Sometimes I crave food that tastes like it is a heart attack in a dish. Cream Cheese qualifies as something that is horribly fattening, so I eat it sparingly. However, I have a super easy recipe for chip/cracker dip that is completely fat free, yet tastes like you'll have a coronary once you see the bottom of the dish. Here's how to make it!
Ingredients:
Dill Pickles, whole (approximately 1.5 cups diced/shredded, adjust to taste)
1 8-ounce tub of fat free cream cheese
optional dash of Worcestershire sauce
optional tbsp of minced onion
First, cut the ugly ends off of 3-5 pickles. I usually dice one and shred the other 4 in a cheese grater. I love pickles, so I load them up in this batch. You can use less, but it won't be as awesome.
Next, I soften the tub of cream cheese in the microwave for about 20 seconds on defrost setting and combine the cream cheese with the pickles. All that's left is to add a dash of Worcestershire sauce, stir it up, and refrigerate until serving. Of course,you would want to add the minced onion as well, but I never do because I think onions are gross. If I am serving this at a party, however, I add the onion to make it fancier, and people usually gobble it up.
I prefer to use wheat thin crackers to dip in my pickle dip, but I have also used Triscuit crackers, tortilla chips, pretzels, and pretty much anything. I don't really like potato chips, but I imagine it would be a good combination. You would probably want to opt for the kettle cooked chips because this dip is pretty heavy once it sets.
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| Delicious, and it's fat free! |
This recipe (if you can even call it that, it's so simple) makes approximately 10 2-ounce servings. Here's the total nutrition breakdown:
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Amount Per Serving | ||
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| Calories | 25.6 | |
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| Total Fat | 0.3 g | |
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| Saturated Fat | 0.2 g | |
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| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.0 g | |
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| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.1 g | |
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| Cholesterol | 1.8 mg | |
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| Sodium | 398.2 mg | |
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| Potassium | 61.7 mg | |
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| Total Carbohydrate | 2.2 g | |
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| Dietary Fiber | 0.3 g | |
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| Sugars | 0.8 g | |
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| Protein | 3.4 g | |
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| Vitamin A | 5.0 % |
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| Vitamin B-12 | 2.1 % |
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| Vitamin B-6 | 0.7 % |
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| Vitamin C | 0.7 % |
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| Vitamin D | 0.0 % |
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| Vitamin E | 0.2 % |
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| Calcium | 4.4 % |
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| Copper | 1.4 % |
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| Folate | 2.1 % |
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| Iron | 0.9 % |
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| Magnesium | 1.4 % |
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| Manganese | 0.7 % |
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| Niacin | 0.2 % |
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| Pantothenic Acid | 0.6 % |
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| Phosphorus | 10.3 % |
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| Riboflavin | 2.7 % |
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| Selenium | 1.6 % |
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| Thiamin | 1.0 % |
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| Zinc | 1.5 % |
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Nutrition facts courtesy of SparkRecipes Nutrition Calculator, a very awesome tool for those of us who are horrible at math.c
