Which is not a good thing if you're trying to drop some fat. Big games are fast approaching and I want more than a bowl of broccoli, cauliflower and celery on the table - I at least want some dip. Then I look at the 'nutritional ' label on the side of most dips - 60 to 100 cals per 2 Tablespoons with 2/3 of it in fat! Loaded with Salt too!
I tried the Lite dip and found that although it lacked some calories (35-50 cals - 2/3 in fat) - it was also lacking in flavor - BIG TIME!
My wife suggested we make our own and off to the store we went and picked up some Kroger Fat Free Sour Cream - also some from Publix and Breakstones. These have decent flavor as sour cream and only 20 cals per 2 tablespoons and NO fat.
She split the sour cream out into little 1/2 cup Glad containers like I mix supplements in and we began. One got paprika, dried onions, garlic salt and a few other seasonings, another Cayenne pepper, pepper flakes, dried onions, Mesquite Seasoning (Kroger) and garlic, another Stevia, cinnamon and some other stuff to provide a sweet dip for apples and fruit. Used some almond milk to add moisture as the dried onins began to rehydrate. Popped into the refridgerator for a few hours to let them work and then around 9 PM decided to tried them on some broccolli. I can't tell much difference in the first from regular onion dip except a bit nicer flavor (less salty) and not as heavy. The second was WOW! About took my head off with the cayenne but excellent once you're ready for it. Maybe a touch less cayenne next time but a real winner. The fruit dip we tried with apples and celery - it was also very nice. Smooth and easy to get to stick to apples.
We figure the 1/2 cup servings are around 60 cals each with brocolli and cauliflower not needing counting - apples not needing counting on many diets either.
So now we have at least 3 and soon more dips that I can put out on the football or holiday party table to replace the ones that we shouldn't be eating. In an average game, if you ate 2 cups of dip on the veggies, total calories from the dip would be less than 250.
And if you like guacamole, make it with avacados, lemon juice, very little salt and some seasoning for a god dip as well. Avacados are high in good fats and as long as you keep track of how much you eat, some is very good. The average avacado is 250 - 300 cals.
Am I going to publish the recipes for these here. Not right now. These are still works in progress and my Texas/New Mexico raised and deep south (Alabama/Georgia) cured tastes may not match what you find pleasing. Experiment with what sounds good. We stayed away from the prepared soup mix approach due to the high salt content of the soup mix. Dried onions, spices, some minced or powdered peppers, whatever sounds good to you - or any old dip mix you used to have - just use the fat free sour cream. Let me know what works for you. Just send me an email. Once i get and test enough of them, I may share them all here.
So get to the store, get the fat free sour cream and give it a try. I'm also taking a small container of the sour cream with me next time we go for steak and using it on a baked potato! Gave those up a good while back if I couldn't load it up with at least the sour cream.
I tried the Lite dip and found that although it lacked some calories (35-50 cals - 2/3 in fat) - it was also lacking in flavor - BIG TIME!
My wife suggested we make our own and off to the store we went and picked up some Kroger Fat Free Sour Cream - also some from Publix and Breakstones. These have decent flavor as sour cream and only 20 cals per 2 tablespoons and NO fat.
She split the sour cream out into little 1/2 cup Glad containers like I mix supplements in and we began. One got paprika, dried onions, garlic salt and a few other seasonings, another Cayenne pepper, pepper flakes, dried onions, Mesquite Seasoning (Kroger) and garlic, another Stevia, cinnamon and some other stuff to provide a sweet dip for apples and fruit. Used some almond milk to add moisture as the dried onins began to rehydrate. Popped into the refridgerator for a few hours to let them work and then around 9 PM decided to tried them on some broccolli. I can't tell much difference in the first from regular onion dip except a bit nicer flavor (less salty) and not as heavy. The second was WOW! About took my head off with the cayenne but excellent once you're ready for it. Maybe a touch less cayenne next time but a real winner. The fruit dip we tried with apples and celery - it was also very nice. Smooth and easy to get to stick to apples.
We figure the 1/2 cup servings are around 60 cals each with brocolli and cauliflower not needing counting - apples not needing counting on many diets either.
So now we have at least 3 and soon more dips that I can put out on the football or holiday party table to replace the ones that we shouldn't be eating. In an average game, if you ate 2 cups of dip on the veggies, total calories from the dip would be less than 250.
And if you like guacamole, make it with avacados, lemon juice, very little salt and some seasoning for a god dip as well. Avacados are high in good fats and as long as you keep track of how much you eat, some is very good. The average avacado is 250 - 300 cals.
Am I going to publish the recipes for these here. Not right now. These are still works in progress and my Texas/New Mexico raised and deep south (Alabama/Georgia) cured tastes may not match what you find pleasing. Experiment with what sounds good. We stayed away from the prepared soup mix approach due to the high salt content of the soup mix. Dried onions, spices, some minced or powdered peppers, whatever sounds good to you - or any old dip mix you used to have - just use the fat free sour cream. Let me know what works for you. Just send me an email. Once i get and test enough of them, I may share them all here.
So get to the store, get the fat free sour cream and give it a try. I'm also taking a small container of the sour cream with me next time we go for steak and using it on a baked potato! Gave those up a good while back if I couldn't load it up with at least the sour cream.
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