24 mediterranean pepper dip Recipes

hummus, baby spinach, roughly chopped, sliced roasted red peppers, drained, marinated artichoke hearts, drained and roughly chopped, plain lowfat or nonfat greek-style yogurt, sliced pitted black olives , such as kalamata, sliced green onions, crumbled feta cheese, pita chips

lean ground beef, ground lamb , venison, chicken, turkey, dry minced, or fresh grated onion, fine bread crumbs, garlic, minced, dry greek or mediterranean seasoning(with lemon, coriander, garlic, parsley, oregano, etc), fresh parsley, minced (or sub about 1tsp or so, dried), fresh mint, minced (or sub 1 1/2t dried), ground cumin, ground coriander (decrease to 1/2 if your greek seasoning has it in it, crushed red peppers, egg, couple dashes liquid smoke, feta or goat cheese, crumbled, a couple tsp plain greek yogurt, goat cheese dressingor dipping sauce(thin out with a touch of buttermilk or more yogurt/sour cream, if needed, for dipping consistency

burghul (fine cracked wheat) #2 will work but not traditional., red onion chopped fine, ground cinnamon, fresh ground pepper, salt, chopped flat leaf parsley, chopped scallions, chopped tomatoes, orange lentils (soaked overnight)** optional, chopped mint leaves (preferably mediterranean), lemon juice, good extra virgin olive oil, young fresh grape leaves for dipping (in season ), romaine leaves for dipping, fresh arabic bread (pita) cut into quarters or eighths