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Healthy Dip Recipes:
This Almond Spread Recipe is Delicious and Heart Healthy
Healthy dip recipes like this almond spread are a great way to have your cake - or in this case your chips - and eat them too.
This almond spread can be used for everything from using as a dip for chips and oven fries to using as a low fat alternative to sour cream in your favorite healthy recipes.
It combines these wonderful nuts and your choice of either olive oil or safflower oil, very healthy foods.
According to Natural News , these nuts are "high in protein, fiber, calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin E, and other antioxidants. They prevent osteoporosis and regulate blood pressure."
Plus, the Mayo Clinic reports that olive oil will reduce your risk of heart disease by reducing the bad cholesterol levels in your blood.
Also, some studies suggest that consuming safflower oil will reduce belly fat.
But heck, the health benefits are a fringe benefit. Healthy dip recipes like this almond spread just plain tastes good!
I use the almond in its raw, whole, form and buy them in bulk to save on costs.
Also, if you use olive oil, you'll want to use an extra light tasting olive oil, as the extra virgin olive oil has too strong of a taste.
Healthy Dip Recipes: Almond Spread Ingredients
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How to Make This Almond Spread
You'll need to blanch the almonds first to remove their skins.
Drop them in boiling water for thirty seconds and then drain them in a colander and rinse in cold water.
Then squeeze them between your thumb and forefinger and the skins should pop off easily.
Once they are "skinless" put them in a food processor
along with the water and salt. Process them until you have a white, milky substance.
Use a food processor
to make this healthy dip.
Add the lemon juice to your oil. This step is particularly crucial if your lemon juice has been in the fridge. If you add the lemon juice separately, the spread might not blend properly.
Turn on the processor again and slowly add the oil and lemon juice mixture. You should end up with a product very similar to mayonnaise.
This recipe makes about a cup of almond spread.
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