Quick and easy dips & spreads recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Apple Chutney

A different variety of chutney that goes well with most main courses.

Easy Cilantro Dip

New Favorite Tomato Salsa

Easy prep. Make it as mild or hot as you want.

Black Bean Chipotle Dip

Black Bean Chipotle Dip is a flavor explosion in your mouth! Tangy, savory, smoky and a tiny bit sweet, this HOT dip disappears quickly!

Tzatziki (Greek Yogurt Sauce)

This is an easy and tasty Tzatzki recipe. It is great with anything Greek or Medierranean. Use Greek yogurt if possilbe. It has a much denser…

Chickpea Dip

Classic Sesame Butter Tahini

Classic Middle Eastern Tahini is made with sesame butter. Use premium organic sesame butter for the perfect nutty flavor. Healthy and delicious.

Chipotle Mayonnaise #2

I prefer to make my own blend over the store bought. This mayonnaise is beautiful and flavorful; pale orange with intense orange flecks. It is…

Chile con Queso #2

Based on El Rancho's recipe (Austin, TX). Use it as a dip, on nachos, or cheese sauce for tortilla dishes.

Herbed Tartar Sauce

Wonderful sauce for seafood, or use it as a sandwich spread. If you don't have an herb garden, dry herbs work just fine.

Homemade Peanut Butter

Homemade Peanut Butter - 4 ingredients and less than 10 minutes

Delicious Cannellini Bean Dip

Clam and Olive Dip

Serve this with bagel or pretzel chips at your next football or tailgate party!

Chick Pea Dip

Guacamole

Thank goodness colors have changed since the 70's. Remember when guacamole green was the color of most people's kitchens?? My sister and her…