.
It's really good. I hope. I hope you guys make this. I put this back in because I want to get a little salt in here, and I want to mix it. Just a dash of salt. Ooh, I can taste the lemon. Pops out the garlic, a little bit of garlic, the onion, but the richness of the beans, it's so creamy. Okay, it's ready. Ready. Alrighty. Let's get some in the bowl. As I'm putting this in the bowl, I'm thinking of all the stuff I want to dip in this. So this is great with veggies. Really good with celery and carrot sticks.
That's what I'm picturing right now. But I've also had it as a base for veggie pizza. Now think about different ways you could use this. But just like you would, hummus is the easiest. Wow. All right, we got a winner. All right, so what's everybody got coming up for the week? Think about your week ahead, what you can do to stay on your A game, to be prepared. I don't know if you start your week on Monday or whenever you do start your week, remember to just take a minute and look at the next chunk of time ahead.
Maybe it's a month for your schedule, or maybe it's just a couple days. But if you give some things a little bit of thought beforehand, it allows you to get prepared. And when you're prepared, you have less stress and less anxiety. I always like to remind folks to keep something by your door so you can drop things in that throughout the day that you're going to need and keep that system going so that you know you're not rushing out of the house in a fit. All right, you guys, white bean hummus. I'll put the recipe in the community feed for you.
Luke, it was great to see you on today. If you're watching this later, please leave comments. Give me a thumbs up. If you like what you see, you can save the video and you can follow me for more. Please come back. There's tons of content coming up this week from all of our creators focused on health and wellness right here on Cargurus. Thanks, you guys. Have a great week.
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