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Vegan Holiday Hummus

This vegan holiday hummus is the perfect appetizer for your Thanksgiving or Christmas party – it’s a dip all the guests will love!

First of all, credit where credit is due – I got the visual inspiration for this hummus from my friend Laura of The First Mess with her carrot harissa dip. I loved the look of the vibrant colors and wanted to recreate a similar photo in my own style. However, while the recipes are both delicious, they are very different! This vegan holiday herb hummus combines some of my favorite Thanksgiving/Christmas flavors – rosemary, garlic, and parsley. Roasting the carrots makes the perfect combination of sweet and savory, and I love how they taste in a hummus.

My family always has some sort of dip for our holiday parties. It’s mostly because we’re obsessed with chips. I joke with my dad that four generations of us love chips – my granny, my dad, me, and my dog Ivy! ;) (Chips are Ivy’s favorite snack, just like her mommy.) When I was growing up, my dad and I used to hide our chip caches away from each other, because we knew the other would come asking for some! My dad stored his chips away in the cabinet above the refrigerator, far above my childhood reach. Funnily enough, nobody ever stopped storing the chips up there, so even now that I’m grown up and tall, we still keep them in that cabinet!!

Can I just talk about chips for a second? They’re the best. I love them all – tortilla chips, sweet potato chips, potato chips, beet chips – they’re all SO delicious. I’ve kind of realized at this point that my blog has a shocking lack of my favorite food. You’d never know it from the recipes I post here, but I eat at least one serving of chips per day. I love snacking!! Maybe it’s time I posted some snack recipes, don’t you think? ;) Cheers!