Healthy Party Dips
So many of the dips that I find at parties are full of unhealthy ingredients. These two dips are full of healthy ingredients, chemical-free, sugar-free, dairy free, gluten-free…and very delicious,
What I like about this raw avocado dip is that it is full of vegetables; adding the celery makes it crunchy and not so rich as well as healthier.
AVOCADO VEGETABLE DIP
Ingredients:
1 ripe avocado, peeled & pitted
1 stalk of celery, finely chopped
1 – 2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tomato, chopped
Spike Salt to taste
Directions:
1. Mash avocado.
2. Add celery and lemon juice and mix in well.
3. Gently mix in chopped tomato.
4. Season with Spike salt to taste.
5. Place in serving bowl on a plate surround with cucumber rounds, slices of radishes and corn chips.
This is a creamy dip that is also dairy free.
BUTTER BEAN DIP
Ingredients:
1 cup butter beans (cooked)
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp Lemon Juice
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1-2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
Salt to taste
A few sprigs of fresh parsley, chopped
Olives & watercress or parsley for garnish
Directions:
1. Mash butter beans until smooth and creamy.*
2. Add rest of ingredients.
3. Mix together until well-blended.
4. Adjust seasoning to taste (salt, Lemon juice, olive oil, garlic).
5. Put into a decorative bowl and garnish with olives & watercress.
6. Serve with corn chips or whole meal crackers.
* you could use a blender, when I developed this recipe I did not have one by choice!
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About Diana Herrington
I am the head chef at Real Food for Life and author of the GREEN means LEAN and Balance Your Body e-books. I turned a debilitating health crisis into a passion for helping others with healthy, sugar free, gluten free eating and cooking.
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