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Do you ever have trouble finding healthy snacks?
As I mentioned in my post Football, Food, and Fibromyalgia, my husband and I love to watch football and eat snacks whenever one of our teams is playing. A lot of our snacks would NOT be considered healthy by any stretch of the imagination, but I do try to come up with some ideas to help us balance things out.
Quite a while back I saw a recipe for a layered dip using Mediterranean flavors, but I couldn’t remember where I had seen it so I decided to come up with my own. Not only does it taste good, it provides protein, calcium, and all the goodness of vegetables.
I served this with gluten-free pitas, warmed and cut into wedges, and fresh vegetables: cucumbers, celery and carrots, but it would probably be good with lots of other veggies too.
I hope you enjoy it!
Layered Mediterranean Dip
Ingredients:
1 – 10 oz. container hummus (plain)
Tzatziki – See recipe for this below
1/4 – 1/2 cup chopped roasted red pepper
1/4 cup Feta cheese
Small can sliced black olives
1 1/2 cups lettuce, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
For Tzatziki
2 – 6 oz. containers Greek yogurt
1 1/2 Tablespoons (or 4 1/2 teaspoons) fresh dill, finely chopped
1/2 English cucumber, grated
1 clove garlic, minced
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Directions:
Make Tzatziki: Stir together yogurt, dill, grated cucumber, garlic, and lemon juice until well-mixed. Refrigerate until ready to use. (Making this ahead of time gives the flavors a chance to meld together and saves a lot of time when assembling the dip.)
Make the dip:
Layer ingredients in the following order in serving dish:
Hummus
Tzatziki
Roasted red peppers
Black olives
Feta Cheese (You may want to reserve just a little to sprinkle on top)
Lettuce
Tomato
Serve with your choice of fresh vegetables and/or pita chips or warm pita wedges.
Fills an 8-inch round serving dish.
It may be obvious that I’ve never written a recipe before, so I apologize in advance if any of the directions are confusing. If they are, please let me know so I can clarify it.
This layered Mediterranean dip not only tastes delicious, it’s good for us too!
Do you have any favorite healthy snacks? Please share!
Blessings,
~Terri
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That salad looks so good. Actually feta on anything works for me 😉
Thanks so much Nina! It really was tasty, and I love feta too.😁
That looks yummy! Olives make everything better. 🙂
Thank you Mishka! My hubby isn’t really a fan of black olives, but I love them! The best thing about this dip for me was that it had so many of my favorite foods in one dish…😁
Terri, this looks and sounds really yummy, thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much Wendi! We definitely enjoyed it.😊 I hope you do too if you make it. Hope you’re doing well. Hugs!
thank you Terri……I so appreciate all the great things you teach us on your blog.
Thanks so much Wendi! You’re so kind – I learn as much or more from you guys as you do from me. Sending hugs!
That looks really good.
Thanks so much Jeanne! It really was yummy, and of course had the added bonus of being healthy. It doesn’t hurt that it had a lot of my favorite foods in it….😁
That always make the meal. 🙂
Just looking at your picture made me want to try it. Thanks for sharing this Terri.
Thanks so much Mark! I hope if you do try it you enjoy it as we did. Blessings to you!
Looks really good! Must try.
Thanks so much Carol! I hope if you try it you enjoy it as much as we did. We love all types of Mediterranean food so these flavors were perfect for us.😊 Blessings to you!
Hi Terri,
Haven’t seen you in a while. The recipe sounds great!
Fruit chips are our favorite, slicing seasonal fruit into thin wedges, arrange on a plate. For a special touch add some small cubes of tasty cheese, rice crackers & dates. Yum!
Blessings,
Jennifer
Thanks so much Jennifer! Your fruit plate sounds great – we often do that too, especially in the summer time. Hope you’re doing well. Hugs!
What a great way to turn snack food into healthy food
Thanks so much for stopping by, and for your comment!
Mediterranean style dishes are always tasty. Nice job on writing your first recipe.
Thanks so much for your kind comment, and thanks for stopping by!