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Dreamy creamy dips

June 10, 2013 by Katie Bryson 5 Comments

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dreamy creamy dips for the vitamix

It was time for another tasty meeting of Northfields Cook Book Club last week, and the theme this time was picnic food. It was a Pimms fuelled evening with much swapping of recipes (and hilarious stories).

Everyone also agreed that for everyday picnics most people, including myself, usually hit the shops and grab a basketful of fodder and then hit the park. However, sometimes there’ll be a special picnic occasion like a birthday or gathering of old friends that demands something you’ve made a bit of effort with.

I chose to make a couple of dips, as I had a mountain of cream cheese in my fridge leftover from a cooking assignment; along with various other bits and bobs. I wanted to show how much more flavour you can pack into a home made dip just using ingredients you’ve got knocking about, rather than the rather lack lustre supermarket jobs.

I bent everyone’s ear about my new favourite gadget, the Vitamix, and the super smooth texture of the dips that were made in it spoke volumes.

Both flavours went down really well, especially with the Turkish flat breads that our wonderful hostess Nikki had got in from a local West Ealing bakery. So here’s the very simple recipes for these summery dips that are perfect for a picnic!

Feta, mint and pea dip

2 handfuls frozen peas
100g feta
150g cream cheese
handful mint, chopped
squeeze of lemon juice

1. Cook the peas for a few minutes in a pan of boiling water, drain and allow to cool.

2. Place all the ingredients in a blender and blitz until smooth, taste, season and briefly blitz again.

Sunkiss tomato, parmesan and basil dip

100g sunkiss tomatoes and oil (sundried/sunblush etc)
150g cream cheese
2-4 tbsp parmesan, grated (to taste)
handful basil, chopped

1. Blitz the ingredients with a blender, and then taste and adjust the parmesan levels accordingly.

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  1. Sally - My Custard Pie says

    July 9, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    My Vitamix makes the best hummus ever too – very smooth. Haven’t tried a cream cheese based dip in it yet.

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    • Katie Bryson says

      July 9, 2013 at 7:46 pm

      I haven’t made hummus for ages… I now have no excuse whatsoever as I imagine the Vitamix does an incredible job!

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  2. vivian allman says

    August 5, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    mmm dreamy creamy dips… lovely

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  3. Kate Veggie Desserts says

    August 26, 2013 at 1:23 pm

    These look fantastic. I haven’t got a vitamix (though I’d love one!), but my trusty food processor will have to suffice. I have a raging mint plant, so I’m going to try the feta, pea and mint dip tonight.

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    • Katie Bryson says

      August 27, 2013 at 4:43 am

      It’s a great way to use up mint – hope you like the recipe 🙂

      Reply

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