Festive Skinny Dip

Description

This is a versatile low-fat recipe for just about anything you can imagine!!! I got it from a "homemaker's" magazine.

Ingredients

• 1% Fat Cottage Cheese
• Low-fat Sour Cream
• Green Onion
• Garlic Clove
• Parsley
• Fresh Herbs
• Salt And Pepper

Instructions

1. In blender, combine cottage cheese and sour cream or yogurt
2. Blend until smooth
3. Transfer to bowl
4. Add onions, garlic, parsley, herbs, salt and pepper
5. Cover and refrigerate at least two hours to blend flavours
6. Can be refrigerated up to 2 days
7. Serve with raw vegetables or other low-fat dippers such as mini-pitas, bagel thins or melba toast
8. Variations: clam, crab or shrimp dip: add 1 / 2 cup coarsely chopped canned clams, crab meat or shrimp
9. Cucumber dip: add 1 cup coarsely grated cucumber that has been pressed in a sieve to remove extra moisture