When I was a kid, I really used to despise beetroot. It was mainly due to a particular type of unimaginative beetroot salad that was served for lunch in my kindergarden. The memory of my teacher forcing a spoonful of this stuff into my pinched mouth still makes me shudder.
Now, it’s a completely different story. My taste buds decided that beetroot is actually pretty tasty and I no longer have an aversion to it. In fact, I have now gone the opposite way and try to incorporate it into pretty much everything (watch this space – there is more pink goodness coming your way). Since garlic and lemon are beetroot’s old friends, it naturally goes well with hummus and gives this old classic a new lease of life. This beetroot hummus makes a delicious snack with some fresh or toasted bread or a inside a homemade tortilla vegetable wrap (coming soon!).
