On your mark, get set, go! In 5 minutes, you could be snacking on this easy, healthy and completely addictive roasted red pepper dip. This pared down version of Muhammara is great for appetizers or snacks! My 15-year old pretty much summed up our feelings about this roasted red pepper dip after just a few…
Roasted Cauliflower Dip Recipe {Vegan}
This healthy vegan roasted cauliflower dip is packed with the toasty, warm flavors of hazelnuts and smoked paprika. Use any leftovers as a sandwich spread. Afternoons are deadly for me. Or rather, for my waistline. Right around 3pm, any caffeine in my system has worn off, my brain is fried from being on the computer…
Healthy 7-Layer Dip Recipe
If you’re always tempted to dive into the dips on game day, this healthy 7-layer dip is for you! Fewer calories, but plenty of flavor. I was always the one to steer clear of the 7-layer dip at any party. To be honest, sour cream and refried beans just don’t turn my crank. Every other…
Southwestern Potato Wedges Recipe with Red Pepper Jalapeño Dip
This roasted potato appetizer recipe is spiked with southwestern spices and served alongside a healthy roasted red pepper jalapeño dip. Thank you to the Little Potato Co. for helping me to share this recipe with you. When there’s a lot of candy in the house – and we always have more than our fair share…
Sun-Dried Tomato & Dill Yogurt Dip
Throw all of the ingredients in a food processor and 3 minutes later you’ll have a fantastic Sun-Dried Tomato & Dill Yogurt Dip, perfect for an appetizer, or spreading on a sandwich or even fish. Tis the season of summertime entertaining, and nothings says “Ina Garten meets backyard barbecue potluck” than an appetizer that looks…
5-Minute Black Bean Dip Recipe {Healthy Snack}
This awesome and easy black bean dip takes only 5 minutes to throw together. Bring it to your next get-together or keep it on hand for afternoon snacking. This easy black bean dip fits right in with my healthy living goals. When I first started including nutritional data and Weight Watchers points with all of…
Healthy Mediterranean 7-Layer Dip Recipe
This Mediterranean 7-Layer Dip Recipe is a fresh and healthy take on a classic appetizer. It will be a hit at your Super Bowl party! This Mediterranean 7-Layer Dip recipe rights a wrong for me. I’ll admit it. It wasn’t love at first bite when I first dipped into the traditional southwestern 7-layer dip. The…
Creamy Curry Hummus Recipe: A Healthy Snack
This creamy, healthy hummus dip will satisfy your snack cravings. Curry paste gives it an extra kick of flavor. It’s starting already. You know what I’m talking about – the holiday treats. In our house, that means Nutella Fudge, Dulce de Leche No-Bake Cookies and Chocolate & Peppermint Wedding Cookies. But I’ve found a way…
Creamy White Bean Dip Recipe with Parmesan Cheese & Sage
Serve this healthy white bean dip at your next football get-together, or enjoy it as a power-packed snack during the week. For weeks, I’ve been waiting for the first Sunday of the NFL season. It’s a great excuse to hang out with family, dive into healthy dips like this vegetarian white bean version with Parmesan…
Artichoke Hummus Recipe with Hazelnuts & Fresh Mint
Afternoons were always the worst time of day. In the past, noshing turned from a healthy snack into about four handfuls worth of calories that could be considered a full blown meal. Cheese and crackers, then a few more cheese and crackers, maybe a cookie, then bites of the previous night’s leftover dinner. My goodness,…
Super Bowl Recipes: Chili, Wings, Dips and More
“Only five more days, Mum.” That was the greeting yesterday morning. No “Good morning, Mum”, no hug – just the countdown to football’s biggest day of the year. If you don’t follow NFL news, my son would want me to tell you that his beloved New York Giants are playing the New England Patriots in…
Edamame (Soy Bean) Dip with Smoked Paprika & Garlic Recipe
If you are like us, the first thing you order when walking over the threshold of a Japanese restaurant is a bowl of steamed edamame. Lightly coated with sea salt, the bright green pods practically beg to be popped into eager mouths. My kids love the high-protein soy beans so much that we started buying…
Recipes for Fall: Tailgating and Comfort Food
As I mentioned in my last post, Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde, I have a thing for fall and everything it brings, from comfort food to tailgating grub. While I am not quite ready for the chill of winter, I relish the feeling of my husband pulling the extra blanket over top of us in the…
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde Recipe
When I awoke yesterday morning, I breathed an audible sigh of relief. That wasn’t because I managed not to sleep through my alarm or because I realized it was a non-running morning, which means I get to laze around in bed for an extra half-hour. Nope, this sigh was because yesterday was the beginning of…
Smoky Jalapeno & Tomato Cream Cheese Dip Recipe
What else does one do on a hot and humid summer’s day but hunker down for a cut throat game of Dino-opoly? Yes, you read that correctly. No more Park Place or Marvin Avenue. Nope, my kids were buying up Giganotosaurus, Sauroposeidon and Triceratops at a rate that would make any paleontologist drop his pickax…
Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil Cream Cheese Spread Recipe
This easy cream cheese spread comes together in less than 10 minutes and is flavored with sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil. When the thermostat edges toward the 100 degree mark in the middle of summer, I start to wilt like an under-watered flower and do whatever I can to stay cool. Of course, that often…
White Bean Dip with Kalamata Olives & Mint Recipe
Last week I reviewed each recipe that I made in my second year of blogging in preparation for writing Top Recipes of Year Two and a Giveaway (be sure to enter your name into the drawing for a gorgeous Shun knife). It quickly became apparent that my blog is sadly lacking in the dip and…
Spicy Black Bean Dip with Roasted Red & Chipotle Pepper Recipe
The countdown is on. With four sports lovers living in one house, it is hard to avoid the buzz. If you live in my home country of Canada, your attention is probably poised towards the second half of the hockey season. (My Vancouver Canucks keep jumping between first and second place in the league, which…
Roasted Vegetable (Sweet Potato, Eggplant & Tomato) Spread or Dip Recipe
As the clock flicks past midnight tonight, summer officially turns to fall. To get myself in the proper frame of mind for this autumnal arrival, this morning I slid a baking sheet full of root and other vegetables into the oven. Sweet potatoes (or yams, as your grocery store may call them), eggplants, tomatoes, a…
Artichoke & Hazelnut Pesto Spread/Dip Recipe
As I was flipping through my recipe box last week, I came across several recipes that were carefully transcribed onto pink and white floral cards. My grade 9 cursive spoke of the concoctions that my home economic classmates and I perpetrated – yes, I do mean perpetrated – on each other. Though it was many…
