This cool and creamy fresh vegetable dip is easy to make. It’s a great appetizer or side dish!
At my house, the best way to make sure we eat our veggies is to always have some prepped and ready to snack on. I think that’s why those bagged salads, precut baby carrots, and ready-made vegetable trays at the grocery store are so popular. Preparing vegetables can be so time consuming! On the weekends, I like to spend some time cutting bell peppers and cucumbers, then portioning them into little containers to pull out of the fridge for my lunchbox all week long. Wait. I just reread that sentence. I’m not sure I like to do that… but I sure like the results. And you know when I like the results even more? When I’ve thought ahead enough to make some veggie dip like this one!
It’s not that veggies aren’t tasty enough on their own, but sometimes we need some extra motivation, ya know? 🙂 My husband can testify to that, haha! Some people just like dipping their veggies in ranch dressing, but since my husband isn’t a ranch sort of guy, I have to be a little more creative. This fresh veggie dip meets both of our needs: it has a cool and creamy base with tons of flavor, but not that unmistakable ranch flavor. The ingredients are somewhat similar since it uses onion and garlic as the base flavors along with some herbs like dill and parsley, but what makes this vegetable dip stand out from the crowd is the addition of Worcestershire sauce! This adds a complex salty depth to the herby goodness.
Like most dips, this comes together in a flash but I do recommend making it ahead of time so it can chill in the fridge for about an hour before serving. This allows the flavors to marry and taste even better! 🙂 If you want to healthify the dip, you could substitute some plain yogurt for part of the sour cream. I think the recipe is amazing as-is though! Hope you enjoy!
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two years ago: Pumpkin Cranberry Bread
three years ago: Cranberry and Cream Cheese Muffins
four years ago: Pumpkin Graham Muffins
five years ago: Roasted Chicken
six years ago: Homemade Maple & Brown Sugar Almond Butter
seven years ago: Pumpkin Soup and Homemade Croutons
Fresh Vegetable Dip
from Taste of Home
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) sour cream
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoons dried dill
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- a few cracks freshly ground black pepper
- fresh vegetables, for serving
Directions:
In a medium bowl, stir together sour cream and mayonnaise. Add seasonings: onion powder, dill, garlic powder, parsley, and Worcestershire sauce and stir well. Taste and season with black pepper as desired.
Cover and chill for one hour in the refrigerator.
Serve with fresh vegetables!
Notes: You can also substitute some of the sour cream for plain yogurt (Greek or regular).
The Pajama Chef 
Looks too healthy and tasty 🙂
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Thank you! It really is!
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This looks like a refreshing dip! We all need a little motivation to eat our vegetables at least once in a while!
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Thank you, Amy! Do your kiddos like dipping things? My son is obsessed so I try to keep dips on hand now! 🙂
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I cut up a bunch of veggies for snacking last week and I was amazed at how fast we went through them! haha I only had hummus on hand but this dip would have been fantastic as well!!
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Hummus is also a great choice! So is having veggies on hand. 🙂
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