Edamame hummus

Fresh edamame

Here’s a fun thing to do with edamame, whether it’s fresh from the farm or fresh from the freezer of your local grocery store. It’s a great snack that you can use however you would normally use hummus…I like it with Food Should Taste Good multigrain chips!

It is definitely easier to buy frozen edamame! If you buy it pre-cooked, all you need to is shell them. If it’s not cooked, then cook according to package directions.

Edamame, cooked and shelled

Since I got not one, but two bunches of fresh edamame, I went the fresh route this time. First, pick the pods off the branches, discarding any that are brown. I thought it might be a #loveuglyfood sitch so I cooked some of them anyway. But nope the beans inside were not the nice green color you want, so don’t bother with them. Some of the greenish-yellowish pods were still ok though.