ISO Low-calorie dips

Active Poster Joined: Nov 29 2011 Posts: 25

I'd love to make some low-calorie dips for shabbos.
Any suggestions?
If you do have a suggestion, could you provide the recipe?
Never made dips before- only buy and we're all dieting.
Thanks.

Silver Member Joined: Jan 09 2008 Posts: 724

what do you consider low calorie?
could you use low calorie mayo?

I'll give you a few ideas but for me dips no matter how low calorie are not good for dieting cuz then it makes everyone eat much more challa to go with it,
I rather make lots of salads - cole slaw, cucumber salad, broccoli salad, purple cabbage salad, green bean salad, lettuce salad, all filling and don't need to be eaten with challah

anyway here are some dip ideas:
babaganoush, pierce eggplant, bake for at least an hour on 350 until soft,
scoop out from peel, add heaping spoonful of mayo, 2-3 garlic cloves, salt to taste, pulse with immersion blender

humus- with S blade in food processor, 1 can chic peas, 1/4 liquid from chic peas, 1 T tahini, 1 T lemon juice, 1 clove garlic, 1 tsp. cumin, less than 1 tsp. salt

spinach dip - lite mayo, chopped spinach, garlic cloves, pulse with immersion blender

olive dip, S blade of food processor, mayo, olives with pimentos, salt to taste

Posted: Thu, Apr 19 2012, 10:01 am Post subject: re: ISO Low-calorie dips

You can puree tomatoes, onion, garlic and salt for tomato dip.
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Silver Member Joined: Feb 24 2011 Posts: 676

tomato dip-
3-4 plum tomato
olive oil
onion
garlic
salt and pepper

chimichurrri dip-(liquidy) from Fresh and Easy
a bunch of parsely
olive oil
vinegar

roasted garlic

Silver Member Joined: Jan 05 2010 Posts: 526

Dill Dip: 3 Tbsp lite mayo
1 cube frozen garlic
3 cubes frozen dill

Basil Dip:
3 Tbsp lite mayo
3 cubes frozen basil
1 tsp mustard (I use yellow)

Mustard dip:
Lite mayo
Mustard
Lots of black pepper

Gold Member Joined: Jan 27 2010 Posts: 1434

I make this most weeks

Sundried Tomato Tapenade

I also make an olive spread with no mayo. I use a can of black olives, 2 garlic cloves, some capers and a squirt of dijon or whole grain mustard. I add oil only if it seems to need it.

Posted: Thu, Apr 19 2012, 1:11 pm Post subject: re: ISO Low-calorie dips

Matboucha

5 large tomatoes, diced
1 large onion diced
2 cloves garlic minced or pressed
1 scant tsp salt
shake of pepeper
garlic powder (optional)

dice tomatoes and onion. saute onion. add tomatoes. press or drice garlic and add with salt and pepper.

cook covered on low fire for three hours. if a lot of liquid remains uncover pot and complete cooking

freezes well

Posted: Thu, Apr 19 2012, 1:13 pm Post subject: re: ISO Low-calorie dips

Chumus

2 cups cooked chickpeas
1/2 cup techina
1 tsp salt
juice of one lemon
1/2 tsp cumin
4 cloves garlic
1/2 cup water (good to use the water that chickpeas were cooked in)

blend

can be frozen

Posted: Thu, Apr 19 2012, 1:14 pm Post subject: re: ISO Low-calorie dips

Techina

1 cup techina
1 cup hot water
1/2 tsp salt
1 clove garlic
1/4 cup lemon juice

blend techina, water, salt and garlic in food processor with s blade. Slowly add lemon juice. Taste. If needed add more salt and lemon juice.