Cheesy dips and dippers
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Try one or both of these yummy cheesy dips - it could be the one way you can get your rascals to eat raw vegetables! Don't worry if they are still not convinced you can always serve the dip with fingers of toast or bread sticks instead.
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Prep time: 5 mins
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Cooking time: 5 mins
Ingredients
For adults why not try making the yogurt dip with stilton, delicious
- For a tangy cheese dip, you will need:15g/1/2oz butter
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 75ml/2 1/2 fl oz milk
- 75ml/2 1/2 fl oz apple juice
- 75g/3oz West Country Cheddar cheese, grated
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Raw vegetables or bread sticks for dipping
For a cheesy yogurt dip, you will need:
- 150ml/1/4pt Greek style yogurt
- 100g/4oz Wensleydale cheese
- 1 tbsp snipped chives
- Freshly ground black pepper
Method
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan over a low heat. Sprinkle over the flour and cook stirring for about a minute
- Remove the pan from the heat and gradually beat in the milk and apple juice
- Return to the heat and cook stirring constantly until the sauce thickens
- Season with pepper, spoon into a serving dish. Whilst absolutely delicious served warm the dip can also be served cold. To cool, cover with a disc of dampened greaseproof paper to prevent a skin forming.
- Place the yogurt in a small bowl and crumble the cheese into small bits.
- Stir into the yogurt with the chives and season with a little pepper and transfer to a serving bowl.
- Serve the dips with the vegetables or bread sticks for dipping.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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