Dip and crudites

4 x 15ml spoons reduced fat hummus

2 x 15ml spoons reduced fat plain yogurt

Small bunch of chives

A selection of vegetable dippers, e.g. baby corn, sugar snap peas, carrot batons, pepper sticks, celery sticks

15ml spoon, mixing bowl, a kitchen scissors, mixing spoon, small serving bowl and small serving plate.

1. Place the hummus and plain yogurt into the mixing bowl.

2. Using the kitchen scissors, snip the chives finely into the bowl.

3. Mix all the ingredients together.

4. Spoon the dip into the serving bowl.

5. Place the serving bowl onto the serving plate.

6. Display some vegetable dippers around the plate.

• Turn up the flavour: Try different herbs such as chopped parsley, coriander or mint. Add spices to the hummus mixture such as ½ x 5ml spoon mild curry powder, mild chilli powder or ground cumin.
• Reduce food waste: Use up leftover vegetables such as courgettes or tomatoes. 
• Why not create a dessert dip? Pour a pot of plain yogurt into a dish and chop lots of fresh fruit or make  fruit kebabs to use as dippers.
• Food skills: Check out our food skills videos to help understand the key skills used in this recipe.

Be ingredient aware!

Check for any food allergy, intolerance, special dietary requirement or religious/cultural reasons for not handling or eating the ingredients in this recipe. 

You may need to modify the recipe accordingly. For those with an allergy to sesame, use a tahini free hummus. Always check food labels for allergens, and suitability for vegetarians and vegans.

For full guidance and up-to-date information on the 14 allergens, please visit the Food Standards Agency (FSA) website. 
  

Nutritional information

This recipe serves two portions based on portion size guidance for 11-18 year olds , if serving to younger children then they may require a smaller portion and if serving to adults, they may require a bit more. 

This recipe analysis is based on a dip and selection of vegetables. 

Why not use the Explore Food calculator, the British Nutrition Foundation's free online nutritional analysis programme, to calculate the nutritional information for other recipes?