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Sun-Dried Tomato and Pesto Bean Dips

October 4, 2011 By 5 Comments

Today’s recipe is again heavily inspired by Angela at OhSheGlows.  Woman’s got great recipes!  She calls it “High Protein Oil-Free Pesto, but to me it’s good old Bean Dip.  I made the pesto version as per her instructions and then I went off onto my own recipe riff.  Good thing I did, because substituting sun-dried tomatoes for the basil made an even more delicious dip!

Sometimes I feel bleak about giving up cheese.  But with this dip and my Red Lentil Hummus recipe, I know I’ll be fine.  You must try the sun-dried tomato version!

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Two Amazing Bean Dips

Two Amazing Bean Dips

These dips have no oil, lots of protein and fiber, and take minutes to put together with canned beans. Dry beans of course need to be soaked overnight and then cooked until tender.

Ingredients

    For Pesto Dip
  • 1 cup tightly packed fresh basil leaves
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 1/2 cups cooked white beans
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • sea salt to taste
    • For Sun-Dried Tomato Dip
  • 6 sun-dried tomatoes (not oil-packed)
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 1/2 cups cooked white beans
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • sea salt to taste

Instructions

    For the Pesto Dip
  1. Process basil and garlic until finely chopped.
  2. Add remaining ingredients and process until smooth.
    3. For the Sun-Dried Tomato Dip
  3. If your tomatoes are really dry and leathery, soak them for about 20 minutes in warm water, then drain and proceed. If they are nice and plump and juicy like mine were, just use them like that.
  4. Put tomatoes and garlic in food processor and process until finely chopped.
  5. Add remaining ingredients and process until smooth.
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Comments

  1. Nanette says:
    October 4, 2011 at 8:36 pm

    They both look delicious and your photo is just beautiful! I’m glad I found your blog!

    Reply
    • Emily Segal says:
      October 4, 2011 at 8:38 pm

      Thanks! I’m working really hard on my photography. That shot took about an hour and lots of swearing!

      Reply
  2. This American Bite says:
    October 31, 2011 at 2:15 am

    Thank you for sharing this. I have included this and other posts of yours at the Kosher Cooking Carnival I hosted this month.

    Reply

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    October 5, 2011 at 7:07 pm

    [...] few people asked me about the Nutritional Yeast in yesterday’s recipe.  I have discussed this on the blog before, but if you missed it, Nutritional Yeast is a yeast [...]

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    October 31, 2011 at 2:08 am

    [...] Segal has some wonderful sound bites on her blog.  Enjoy Sun-Dried Tomato and Pesto Bean Dips, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard, Rice Noodle Salad with Peanut-Coconut Sauce, 5772 here we [...]

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