Creamy pesto pea dip

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Super easy 3 ingredient pea dip recipe that’s a delicious way to include more vegetables in your diet. Serve with breadsticks, crudités or crisps.

I love how easy this dip is to make and how tasty it is!

It’s creamy, delicious and the kids love it served with fish fingers and chips. It’s a great garden peas recipe that you can whizz up in just minutes.

I like that it squeezes extra vegetables into our diet, which is always a good thing. I love it with beetroot crisps.

Pesto pea dip ingredients

• 200g frozen peas

• 100g cream cheese

• 2 tbs pesto

How to make pesto pea dip

• Cook the frozen peas – as per the packet instructions, then tip them into a colander and rinse under cold running water to cool them down fast.

• Blitz ingredients in a blender – tip the peas, cream cheese and pesto into a blender and blitz to a smooth dip consistency – season with salt and pepper if you like.

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Make pesto pea dip your way

• Lower the fat content – switch the cream cheese for low fat yogurt to cut down on fat content.

• Switch the pesto – skip the pesto and use a tsp of harissa paste or even a tsp of curry paste to flavour the peas up differently.

• Make pea and mint dip – skip the pesto and add a tsp of mint sauce from a jar

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How to serve pesto pea dip

• After school snack – Great as after school snack with breadsticks, pitta chips or tortilla crisps.

• Put into lunch boxes – add a little pot to lunchboxes along with some breadsticks for dipping.

• Movie night snacks – this dip is delicious with a movie night snack spread

• Top bruschetta – you could use this easy pea puree to top bruschetta as a healthy lunch idea.

• Party food – serve as part of a BBQ party buffet.

More easy dip recipes to make

• Sour Cream & Herb Dip – a delicious, creamy dip that’s great with potato wedges

• Beetroot Hummus – a vibrant, sweet and tasty hummus recipe that’s bursting with delicious earthy beetroot, perfect with breadsticks, crackers or toasted pitta breads.

• Harissa Mayonnaise – a super tasty, spicy mayonnaise dip that you’ll want to serve with fries – every, single, time!

Yield: Serves 4

Pesto pea dip

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A delicious, easy dip recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 6 minutes

Total Time 11 minutes

Ingredients

• 200g frozen peas 
• 100g cream cheese
• 2 tbs pesto 

Instructions

1. Cook the frozen peas as per the packet instructions, then tip them into a colander and rinse under cold running water to cool them down fast.
2. Tip the peas, cream cheese and pesto into a blender and blitz to a smooth dip consistency - season with salt and pepper if you like.
   

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 167Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 154mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 2gSugar: 3gProtein: 5g

Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.

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