Hi, All!

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Vegetable dips are expensive! I love vegetables and putting them into dips! But, the cost of the dip can be a real downer!

I have no clue as to how to even begin making a dip!

Thanks!

Does ranch dip from a packet mixed into a tub of sour cream count? :) I usually go for that or hummus.

does ranch dip from a packet mixed into a tub of sour cream count? :) i usually go for that or hummus.

Anything counts, justcurious55!

What's hummus, please?

Thanks!

It's a Mediterranean dip made from garbanzo beans. Or at least, it usually is. I've also tried it made from edamame and from white beans but those ones weren't very tasty. There's all sorts of flavors. There's just plain hummus. And some brands make spicy hummus, or garlic hummus, my favorite had red peppers added to it. You can make it from scratch. I've been told it's easy but never actually tried to. It's easier for me to just buy a tub and it's generally not too expensive, depending on where you shop. It's healthier than my ranch dip too.

So, what's unhealthy about a ranch dip, please?

Also, is hummus something that I could just go to the grocery store to purchase?

Thanks!

I don't know about all ranch dips. The one I like the best comes in a little envelope thingy and you mix it into sour cream. So it ends up being high in fat and sodium. There probably are healthier ranches. But of course I like the unhealthy kind.

Yeah, you can find hummus in most grocery stores. I buy mine at trader joe's, they have a pretty wide selection of flavors. I usually only see a couple flavors if I go someplace like albertson's.

Get some low fat salad dressings like "creamy cucumber", or even "Italian".

Yes, hummus is good, and it's sold at the larger grocery stores. It's lower in fat, and high in protein.

I see hummus pictured in many places in the form of dressings and dips of various kinds.

Hummus - Google Search (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Hummus&aql=&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi)

But, I don't recall ever seeing it for sale by iteself. Of course though, I haven't ever really looked for it.

What section of a grocery store might it possibly be in, please?

Thanks!

I see hummus pictured in many places in the form of dressings and dips of various kinds.

Hummus - Google Search (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Hummus&aql=&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi)

But, I don't recall ever seeing it for sale by iteself. Of course though, I haven't ever really looked for it.

What section of a grocery store might it possibly be in, please?

Thanks!

We have Kroger here, they sell it. How about an international market in your area?

You should find it in a major store, in with the special cheeses, and dips.

Sometimes it ends up near the salsa in the refrigerated section. I've seen it in with the cheeses. In one of the mostly middle eastern stores near my house there's an entire case just for hummus.

I will go looking for it. Never really heard of it previously.

Thanks!

Buy a can of garbanzo beans (in the bean section)

Purée the beans without the juice
Add some crushed garlic to your liking
Salt and pepper
And a good olive oil

Blend all together.

It's really good with Greek black olives and warm pita or just on toast.

Another easy home made dip...
1 can of minced clams with juice
1 8 oz. cream cheese
Crushed garlic

Blend all together, it's really easy and good.:)

Buy a can of garbanzo beans (in the bean section)

puree the beans without the juice
add some crushed garlic to your liking
salt and pepper
and a good olive oil

blend all together.

it's really good with Greek black olives and warm pita or just on toast.

Another easy home made dip...
1 can of minced clams with juice
1 8 oz. cream cheese
crushed garlic

blend all together, it's really easy and good.:)

Wow! Those are really different! I'll have to give them a try!

Thanks!

I'm a lover of veggies and dip myself. My favorite is the Hidden Valley Ranch dip mix packet(sold by dressings and condiments) in fat free sour cream(sold in dairy case). I use fat free cause otherwise I feel really guilty about eating veggies and it not being healthy.

Spinach leaves cooked, water drained out.
Celery and carrots and onions and garlic, chopped or minced.
Sour cream,
Mix everything together... and you get a yummy dip.

There's got to be more possible things to add! Any other ideas here?

Thanks!

A can of refried beans mixed with minced onion and ranch dressing mixed in, cream cheese softened and mixed with italian seasoning, pesto-in a food processor put a couple handfulls offresh basil or parsley, a couple fresh cloves of garlic and a littile olive oil while its processing to make it a paste, you can also put sunlower seeds or pine nuts in it

1 can chili (no beans)
1/2 lb chedder or Velveeta (melts better)

Heat in a baby crock pot.

Additions are always welcome here! The more the merrier!

Thanks!

Guacamole

When the avocados are on sale this is always good

2 avocados, mashed... seeds removed
1/2 c chopped onion
1/4 c chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 teas garlic powder
1/4 c prepared salsa

Mix all together yummy:)

Guacamole

When the avocados are on sale this is always good

2 avocados, mashed... seeds removed
1/2 c chopped onion
1/4 c chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 teas garlic powder
1/4 c prepared salsa

mix all together yummy:)

I just love the variety here!

Thanks!

I sure hope that we're not finished here!

You could do a yogurt dip. One of my iranian friends turned me on to it. I guess yogurt is common in middle eastern cuisine and she says it's pretty much in every meal. We dip veggies and chips in it, put it in rice, everything when we get together. If we're at home, we just use plain yogurt, no added flavors or anything. We went to this really great restaurant once and they had this great thick, creamy yogurt and it had shallots and I think maybe garlic too minced in in. we ate it with raw chopped onions and raddishes (I think that's what they're called. Those little pink skinned things that are white inside and crunchy.) you could experiment with different yogurt styles. I don't like the runnier yogurts as much as the thicker Mediterranean style yogurts. My favorite mediterranean cheese style yogurt was recently discontinued from the store I was buying it from. It was amazing. Super thick and great on anything. Now I've got to find some place else to buy it.

I have heard that you can sub yogurt for sour cream in most dips and dressings. I just never buy yogurt:)

I use yogurt for a lot of things. I like it by itself, with fruit, on granola cereals, in baking (it's really good in banana bread). Ran out of cream cheese the other morning so I put some good thick plain greek yogurt on my bagel instead. Ran out of milk too and used vanilla greek yogurt in my flake cereal.

you could do a yogurt dip. one of my iranian friends turned me on to it. i guess yogurt is common in middle eastern cuisine and she says it's pretty much in every meal. we dip veggies and chips in it, put it in rice, everything when we get together. if we're at home, we just use plain yogurt, no added flavors or anything. we went to this really great restaurant once and they had this great thick, creamy yogurt and it had shallots and i think maybe garlic too minced in in. we ate it with raw chopped onions and raddishes (i think that's what they're called. those little pink skinned things that are white inside and crunchy.) you could experiment with different yogurt styles. i don't like the runnier yogurts as much as the thicker Mediterranean style yogurts. my favorite mediterranean cheese style yogurt was recently discontinued from the store i was buying it from. it was amazing. super thick and great on anything. now i've got to find some place else to buy it.

It sounds like that would be a very powerful dip!