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How Can I Make Better Fat-Free Yogurt Dips?
Good Questions

Q: I was wondering if you had any insight on dips. Lately I have been trying to make veggie dips with fat-free Greek yogurt and everything has fallen kind of flat compared to their full fat sour cream...

Cool Recipe: Gabriela's Salsa Huevona (Lazy Salsa)
Stay Cool!

Name: Gabriela Location: New York City, New York How are you staying cool? Sweating it out with a spicy salsa that doesn't require us to roast any ingredients!...

Snack On The Go: Veggies Stored In Dip

We all strive to eat more vegetables during our day-to-day adventures, but there's something slightly lackluster about opening your bag or container to find just six sad little carrot sticks. Dips ca...

Tip: Turn Leftover Soup into a Dip

This wouldn't work for every soup in the book, but there are certain ones that could be easily thickened up and recycled, in a way, as a dip. Don't believe us? We've actually thought it through......

Word of Mouth: Chutney

Chutney, noun: A type of condiment similar to salsa found in Indian cuisine. Every culture has their own version of an all-purpose sauce that can be used interchangeably as dip, relish, or condiment....

10 Things To Do With Bloody Mary Mix

We had some friends over for brunch last weekend and ended up with some leftover Bloody Mary mix. A LOT of Bloody Mary mix. It got us thinking: What can we make with the mix besides a cocktail? ...

Recipe: Fava Bean Dip with Roasted Garlic and Yogurt

Sometimes eating light in January is just too darn hard. There's not a lot of green, not a lot of crunchy vegetables. So we broke down and bought a mess of expensive hot-house vegetables the other day...

Recipe: Butternut Squash and Parmesan Dip

Really, this could easily be a side dish as well as a dip. It's a simple preparation of twice-baked butternut squash: roasted to get it soft and scoopable, then blended with milk and parmesan and bake...

Recipe Variation: Edamame Dip

We're big fans of Mark Bittman and his Minimalist approach to cooking. When he came up with 101 easy picnic recipes, we couldn't wait to try them out. We used his video recipe for edamame salad with f...

Recipe Review: White Bean and Garlic Scapes Dip

White beans (or cannellini beans) are one of the easiest things to puree into a dip. They're creamy and mild, so they marry well with a lot of different flavors. We've reviewed Mark Bittman's Rosemary...

Recipe Review: Mark Bittman's Rosemary-Lemon White Bean Dip

With all the rain and warm weather we've had in Boston recently, our pot of rosemary has started to look a bit wild and scraggly around the edges. It's in definite need of a trim! We tagged this Mark...

Recipe: Guacamole

With the weather turning warmer, we find ourselves turning to lighter meals and nibbles. Healthy dips and spreads such as muhammara are finding their way onto our plates more often in recent weeks. ...

Stress-Free Weekend Cooking: Muhammara

Earlier this week, we mentioned our newfound love of muhammara – a tangy, spicy spread made with roasted red peppers, walnuts and pomegranate molasses. Well, we can't seem to get it off our minds, a...

SF Local Product: Affi’s Aubergine Dip

Make This: Yogurt, Lemon, and Herb Dip

We discussed our love of Greek yogurt over the weekend, and now that we have you whipped into a dairy frenzy, here's a beautiful shot of yogurt dip (with radishes and baby carrots from the garden!) to...

Entertaining Tip: Easy Food Processor Dips

We've been introducing little entertaining tips over the past few weeks in an attempt to make dinner parties, large or small, even more enjoyable and less harrowing. Today, we're highlighting a genre...