Lighter-Than-Light Cucumber Dip - With Vegan Alternatives!
"This Dip is a huge hit at parties because it tastes great, but it's also low in fat (or fat-free, depending on your yogurt choice) and easy to make vegan using soy yogurt. Cook time includes one hour chilling in the fridge. Enjoy!"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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24-32
ingredients
- 1 medium whole cucumber
- 3⁄4 cup plain unsweetened yogurt (or soy yogurt)
- 1 (1 ounce) packet ranch dressing mix (Vegans, check your ingredient list! It should contain no cane sugar, casesin or other dairy)
- kosher salt
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
directions
- Peel the cucumber, if desired (we always leave the skin on for the nutrients and the lovely color).
- Slice cucumber in half length-wise and scoop out seeds.
- Dice cucumber and add to a bowl.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Refridgerate at least one hour prior to serving.
- Serve chilled with crudetes or whole-grain crackers.
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Reviews
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Wowser! This is great stuff!! I was very leary at first taste, but after sitting in the fridge over night, the flavors came through fabulously! My teenagers even enjoyed it, and that's saying a lot. Thank you so much for this terrific healthy alternative!
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Pescetarian, lovin' the hippie-eats, learned to cook authentic Japanese fare in Kyoto!
Okay, I figured I should add a bit to the above, so here goes:
I'm a on-air personality on a radio station in the city where I live. My girlfriend and I recently bought an art gallery and are in the midst of remodelling the lofts above it for a living space.
My girlfriend and I travel frequently - we just got back from a three week trip to Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil - and I love to pick up recipes as I go.
We've been vegetarian (although we eat fish) for about a year and a half and I absolutely love it. We eat tons of fresh veggies and fruit and pasta and grains and a moderate amount of fish...and I can't imagine ever craving meat in my diet again!
My family are a very meat-and-potatoes type of mid-western, so they are absolutely baffled by this. I think they must imagine what goes on their dinner-plates (Steak, a few pieces of broccoli, a baked potato) and wonder how we can survive on what's left after you remove the meat. Luckily, I'm a pretty good cook - no, make that a very daring cook! No fear! - and my girlfriend is kind of human garbage disposal. Seriously, she's never met an obscure ethnic dish she didn't like.
So, that's it for now.
