Dips and Dunkers
Instructions
Ingredients
Banana, apricot and yoghurt:
1 banana, peeled and mashed
250g (9oz) natural yoghurt
125g (4½ oz) dried apricots, finely chopped
Cream cheese:
2-3 tablespoons light cream cheese
2-3 tablespoons natural yoghurt
2 stalks spring onion, finely chopped
Garlic mayonnaise:
2-3 tablespoons light mayonnaise
2-3 tablespoons natural yoghurt
Garlic clove, peeled and crushed
Bonfire:
200g (7oz) natural yoghurt
1 tablespoon light mayonnaise
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 drops chilli sauce
3 tablespoons red pesto
Creamy cheese and chive:
100g (3½ oz) light cream cheese
5 tablespoons low-fat Greek yoghurt
Chives, chopped
Quick guacamole:
1 ripe avocado, peeled and mashed
1 garlic clove, crushed
Chilli, finely chopped
Juice of half a lime
Savoury cottage cheese:
200g (7oz) cottage cheese
2 tablespoons natural yoghurt
2-3 teaspoons mustard
1 garlic clove, crushed
Paprika, sprinkle on to serve
Sweet chilli:
2-3 tablespoons natural yoghurt
2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
Tzatki (Greek):
200g (7oz) low-fat Greek-style yoghurt
1 tablespoon mint sauce or chopped fresh mint
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 handful of peeled and diced/grated cucumber (to avoid watery cucumber, remove seeds)
Method
1. Mix together ingredients.
2. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
Dunker suggestions:
Pitta bread, warm or cold, cut into strips.
Carrot, cucumber, celery or pepper batons.
Prepared mange tout and baby sweetcorn.
Fresh prawns or crab sticks.
Breadsticks, wholemeal crackers.
Home-made oven-baked potato wedges/sweet potato wedges.