Heart Healthy Holiday Dip and Veggies Recipe

Name: Heart Healthy Holiday Dip and Veggies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 12 oz 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened; 1/2 cup nonfat buttermilk; 3 tsp chopped fresh dill; 3 small garlic cloves, minced; 3/4 tsp onion powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 2 heads broccoli florets; 1 pint cherry tomatoes; 1/4 yellow bell pepper, sliced thin or; 1/2 oz pretzel sticks; 1 bunch cauliflower, cut into florets

Make the season bright with this festive vegetable dip recipe. Bell peppers, broccoli and cherry tomatoes paired with a garlicky buttermilk dip will add a healthy boost to your holiday table.

Ingredients

Recipe yields 16 servings

Dip

12 oz 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup nonfat buttermilk

3 tsp chopped fresh dill

3 small garlic cloves, minced

3/4 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

Veggies

2 heads broccoli florets

1 pint cherry tomatoes

1/4 yellow bell pepper, sliced thin or

1/2 oz pretzel sticks

1 bunch cauliflower, cut into florets

Directions

Step 1

In a bowl, combine cream cheese, buttermilk, dill, garlic, onion powder, salt and black pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and keep chilled while assembling the “Christmas tree.”

Veggies

Step 1

On a flat platter, arrange the broccoli florets in a tree pattern with the cherry tomatoes in 2 layers as “ornaments.” Arrange the bell pepper strips in the shape of a star at the top of the “tree.”

Step 2

Arrange the pretzel sticks as the tree “trunk.” Arrange the cauliflower florets as the “snow” at the bottom of the tree.

Step 3

Serve the dip with the vegetables.

Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 16

Calories: 70

Make this for: Healthy Kids , Gluten Free

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