Easter Saturday was spent having a family lunch at my mum's place. I decided to take some pre-lunch noms since she was doing the whole big lunch herself. I bought divine marinated olives from the Vic Market & decided to make some bread & dips. I am sure that she just thought I would go to the supermarket & buy some crackers & dips & did not intend for me to get up at on Saturday morning & start baking bread at 7am but I tend to go all out if I am given a task. My mum bought herself 'The Joy of Vegan Baking' a while ago & is obsessed with it & everything she has made from it has been amazing so I finally got myself a copy & made the focaccia from it. This was hands down the best focaccia I have ever eaten! I have made focaccia a few times & have eaten plenty of it & this was divine - tasty, not dry, not too yeasty tasting, perfect! There is lots of resting time involved but very little actual work.
The dips I made to go with the bread were muhummara, as blogged about by
Where's the Beef & sweet chilli hommus. I make up hommus as I go by blending up chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice & salt & pepper & with this one I stirred through some sweet chilli sauce when it was done.
very clever to do the pre-noms before everyone is full - that foccacia looks fantastic with the dips too so I am sure your family were impressed - and your mum sounds great with her vegan baking
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