Recipes - Appetizers, Salad & Soup

Spinach Dip

Here's a way of turning a "junk food" favorite into a more healthful way of enjoying fresh vegetables. It's a sure way to make spinach-hating kids change their mind. Serve this hearty dip with wide strips of green, red, and yellow bell pepper, carrot sticks, and rounds of sliced zucchini. It looks especially nice presented in a hollowed out red cabbage. Or present it in a scooped out whole pumpernickel bread...then enjoy eating chunks of the bread with any leftover dip.

This is a soy-rich version of the dip made using instant vegetable soup. It can be dairy-free and cholesterol-free if you use soy sour cream rather than the dairy kind, as well as pureed tofu. Leftovers can be mashed into a baked potato or used to fill an omelette.