Name: Heart Healthy Holiday Dip and Veggies
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

(5.0)

By Judy Capodanno

Published 2/7/2022

Dietitian Reviewed: Jane Schwartz, RDN, CLT

Approved for These Diets:

Heart Healthy | Gluten Free | Diabetic | Vegetarian

Photo Credit: Baldwin Publishing Staff Photographer

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.

Total Time

15 minutes

Servings

16

Calories

70

Directions

Dip

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.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size:

2 Tbsp dip

70

Calories

4

g

Fat

12

mg

Cholesterol

178

mg

Sodium

5

g

Carbs

2

g

Sat. Fat

1

g

Fiber

3

g

Protein

2

g

Sugars

Heart Healthy Holiday Dip and Veggies

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Dip

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Directions

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Nutrition Facts

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