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3 Green Sauces and Dips to Try on Your Favorite Foods

3 Green Sauces and Dips to Try on Your Favorite Foods

Posted by Spinning® on Apr 18th 2018

Top your chicken, fish, or dip your veggies, a great sauce makes the meal!

Avocado Sauce

Whether you add cream, yogurt or Dijon mustard, what’s great about making avocado sauces is that you don’t need to heat, melt or simmer, just use one bowl and mix. Always remember to add the lemon juice or to leave the pit in the sauce until ready to serve. There’s nothing worse than serving avocado sauce that has a thick brown layer.

Avocado Cream Sauce

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup plain, non-fat Greek yogurt
  • ½ avocado, chopped
  • 1 tbsp ReaLemon® Juice
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • ⅛ tsp black pepper

Directions

Prepare the Avocado Cream Sauce by blending Greek yogurt, avocado, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt in a food processor. Recipe courtesy of Skinnymom.com

Tangy Avocado Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 avocado
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard

Directions

In a bowl mash 1 avocado with a fork. Add the lemon juice and dijon mustard. Beat with a fork until a creamy consistency forms. Season with a pinch of sea salt and pepper. Recipe courtesy of Abigail Keesos

Organic Cheesy Green Hummus

Hosting St. Patrick’s Day party? Organic Cheesy Green Hummus is a green twist on this healthy party favorite. Ingredients1 cup packed fresh organic spinach1 (15 ounce) can organic garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed2 tablespoons tahini paste2 tablespoons parmesan cheese14 cup olive oil1 garlic clove1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice½ teaspoon saltDirectionsPlace all ingredients in a food processor and pulse until smooth. You can adjust all ingredients to your taste. Recipe courtesy of Sutida Vade