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Dips for everyday use
Tomato chilli sauce
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I love to use fresh chilli sauce in my recipes so here is a really fresh, zingy sauce. I love spicy in my sauce so used both red chilli and paprika but you can adjust the amount of chilli to your taste.
Store bought sauces are ready to use but they contain so many alien ingredients, so i’m quite happy that i got around to make a healthier substitute that tickles our taste buds. This homemade concoction is a cross between a hot chilli sauce and plain ketchup. Its hot, faintly sweet and richness of dried and fresh tomatoes with the flavour of dried herbs. Now i could enjoy this hot sauce in my dishes.
Yields: 1 cup sauce
Preparation time: 10 minutes
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Parsley-walnut-almonds-pecan nuts pesto/dip
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A traditional winter pesto made from parsley and mixed nuts instead of basil and pine nuts.
It’s just as green, garlicky, cheesy, and nutty
You can serve them with some cut up fresh veggies, crackers, pita bread, pancakes or really, whatever comes to mind. The pesto is also delicious as a pasta sauce or for as a garnish on minestrone or vegetable soups. You can substitute basil for the parsley and pine nuts for the mixed toasted nuts in the recipe below for a traditional basil pesto, or try using artichokes and walnuts, peppers and cashews…get creative!
Health Benefits:
Nuts are a tasty snack packed with nutrition. They’re good for your health as long as they’re not candy-coated, fried in oil or covered with salt. They’re available raw and roasted, but is one better than the other? Either way, nuts average about 185 calories per ounce
Makes-1 cup
Preparation time-10 minutes
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