When I attended the Healthy Living Summit, I was fortunate enough to go on a tour of the Frito Lay plant in Wisconsin. I learned so much about Frito Lay chips and was quite impressed at all of the steps they are taking to make healthier and greener products.
Now, you all know I’m a chip addict. But I also love dips! I love dips of nearly every kind – bean dips, fruit dips, taco dips, veggie dips, chips dips, etc. However, I’m quite aware that dips often contain high amounts of calories, fat, sugar, and sodium. That’s why I was so glad the girls at Frito Lay sent me a fantastic dip recipe made out of plain Greek yogurt. Take a look at the recipe – it’s so much healthier than most dips. Hint – it only has 45 calories per serving!
Greek Yogurt and Cucumber Dip
Serves: 8; Serving Size: ¼ cup
Ingredients:
- 1 English cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise, and seeded
- 1 ½ cups nonfat Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- 1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Cumin to taste
Directions:
Grate cucumber halves by hand or chop in a food processor until coarse, but not mushy. Place grated/chopped cucumber in a strainer and cover with a paper towel to squeeze out the excess juice. You may need to change the paper towel a few times. In a medium bowl, combine the yogurt, chives, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil. Fold in the cucumber and season with salt and pepper. Add cumin to taste. Refrigerate until chilled, about an hour. Nutrition Information (per ¼ cup serving):
45 calories, 5 g protein, 3 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 2 g fat, 0 g sat fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 91 mg sodium
The other day I was craving something crunchy and salty, so I promptly made this dip and paired it with some Frito Lay SunChips. Fantastic! The creamy, spicy dip was a perfect combo with my SunChips, although I probably ate more chips than the dip! But hey, they have 18g of whole grains per ounce!
Frito Lay Giveaway
As I mentioned last night, I will be doing more giveaways in the future. And guess what? I have another one for you right now! Frito Lay has graciously offered to give one of my readers a fabulous Crate and Barrel chip and dip bowl, with extra dip bowls. Plus, they are throwing in a bag of Lay’s, SunChips, and Tostitos Scoops!. And all of this just in time for Labor Day weekend! I sooo wish I could enter this giveaway myself! But because I can’t, I’m giving it to one of you.
How to Enter
All you have to do to enter is either:
- Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite Frito Lay product OR
- Tweet/retweet this post on Twitter
You must enter the giveaway by 9 PM Eastern on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. After that, I will pick a random entrant and post the winner on the my blog. Easy peasey, don’t ya think?
Good Luck! Now, let’s get snacking!
I love French onion and harvest chedder sunships! I am addicted! Just wish the bag wasn’t so noisey! Now everyone knows when I am snacking!
I really like Baked Lays. They’re not all greasy and still taste good!
Baked Sour Cream & Onion. My all time favorite since I was a kid, only a bit healthier. 🙂
I am a chip-aholic, but I was never a fan of Lay’s because they tasted too salty to me. Enter the Lightly Salted Lay’s. I’m pretty sure Frito Lay has found potato chip perfection.
The Baked Original Lays are fun to munch on. Not too greasy and not too salty.
Oooh, that cucumber-yogurt dip sounds fabulous! (And easy, too!)
Totally the perfect complement for some original flavor Sun Chips (my absolute favorite–nutty, salty, and sweet all at once.)
Fun giveaway! I LOVE Sun Chips. So delicious.
Jennifer,
I love the sun chips…my kids like the garden salsa I like any flavor…
Lisa
I love Sunchips even in that horribly loud compostable bag!
I like the Baked Sour Cream & Onion as well. They don’t give you that heavy greasy feeling in your stomach.
I love the Baked Lays and the Lime Tostitos!
Mmm… I love dip. All kinds, and I will definitely have to try this one. 🙂
My favorite are Cheddar Sun Chips NOM !
I know they aren’t good for me, but I love Cheetos, the flaming hot kind.
I JUST had an amazing yogurt+cucumber salad, so this recipe is PERFECT. I have to try it soon!
My favorite Frito Lay product is their Tostito’s salsa. It’s all natural!
I tweeted too! 😀
I also tweeted this post!
I looove Fritos 🙂
My favorite right now is Sun Chips. the original or the harvest cheddar. Mmmmm Crunchy chips. mmmmm
I am a Dorito Fanatic! I also like the Classic Potato Chips! This is a great giveaway. I also tweeted it.