I wanted a healthy snack last night, so I whipped together a quick and easy Roasted Red Pepper Bean Dip.
I had a roasted red pepper in the fridge from earlier in the week (if you haven’t roasted peppers before, it is very easy and the results are far better than store bought jarred ones -> http://blommi.com/how-to-roast-a-pepper/), and always have plenty of canned beans on hand, and I kept the rest of the ingredients to a minimum, since I didn’t want the roasted red pepper flavor to get drowned out in a muddle of random ingredients.
The resulting red pepper bean dip is lighter in both texture and calories than many typical bean dips. It also packs a full daily reccommended allowance of vitamin C (thanks to the red pepper and lemon juice) and plenty of fiber and folates, from the beans.
The dip is shown with Glenny’s Whole Wheat Popped Crispy Chips. A case randomly arrived at my house a few days ago, I have featured Glenny’s products in the past, but I think I may have won these off another blog. Anyway, they are pretty good, especially considering they only have 100 calories a bag. I had a bag with a serving and a half of the dip for breakfast this morning . Yeah, I know, I’m weird.
- Serves: 4
- Calories: 99
- Fat: 2
- Carbohydrates: 19
- Fiber: 7
- Protein: 6
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- ½ tbs olive oil
- ¼ tsp Kosher salt
- 1 roasted red pepper, peeled and de-seeded with juice
- 15 oz can cannelini beans
- Combine garlic, oil, lemon juice, salt and roasted pepper in small food processor and pulse until pureed.
- Add the beans, and pulse until dip is creamy and spreadable.
- Serve chilled.
Gosh darn that looks good! How big is a serving? (says the calorie counter)
The whole batch is just shy of 2 cups, so a serving would be about a 1/2 cup…I like my beans… no skimpy dip portions…lol
That looks and sounds really good!
100 calories for the whole bag? Holy moly. I want to try the chips and the dip.
This sounds perfect for entertaining!
Mu hubby would love this!
I love dips! And like every ingredient in this dip… will be making it soon!
I love chips and dip, but need a healthier version, thanks!
This looks awesome! And it’s totally friendly to my diet!
this would be nice for the Harbowl – I mean super bowl.
Wow, that is easy…I love cannelloni beans, I use it in my hummus.
I love this idea! I will try this, too!
You had me at roasted red pepper! Yum!
I’ve not seen those beans before. Have you tried it with other kinds for taste?
Megan any canned white bean would do… I guess you could use pink beans too, but I wouldn’t go with black or kidney in this one (yeah, I’m a little bean obsessed…lol)
What an awesome idea. Hrmm. . now how can I make this Paleo.
Eat the beans…muhahaha
this looks amazing. great recipe!
When I first looked at that pic, I though of potted meat but after checking out the recipe for this and your roasted peppers, I’m going to try this.
Yum I want this asap!
yum, I love roasted red peppers!
Mmm, that looks super yummy!
Yum! Sounds like a healthy alternative to the unhealthy dips.
I would LOVE to try this.
I love how easy this is to make.
Yum! And gluten-free with just the dip.
I would love to try this!
This would be one for my husband and I to enjoy, the kids would not be fans but we sure would