Cannabis Hummus Recipe: Ingredients, Steps and Dosing Tips

To make cannabis hummus you need cooked chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, water, salt and pepper, plus cannabis oil, which carries the THC. You blend everything in a food processor in a couple of minutes and go slow when you eat it, because it's an edible. We could fill pages with cannabis recipes, so today we're zooming in on one of the breakout dishes of recent years: hummus.

It's a tasty, creamy, nutritious and mellow side that's a hit pretty much anywhere. At a dinner with friends it always goes over well, especially next to other good stuff on the table. And if you're a fan of both hummus and cannabis, you can combine them and make weed hummus. It's delicious, it packs a real punch and everyone will love the twist.

Cannabis Recipes: What Is Hummus?

Hummus is a smooth, creamy spread made from chickpeas and spices. It's a traditional dish from the Middle East, where the spices give it that distinctive flavor, and it's been around for centuries. It's also healthy and nutritious, depending on how you make it, and almost anyone can eat it: it's vegan and free of gluten, wheat and dairy.

Ingredients for Cannabis Hummus

• ¼ cup of lemon juice, strained so there are no seeds.
• 400 g (14 oz) of cooked chickpeas, rinsed and drained.
• 2 garlic cloves.
• ¼ cup of tahini (you can buy it at the grocery store or make your own with toasted sesame seeds, a pinch of chili and oil).
• ½ teaspoon of ground cumin.
• 2 tablespoons of water.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• ¼ cup of cannabis oil.

How to Make Cannabis Hummus

Weed hummus has a decent number of ingredients, but it's quick and easy to make.

First, the chickpeas. You've got two options: buy canned chickpeas that are already cooked, or cook them yourself. If you go the second route, be patient. Soak the dried chickpeas overnight. The next day, drain them, put them in a big pot with fresh water and set the burner to low. Slow cooking keeps the nutrients in and stops them from going mushy. Once they're done, drain them and slip off their thin, see-through skins. Yes, it's tedious, but it's worth it if you want to avoid canned chickpeas that can come loaded with salt.

Once your chickpeas are ready, grab a food processor, blender or immersion blender, add the tahini and lemon juice and blend on low for 30 seconds.

Add the rinsed and drained chickpeas, the peeled garlic, the cumin, the cannabis oil and the water to the mix.

Blend on medium to high for about a minute. Stop now and then to check the texture. If it's too thick for your taste, lumpy or too heavy, blend again in 30-second bursts, adding a little water if needed, or a bit of oil for more body, until you get the texture you want.

Spoon the hummus into a serving bowl. Drizzle some raw cannabis oil on top and dust it with a little paprika for color and a hint of heat.

And it's ready to eat! This recipe is super versatile: serve it with pita or crunchy toast, or for a lighter, fully vegan, allergy-friendly version, with veggie sticks.

One heads-up: edibles take longer to kick in than smoking, often 30 minutes to 2 hours. So eat a little at a time, and if you don't feel anything after half an hour, wait at least another hour or two before going back for more.

Is Worm Humus the Same as Cannabis Hummus?

Nope, not even close. Worm humus, better known as worm castings, is a powerful organic fertilizer rich in nitrogen and plenty of other nutrients. Worms eat almost any organic matter and break it down, so pretty much anything that was once alive becomes worm food, from fruits and vegetables to, well, everything else.

As they feed, worms produce castings (in other words, worm humus for your cannabis) that are packed with nutrients and beneficial microbes, which boost plant growth and help build a healthy soil ecosystem.

How to Use Worm Castings on Cannabis Plants

If you want the simplest possible way to feed your cannabis plants, worm castings will do the job while also improving soil health and strengthening the root zone. Here are a few ways to use them:

Mixing Worm Castings Into Your Soil

One of the best ways (you'll thank us later) is to use worm castings as a soil amendment. Here's how:

• Get a large, clean tub or another container to mix your soil in.
• If you're not using any other fertilizer, you can add up to 1 liter of worm castings for every 2 liters of soil.
• If you're using other natural fertilizers, add just 0.5 liters of worm castings for every 2 liters of soil.

Top-Dressing With Worm Castings

For the easiest win, apply castings straight to the top layer of soil. Just sprinkle a handful of worm castings in a circle around the base of your cannabis plants.

What Is Worm Casting Tea for Cannabis?

Another creative way to feed is to use worm castings to brew a nutrient-rich "tea." Here's what to do:

• Put the worm castings in a porous bag and tie it shut.
• Fill a 20-liter (5-gallon) bucket with non-chlorinated water.
• Drop the bag of castings into the bucket and let it soak overnight.
• The next day, pull out the bag, and your worm casting tea is ready to use as a foliar spray or liquid fertilizer.