Butterbean Dip Recipe

I have promised to share some recipe's on the blog this year and this first one is super healthy and cheap! 

Butterbean Dip

Ingredients 

1 can of Butterbeans

1 small Garlic Clove

2 tsp Lemon Juice

3 tsp Olive Oil

1/2 tsp Chilli Powder

• Take your drained can of Butterbeans and blitz them in your choice of blender (I use a stick blender).

• Add your lemon juice, crushed garlic clove and Chilli Powder (you can leave this out and add some black pepper if you don't like Chilli).

• Slowly add your Olive Oil until it forms a smooth dip. You may need to add a little more or less to get a consistency you like.

• Serve with your choice of crudites....that's vegetable sticks for us common folk! 

Suggestions - Carrot, Celery, Pepper, Tomato, Cucumber, Radish, Baby Corn, Mangetout....or have all of them and get your 5 a Day!

I like to add a pitta bread sliced into batons too and enjoy it as a healthy lunch.

This amount of dip costs under a £1 to make and once you have the ingredients ie. Olive Oil, Garlic, Chilli Powder you can use them to make lots more!

Here's a secret.... you can use the same recipe with Chickpea's to make Houmus*! 

*please note I never have and never will know how to spell it...Hummus, Houmous, Hoomouse???