Apologies to everyone, it’s been a while since I have added anything here, I have had a busy summer, eating, cocktail drinking and I even managed to squeeze some Karaoke in!

During the week I like to make food that is fairly quick. I am a busy mum and time seems to vanish during the day and then I am left peering into the fridge for inspiration looking for something the kids can eat when they are screaming at me that they are hungry. I have slightly odd kids in that they love strong flavours, olives especially! I always have a jar of Kalamanta olives  at the back of the fridge for a Salad Nicoise or Puttanesca. I had some leftover houmous in the fridge without any form of bread to dunk in it and whipped up a batch of these bad boys, best of all they take very little effort and are very tasty. I have added a quick recipe for houmous, I am not a fan of really oily houmous so I use a little of the liquid from the chickpeas to thin the texture out, it also makes it much less calorific!

for the flatbread

125g plain flour

1tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

10 pitted kalamanta olives, chopped

1 tbsp. olive oil

freshly ground pepper

for the houmous

1 x 400g tin of chickpeas, drained (reserve a little of the liquid)

3 tbsp. tahini paste

1 garlic clove, crushed

2 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice

50ml good olive oil

sea salt and ground pepper

a little paprika to finish

….for the flatbread

Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and the chopped olives. Make a well in the centre of the mixture and add the olive oil and gradually add up to 4 tablespoons of cold water to form a soft dough.

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