Summary:  Ready for a sense blowing homemade spread?  We hereby present the collection of our personal favorite recipes for a healthy homemade spread! Check it out; 

Whatever happens, I always have a couple of homemade spreads in the fridge. To pimp a sandwich, wrap or as base for a nice salad or pasta. Or use on bruschetta’s with a drinks. They are easy to prepare and because we use vegetables and nice olive oil, they are a healthy way to make your sandwich, meal or snack extra special. Depending on the freshness of your ingredients, you can easily keep them in the fridge for a week or so.

 

 

 

You can vary with your own favourite vegetables, herbs and spices. I just love fresh herbs and especially dragon. The anise flavour goes well with all sorts of other ingredients like;  salad, pasta, fish, chicken or meat.

To make the preparation easier a blender of food processor would be handy. I like some structure in the spreads, so I don’t blend to long.

Put all ingredients into the blender and mix for just 30 seconds to a minute depending on the structure you like. Use your own favourite extra virgin oil!!

 

Beetroot with mint

  • 250 gr cooked beetroot
  • 8 gr mint
  • 1 big tablespoon of fat free yoghurt
  • 2 ½ tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon of ras el hanout
  • salt and peper

 

Spicy hummus

  • 200 gr soaked chickpeas
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • 2½ tablespoon of olive oil
  • sambal (choose your own, depending on the heat you can have)
  • salt and peper
  • Instead of sambal you can also us some red pepper

 

Red pepper spread

 

  • 100 gr red pepper
  • 50 gr of barrel aged feta
  • 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika powder
  • 3 table spoons of olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon fresh cut parsley
  • salt and peper

 

Fresh herbs pesto

  • 50 gr roasted pine nuts
  • 40 gr of fresh herbs (I just dragon, parsley and basil)
  • 30 gr of grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 dl of olive oil
  • salt en pepper
by Monica Kuppens