~~ Reminiscing ~~ I've only visited Greece once - it was Crete, to be exact, and sadly some years ago now. Amongst all the exciting foods we got to taste, it was houmous that probably stuck in my memory - along with tzatsiki, retsina, baklava, Greek yoghurt with honey ... O.K. so maybe it's stretching it a bit to say houmous was my absolute favourite, but I really liked its taste and texture. Over the years since I've tried lots of brands and quite often made my own, which wasn't bad, actually. I don't think any really had the same impact as eating it on fresh, crusty bread in the Cretan sunshine, but then that version was also swimming in olive oil & I didn't ...  Read the complete review

If you read my reviews youll probably notice the trend that at least once a week I really cant be bothered to cook and end up snacking. I tend to go through phases and overdo one thing until I cant bear it anymore. At the moment its houmous. I am getting through pots of the stuff so in a bid to cut back on a few of the calories tonight I had the low fat variety and substituted my normal pitta bread for celery sticks! I opted for the 200g Tesco reduced fat houmous. This size cost me 88p or you can buy two for £1.50. Other sizes available are the 300g pot for 99p (obviously better value but as I knew Id polish it off I went for the 200g!) and a ...  Read the complete review