This “cheesy” garlic and pine nut dip is made with nutritional yeast to make it dairy free. The pine nuts give it a nice creamy texture. I garnished it with chopped chives, because I love my onions, and chives makes everything look beautiful. But, they are optional, of course. Feel free to blend in some roasted garlic or sun-dried tomatoes too, if you want some additional flavors. I had some amazing sun-dried tomato and jalapeno dip recently that I couldn’t eat fast enough. I also love my dips with baby carrots if cucumbers aren’t your thing. Those two are my favorite chip substitutes 🙂
"Cheesy" Garlic and Pine Nut Dip
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Author: Lauren Bolanos
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp or juice of 1 lemon
- 1.5 cups of pine nuts
- 1 large clove of garlic
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- (optional) a chopped cucumber
- (optional) chopped chives for garnish
Instructions
- Blend pine nuts in a food processor until smooth. Add in nutritional yeast, add pressed garlic, and the juice of one lemon.
- Blend all ingredients until smooth and transfer to a container.
- Let it sit overnight for flavors to meld. It will help mellow the flavor of nutritional yeast.
- (optional) Eat it with chopped cucumber slices and garnish with fresh chopped chives.