Prepping for a celebration or searching for snack inspiration? These low-calorie dip recipes are good for any event, whether or not they’re a twist on a well-known basic or are a new-to-you taste combo. Impress a crowd (or your self!) with scrumptious recipes like our Excessive-Protein Caesar Dip or Spicy Eggplant Dip with Lime & Cilantro. Pair with crudité for a simple strategy to eat extra veggies!
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Excessive-Protein Caesar Dip
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen, Meals Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer
This versatile high-protein dip is the proper companion on your favourite veggies. Made with Greek-style yogurt and bitter cream and blended with Parmesan cheese and Worcestershire sauce, it’s paying homage to the flavors in Caesar salad dressing. Whether or not served as an appetizer or a fast snack, this protein-packed Caesar dip makes consuming extra veggies easy.
Whipped Cottage Cheese French Onion Dip
Photographer: Rachel Marek, Meals stylist: Holly Dreesman, Prop stylist: Gabriel Greco
We swap out bitter cream for whipped cottage cheese on this mild and ethereal French onion dip. We name for vegan Worcestershire sauce to maintain the dip vegetarian; you need to use common Worcestershire (which often incorporates anchovies) should you like. Serve with chips, contemporary veggies or as a sandwich unfold.
Spicy Eggplant Dip with Lime & Cilantro
Ali Redmond (pictures, meals & prop styling)
Grilling the eggplant offers this dip a smoky taste that is really scrumptious. Serve it as chef Yia Vang does with balls of purple sticky rice for scooping up the dip or alongside together with your alternative of greens for dipping.
Loaded Black Bean Dip
It is a 7-layer black bean dip simplified: Simply warmth and season refried beans, then prime with contemporary greens for a texturally thrilling dip.
Spinach-Feta Dip with Dill
Do this spinach dip, infused with contemporary dill and briny feta cheese, as a sandwich unfold—or serve alongside crackers or crudité.
Creamy Hen Poblano Dip
Photographer: Brie Goldman, Meals Stylist: Addelyn Evans, Prop Stylist: Gabriel Greco
Scoop up this creamy hen poblano cheese dip with tortilla chips or your favourite contemporary veggies, or use it as a filling for halved child peppers for a game-day appetizer. We prefer it chilled, however if you would like a heat dip, unfold it right into a shallow baking dish and warmth it in a 350°F oven for 12 minutes with a sprinkling of Cheddar cheese on prime.
Twarożek (Polish Cottage Cheese Unfold)
Rachel Marek, Meals stylist: Annie Probst
On the coronary heart of the Polish brunch board is an expansion referred to as twarożek or gzik, relying on the area of Poland. Historically made with farmer’s cheese, this model makes use of cottage cheese together with crunchy radishes and cucumber and aromatic dill. Serve it with hearty rye bread, uncooked and pickled greens, slices of kielbasa, Polish cheese and mustard or horseradish.
Yogurt with Beets (Borani Chogondar)
Creamy Spinach Dip
Do this mild spinach dip made more healthy with reduced-fat cream cheese, nonfat yogurt and low-fat cottage cheese as an alternative of full-fat cheese, mayonnaise and bitter cream. It’ll prevent a whopping 84 energy and 10 grams of fats per serving when in comparison with conventional variations. Serve it with pita chips and crunchy greens or unfold it on a sandwich.
Air-Fryer Roasted Corn Salsa
Photographer: Kelsey Hansen, Meals Stylist: Charlie Worthington, Prop Stylist: Stephanie Hunter
This simple corn salsa has an amazing depth of taste, due to the air fryer. “Roasting” the corn, pepper and tomatoes brings out smoky and caramelized notes within the greens.
Straightforward Scallion-Salmon Dip
Impressed by the basic mixture of smoked salmon and cream cheese, this unfold is ideal for slathering on a bagel or serving as a dip with bagel chips. This salmon dip recipe is an effective way to make use of up leftovers from Miso-Maple Salmon (see Related Recipes).
Gentle & Ethereal Whipped Cottage Cheese
Images: Rachel Marek, Meals Stylist: Annie Probst
Give this whipped cottage cheese recipe your personal spin by making it together with your favourite contemporary herbs. You should use it as a dip with contemporary veggies or as a sandwich unfold.
Curried Butternut Squash Dip
This wholesome squash dip recipe, spiced with curry and made creamy with the addition of coconut milk, is a scrumptious various to hummus. It’s also possible to use different forms of winter squash, pumpkin or candy potatoes rather than the butternut squash on this dip. Serve with crisp uncooked greens or toasted pitas for dipping.
Avocado-Yogurt Dip
Replace your guacamole recipe by including protein-packed yogurt to make a wholesome dip recipe. For an additional kick, add minced jalapeño or your favourite scorching sauce for some zing! Serve this wholesome dip recipe with crunchy greens, pita chips or pretzels, or use as a sandwich unfold.
Yakimiso (Toasted Miso)
Rick Poon
This combination of buckwheat groats, miso, walnuts and chives is historically toasted on a picket rice paddle and nibbled with chopsticks whereas sipping sake and ready for the noodles to cook dinner at soba eating places. (Right here, we broil it on a foil-lined pan for ease.) Serve with crackers or crudités, if desired. For a extra Western-style dip, skip the broiling step and stir the combination into 1 cup bitter cream or plain yogurt.
