Hummus

This is really really really easy and it tastes SO MUCH BETTER than the stuff they sell in containers at the supermarket or the health food store -- the reason i feel great about making this now is largely because i am using an immersion blender which makes it MUCH easier to stir everything around while i am blending and also there is very little cleanup compared to a regular blender! YUM

1 15 oz can chickpeas
2 or 3 heaping soup spoonfuls raw tehini
1 medium clove garlic, minced
juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon
1 big pinch salt

Drain the chickpeas, reserving the liquid.  Put the chickpeas, the tehini, and the garlic in a medium saucepan or whatever container seems high enough not to splatter.  Place the immersion blender onto some of the chickpeas, turn it on at any speed, and slowly press down on the chickpeas -- the blender should chop them up and the chopped up chickpeas (and garlic and tehini) should squish out the holes in the side of the blender.  Repeat on every chickpea until everything is blended.  If it seems to need more moisture while doing this, add some of the reserved chickpea water.  At the end, add salt and lemon juice bit by bit to taste.