An approach to easy dips

During these weird times, easy dips should be your favorite snack taking into account that they can be healthy and unhealthy at the same time.

I have been exploring different types of dips and in my humble and unprofessional opinion there are three main ones:

1. The outstanding homemade hummus dip

The homemade hummus image is taken from easy dinner ideas

The homemade hummus dip defines a delicious and amazing and very interesting vegan alternative. Of course, anyone can do simple hummus, because it is quite easy to be done as all you need is tahini, lemon juice, chickpeas, olive oil, and salt, but here are the tricks:

1. Peel the chickpeas. Removal of that skin would make for a fluffy delicious hummus
2. The chickpeas go it last and bit by bit.
3. If the hummus is too chunky, add just 1 or 2 tablespoons of water to it

Check this homemade hummus dip — it’s all detailed there.

2. The smoky baba ganoush

The baba ganoush image is taken from easy dinner ideas

Baba ganoush is one of those Mediterranean summery dips that you will not be able to stop eating. My problem with baba ganoush is that I do not even deal with the condiments, but I just eat it with a spoon.

To make it, you will need to bake some eggplant and in a food processor, blend the insides with tahini, lemon juice, paprika, garlic, salt, and pepper. The tricks though are the ones that make a difference:

1. You do not have to use a grill or a gas stove to char the eggplant, just bake them facedown and add some smoked paprika to the blend.
2. Treat the eggplant first with a bit of salt so that the moisture and the bitterness get out.
3. One of the key issues with baba ganoush is that people usually make it too lemony. You should embrace the eggplant taste. Do not overpower it with a lot of lemon juice.

For more details, I have found this cool baba ganoush recipe.

3. The almighty guacamole

Image from my collection

Of course, it’s on this list. There are a lot of other dips that we can add but no one will overcome the mighty guac. It’s the dip of all dips — no questions asked.

To get it done all you will need is avocado, garlic, pepper, and lemon and you will be fine. These are my tricks:

1. Garlic is your friend. You can experiment with it, but you can not leave it out. Do not do that to yourself.
2. Start small with the lemon/lime juice. Adjust the salt first and then the lemon. Salt can mess it up and the lemon masks it a lot. So if you mess up, you can adjust
3. Dont mash the avocado to a sauce. Let it be a bit chunky because alternatively, you will only taste the salty lemon.