Four Healthy Dips With Just 4 Ingredients Each

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Here are four delicious healthy eating dips that each have just 4 ingredients.
Try serving with grilled meats, BBQ’d fish, on a sandwich or wrap, as a side order for a fresh salad, with grilled prawns, with lamb chops, with a roast chicken – anywhere you like.

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Making your own healthy eating dips are a great way to enjoy the flavours you love without the added sugars, salts and oils that are found in commercial dips.

Feel free to add salt and pepper to taste.

Tzatziki:

  • 1 large telegraph cucumber, peeled and diced
  • 1 cup natural or Greek yoghurt
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled and very finely diced
  • Handful of fresh mint leaves, chopped

Method:

  • Place all ingredients in a bowl and bring together with a spoon.
  • Serves 4. Calories per serve: 105

Chunky Mango and Avocado Salsa

  • 2 ripe avocadoes, peeled, de-seeded and cut into chunks
  • 1 ripe mango, peeled, de-seeded and cut into same size chunks as avocado
  • 2 ripe tomatoes, cut into same size chunks
  • Juice and zest of 1 lime

Method:

  • Place all ingredients in a bowl and bring together gently with a spoon.
  • Serves: 4. Calories per serve: 195.

Roast Eggplant Dip

  • 1 medium eggplant
  • 2 cloves garlic, unpeeled
  • 5 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp tahini

Method:

  • Prick the eggplant with a fork, and then roast under a hot grill for 10 minutes until charred, turning halfway through.
  • Add the whole garlic cloves for the final 6 minutes, turn halfway through. Set aside to cool.
  • When cool enough to handle, peel the garlic and the eggplant and discard the skins.
  • Place in a food processor with the lemon juice and tahini and blitz until smooth.
  • Serves: 6. Calories per serve: 173.

Creamy Spinach Dip

  • ¾ cup low fat Greek yoghurt
  • 150g cooked baby spinach
  • 200g light cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 cup low fat cheddar, grated

Method:

  • Heat your oven to 190C.
  • Blitz the yoghurt, spinach, cream cheese and ¾ of the cheddar in a food processor.
  • Place in an ovenproof dish and top with final ¼ of the cheese.
  • Bake for around 40 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
  • Serves: 6. Calories per serve: 147.

 
 
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