Creamy, bold-flavored, homemade hummus made without tahini, kalamata olives, garlic, and spices. Super easy to make recipe ready in just 5 minutes!
Have you ever been on your way home, SUPER hangry? Starving? Famished?
Me too!
Whenever I feel that way, it’s usually because I didn’t snack enough during the day. Snacking is SO vital to avoid binging before dinner or late at night. That’s why I’m ALWAYS on the search for delicious snacks!
A few years ago, Trader Joe’s introduced me to kalamata olive hummus and I was beyond obsessed.
Unfortunately, they no longer carry it so I created my own! Here’s how you can also make this homemade hummus with kalamata olives.
Ingredients You’ll Need
Feel free to add tahini, if you’d like. I personally don’t like the flavor of tahini for this kalamata olive hummus.
- Chickpeas. Make sure to reserve 1/3 cup of the liquid when you are draining the can.
- Kalamata olives. If you want to use black olives, you totally can. Just keep in mind, kalamata olives are a bit more bold, flavorful, and larger than green and black olives. Make sure the kalamata olives are pitted and drained.
- Olive oil.
- Lemon juice.
- Garlic, minced
- Cumin, parsley, black pepper, salt to taste. Remember the olives are already salty so don’t go too crazy with the salt.
Recommended For This Recipe
Food Processor
If you are making salsas or sauces or simply prepping ingredients, a food processor is a must have! It chops and blends so quickly, saving you so much time!
How To Make Homemade Kalamata Olive Hummus
- Measure out all your ingredients. The process always seems to go by faster when I do this.
- Blend the ingredients. Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend until creamy slowly adding enough of the reserved liquid until creamy.
- Serve the kalamata olive hummus. Serve with warm mini pita bread (cut into triangles), pita chips, or homemade tortilla chips.
- Store the hummus. You can also divide the hummus into mini storage containers.
This has become my go-to snack. So filling and super satisfying. It’s hard not to eat the WHOLE thing!
Homemade Kalamata Olive Hummus
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas drained, reserving 1/3 cup of the liquid
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives pitted and drained
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Salt to taste remember the olives are salty!
- Homemade tortilla chips optional
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend until creamy slowly adding enough of the reserved liquid until creamy.
- Serve with warm mini pita breads cut into triangles, pita chips or homemade tortilla chips.
Mimi says
This is brilliant. I usually let the good olive oil flavor my white bean dip, but adding Kalamata olives just adds to the flavor and probably texture as well!
Jamie Silva says
Thank you, Mimi! Hope you enjoy it!
Erica says
Hummus is one of my favorite snacks (or meals when I’m on my own!), love olives and never thought to combine the two. Can’t wait to give this recipe a try!
Jamie Silva says
Hope you LOVE it, Erica!
Riva says
I happen to be deathly allergic to tahini, so I’m always looking for good hummus dips to make without tahini. This one looks amazing! I LOVE kalamata olives. Can’t wait to try!
Jamie Silva says
Hope you LOVE it! :)
Alyssa @ A Bite of Inspiration says
Yay hummus! My favorite food… well, basically ever. Love the kalamata twist. Thanks for sharing!
Jamie Silva says
Thank you, Alyssa! If you love hummus, you’ll LOVE this version!
Joyce says
DIPPY DIP DIP! I love dips and this one sounds so flavourful! I will definitely be using this on my weekend snack binge-ing sessions!
Jamie Silva says
Yes! Perfect for Netflix and chill! :)
Alison @ The Sunday Glutton says
Yum! I love hummus, it’s the perfect snack with the balance of carbs, protein and healthy fats. My hubby loooooves olives, so we’ll have to give this version a try. I bet they offer a nice, subtle brine to the creamy hummus.
Jamie Silva says
Yesss! I hope he loves this version! It really is delicious. :)
The Polished Pursuit says
I LOVE Hummus!!! This is right up my alley. TJ’s used to carry an edamame hummus that I love, and they sometimes still do but I don’t see it as often anymore. I’ve never tried Kalamata olives, so I would love to make this. Thanks for the recipe! Xo
Jamie Silva says
Enjoy my friend! :)
romain | glebekitchen says
We don’t have Trader Joes so I don’t know theirs but yours looks excellent. Kind of a middle eastern tapenade with the creaminess of chickpeas. Can’t wait to try this. Good advice on the salt.
Jamie Silva says
Thanks Romain! :)