{"id":1562,"date":"2014-11-03T20:42:05","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T09:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2020-12-28T20:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T09:33:50","slug":"3-ridiculously-easy-lunch-box-dips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/3-ridiculously-easy-lunch-box-dips\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ridiculously Easy Lunch Box Dips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/TRC_LunchBox_20141103_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/TRC_LunchBox_20141103_002.jpg\" alt=\"TRC_LunchBox_20141103_002\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a>Dips:<\/strong>\u00a0add crackers and vegetable crudites and you magically have a great plate to take to a get together with friends, or a picnic.<\/p>\n<p>But,\u00a0you can go one step further and use dips to enhance the lunch boxes you pack. They add extra variety, flavours and various health benefits and give you a mighty fine reason to add carrot sticks, celery wands, broccoli trees etc.<\/p>\n<p>We often have dips in the centre of our dinner table with a platter of raw vegetables too. You could also use these\u00a0dips as spreads on sandwiches, wraps or rice cakes in place of butter.<\/p>\n<p>So here are <strong>3 Ridiculously Easy Lunch Box Dips<\/strong> (or dinner dips, or picnic \/ entertaining dips). These dips are so simple that you don&#8217;t need any fancy equipment but if you have a Thermomix or a food processor, they are even more easy.\u00a0Even if your kids aren&#8217;t up to having vegetables in their lunch box yet, just start with introducing the dips to the lunch box with crackers and may be a couple of sticks of vegetables they usually eat at home. Remember to pack an ice brick in with your lunch box.<\/p>\n<h3>Natural Greek Yoghurt Dip<\/h3>\n<p>Start off using these quantities of spices, then increase them up to suit your families taste buds. We like quite a stronger taste now so more than double the spices I&#8217;ve listed below &#8211; it&#8217;s all about gradual transitioning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>250g Natural Greek Yoghurt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon of mixed italian herbs (or just parsley or chives flakes if you prefer)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon onion powder<\/li>\n<li>salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mix it all together &#8211; it&#8217;s that easy. Taste and if you want the flavours stronger, increase them to suit. In your TM, add all the ingredients and blend for 15 seconds, speed 3.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Avocado Dip<\/h3>\n<p>Are you ready for this one &#8211; so simple it really is Mad Food Science &#8211; lol!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 avocado<\/li>\n<li>Squeeze of lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mash avocado with a fork or in your TM, just throw it in and mash for 30 seconds, speed 3<\/li>\n<li>Squeeze a little bit of lemon juice over the top (push a piece of parchment paper down on top of the dip, then put in an airtight container &#8211; the paper helps stops the avo going brown from the air.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Hommus<\/h3>\n<p>Ok, so you do have to work a little harder with this dip, but it&#8217;s so worth it. You can even add beetroot to this hommus to make a pink hommus too. My kids don&#8217;t particularly like the earthy flavour the beetroot gives it so most times, I just make it like this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed til water runs clear<\/li>\n<li>1 -2 cloves of fresh garlic, crushed<\/li>\n<li>40g lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons tahini (if your school doesn&#8217;t allow sesame anymore, you can omit this but it&#8217;s not quite as yummy)<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil<\/li>\n<li>Salt &amp; Pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Put all ingredients in your food processor and whizz until its the consistency you like (chunky or smooth). In your TM, throw all ingredients in, 1 minute, speed 4.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dips:\u00a0add crackers and vegetable crudites and you magically have a great plate to take to a get together with friends, or a picnic. But,\u00a0you can go one step further and use dips to enhance the lunch boxes you pack. They add extra variety, flavours and various health benefits and give you a mighty fine reason [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 Ridiculously Easy Lunch Box Dips - The Root Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/3-ridiculously-easy-lunch-box-dips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 Ridiculously Easy Lunch Box Dips - The Root Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dips:\u00a0add crackers and vegetable crudites and you magically have a great plate to take to a get together with friends, or a picnic. 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