Ina Garten's Hummus is easy and delicious. You only need four pantry ingredients to make it, and it's ready in 15 minutes.

Her recipe calls for two cups of canned chickpeas, but I use one whole can instead and scale down the garlic.

The hummus is highly adaptable—add Kalamata olives, roasted red peppers, or even roasted butternut squash.

I've been making Ina Garten's recipes for about 15 years. I learned how to cook by watching countless hours of "Barefoot Contessa," I have all her cookbooks, and I even saw her speak once in Minneapolis.

My favorite thing about Ina is her confidence in the kitchen. Watching her taught me to be a confident chef. I learned to trust my instincts by tasting the food I’m cooking as I go. I trust what my tongue tells my brain, and—like Ina—I keep recipes simple and allow the ingredients to stand out.

One of my most beloved Ina recipes is her hummus. There's nothing extraordinary about it, which is exactly why I love it. Its simplicity lets the ingredients sing. It calls for four straightforward ingredients: chickpeas, garlic, tahini, and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Those ingredients seasoned liberally with kosher salt and pepper make deliciously crave-worthy hummus.