11 crudites and with sweet and Recipes

sweet potatoes (about 2 3/4 lb), olive oil, scallions, chopped fine, chopped drained bottled roasted red peppers, fresh coriander sprigs, washed well , spun dry, and chopped fine, vine-ripened tomatoes, seeded and chopped fine, garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/4 tsp salt, balsamic vinegar, salt , or to taste, freshly ground black pepper , or to taste, fresh jalapeno chile, seeded and chopped fine (wear rubber gloves ), water if necessary, baked tortilla chips or crudites such as jicama or fennel

sour cream, scallions, finely chopped, lemon juice, ripe avocados, cut in half and chopped, mayonnaise, chopped fresh cilantro leaves, sour cream, organic chickpeas, drained, juice of 1 lemon, light tahini paste, light olive oil, plus extra for drizzling, garlic clove, peeled and crushed, boiling water, sea salt , to taste, very ripe tomatoes, scallion, finely chopped, garlic clove, peeled and crushed (optional), extra virgin olive oil, chopped fresh basil leaves, tomato ketchup, a little ground black pepper , to taste, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, red bell pepper sticks, celery sticks, tomatoes, blanched sugar snap peas or asparagus (cover with boiling water for 2 minutes, then drain under cold running water), radishes, breadsticks , small or large, tortilla chips ( cool flavor or the blue corn variety), beet , carrot, and parsnip vegetable chips, oat crackers or mini rice cakes, toasted pita bread sliced into strips, bagel chips (slice 2 organic bagels widthwise into 4 thin slices. brush with olive oil, and then bake at 150of for 10 minutes. break into pieces), tortilla chips (cut 1 large tortilla into 8 slices. place on a baking sheet and cook at 350of for 10 minutes.), sweet potato wedges (peel and cut 2 lbs sweet potatoes into wedges. place them in a roasting pan, toss in a tbsp of olive oil, and sprinkle with a tsp of paprika. cook for 35-40 minutes at 400of, turning a few times. these are great with the sour cream dip.)

neufchatel cheese, feta cheese, crumbled (1/2 cup), chili powder , adjust to taste, ground chipotle chile pepper , adjust to taste (smoked chile), bacon, crumbled (i used hormel real crumbled bacon bits), kalamata olive, pitted and minced, dried cranberries, minced, dates, pitted and minced, feta cheese, crumbled (1/4 cup), chile powder, smoked or paprika, feta cheese, crumbled, parsley, chopped, cracker, chips, bagel chips, pita chips, assorted crudites, egg, hard boiled, flour tortilla, mushroom

mixed beans, drained, nonfat yogurt or 7 tbsp very low-fat plain yogurt, garlic paste, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, sweet red pepper, de seeded and sliced finely, carrot , cut into sticks, celery ribs

olive oil, vidalia or other sweet onion, chopped (about 1 1/2 cups), salt and pepper, soft goat cheese, at room temperature, mayonnaise, sour cream, cream cheese, at room temperature, red wine vinegar, assorted crudites for serving

vegetables to dip (such as carrot sticks, steamed broccoli florets, jicama and cauliflower), fully cooked sausages (such as bratwurst or kielbasa), sweet chutney, hot chutney

kosher salt , as needed, green or wax beans, ends trimmed, stalks of broccoli , or 1/2 head cauliflower, trimmed into florets, asparagus, stalks peeled , woody ends trimmed, fresh sugar snap peas, fennel bulb, trimmed, sliced vertically into 1/4-inch wedges, red bell pepper, trimmed, seeded , and cut into strips, yellow bell pepper, trimmed, seeded, and cut strips, radishes (about 10) (with greens attached), washed, carrots, cut into 4-inch-long sticks, zucchini or summer squash, cut into spears, scallions (white and green), trimmed, cucumber , peeled if waxed, cut into spears, grape tomatoes, curry dip or really onion dip, recipes follow, or sauce of your choice, whole milk yogurt, vegetable oil , like soy, peanut, or corn, garlic, minced, madras curry powder, prepared mayonnaise, sweet mango chutney, finely chopped, scallion (white and green), thinly sliced, hot sauce , or to taste, freshly squeezed lime juice, chopped fresh coriander ( cilantro), kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, onions, 2 left in their skins, and 1 peeled, extra-virgin olive oil, mayonnaise, sour cream, white wine vinegar, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, hot sauce , as needed, scallions (white and green), minced

head belgian endive separated into leaves, goat cheese, red, yellow, orange peppers 1/4 chopped, spanish almonds , pecans, or hazelnuts chopped, butter melted, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar

head garlic, sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon , juice of, scallions, finely chopped, fresh chives, snipped, fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped, gem lettuce, cut into wedges, new potato , scrubbed, carrots , cut into batons, radishes, halved , tops attached