I know dips and sauces add some taste to those baby carrots you might consider bland when eaten alone. But they can be a huge source of fattening ingredients if you don’t choose them wisely.
Hummus
Avoid
Hummus with added vegetable oil or sugar.
Choose
Hummus made with olive oil – or even better, that doesn’t contain any oil.
Homemade Hummus
Ingredients :
- 2/3 cups dry chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- ½ tsp. sea salt
- ½ tsp. ground cumin
- Fresh ground pepper, to taste
Instructions :
1. Soak the chickpeas in water overnight, and then boil them covered for 2 hours over medium heat.
2. Blend all ingredients together. Adjust taste with salt and lemonjuice.
Note: I prefer not using any oil or tahini in my hummus to keep the calorie content very low.
Tzatziki
Avoid
Tzatziki with added vegetable oil and regular yogurt (that comes from hormoneladen cheap cow milk).
Choose
Tzatziki made with nothing else than plain organic yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, spices and olive oil.
Homemade Tzatziki
Ingredients :
- 1 cup organic, plain Greek yogurt
- Juice of half a lemon
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 medium cucumber, diced
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
- Fresh dill, finely chopped (very optional)
Instructions :
1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Adjust taste with salt and lemon juice
Pesto
Avoid
Pesto made with vegetable oil.
Choose
Pesto made with olive oil (hard to find).
Homemade Pesto
Ingredients :
- 2 packed cups fresh basil leaves
- ½cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup pine nuts, cashews or walnuts (optional)
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
Instructions :
1. Put the basil, garlic and nuts in a food processor and pulse until everything is chopped.
2. Add the olive oil and pulse again until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Guacamole
Avoid
Guacamole dips made with vegetable oil (and Kraft’s guacamole that contains less than 2% avocado).
Choose
Guacamole that’s made with avocado, veggies and spices – nothing else.
Homemade Guacamole
Ingredients
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 lemon or lime (I prefer lemon)
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
- Fresh coriander, chopped (optional)
Instructions :
1. Crush the avocado, garlic, salt, pepper together, adding about half the lemon or lime juice.
2. Adjust taste using lemon juice or salt.
