Take The Plunge Into Summer’s Best Dips

(NC) – Tired of the same old barbecue and cocktail party food? Hellmann’s has some fabulous new dips just in time for the summer party scene. Each is simple to make and perfect served along garden-fresh summer vegetables, chips, breadsticks or crackers. Whether you love zesty, spicy, savoury, zippy, chunky or cheesy dips, the place to look for hip dips is www.homebasics.ca

White Hot Dip with Cool Cucumber Spears

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Makes1 Cups

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sour cream low-fat
  • 1/3 cup Hellmann's Real or 1/2 the Fat Mayonnaise
  • 3/4 cup radishes grated
  • 2 tbsp horseradish prepared
  • salt
  • 2 English cucumbers cut into spears

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, combine the sour cream and mayonnaise.
  • Over the sink, place half of the grated radish in your hand and squeeze out the liquid. Add the squeezed radish to the bowl and repeat with remaining radishes. Stir in the horseradish and season with salt.
  • Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Serve dip with cucumber spears.

Sun-Dried Tomato Hummus Dip

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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise
  • 1 540 mL can chickpeas rinsed and drained
  • 2 tbsp sun-dried tomatoes chopped
  • 4 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 green onion chopped

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients, except green onion, in a food processor. Blend until smooth. Spoon into a serving dish and garnish with green onion.

Zesty Crab Dip

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Makes2 Cups

Ingredients

  • 2 120 g cans flaked crabmeat
  • 1 pkg Knorr Vegetable Soup Mix
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup Hellmann's Real or 1/2 the Fat Mayonnaise
  • 1/2 tsp lemon zest finely grated
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 tsp dillweed dried
  • 1/4 tsp hot pepper sauce

Instructions

  • Drain crabmeat well. In a medium bowl, break crabmeat into pieces using a fork. Stir in remaining ingredients and blend until well combined but still chunky.
  • Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour (or up to 2 days) to allow flavours to develop.

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