This is one of my favorite appetizers to make for a get together, take to a party or just have while watching something really great on TV. This creamy kale and artichoke dip is full of flavor and vegetables! The nutmeg and cayenne pepper really take it up a notch. I have 2 options below for semi-homemade chips that will be WAY BETTER than anything you can find at the store because they will come out of the oven fresh, hot and crispy (something you can’t get out of a bag!) and won’t have inflammatory oils like corn, soy and canola.
Food Babe's Creamy Kale and Artichoke Dip
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 1 bag of frozen artichoke hearts thawed and chopped
- 4 cups of finely chopped kale, spinach, swiss chard or collards
- 1 garlic clove minced
- ⅛ tsp fresh nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp fresh black pepper
- 1 cup organic sour cream (or ½ cup sour cream and ½ greek yogurt)
- 3 tbsp organic mayo (optional - but really kicks this recipe into high gear)
- 3 tbs raw parmesan or manchego cheese, plus more for top
- coconut oil for greasing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Combine all ingredients together in a large bowl and place into a medium sized baking dish (greased with coconut oil)
- Top with additional cheese if desired
- Bake for approximately 30-45 mins covered
- Remove from oven, and let sit for at least 5 mins before serving with homemade pita or tortilla chips
Notes
Please choose all organic ingredients if possible.
Food Babe's Pita or Tortilla Chips
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Author: Food Babe
Serves: 8
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- 1 pack of ezekiel whole wheat pita or small tortilla shells
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- ¼ tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Cut pita or tortilla into triangle wedges with a pizza cutter.
- Mix wedges with coconut oil, paprika and sea salt in a large bowl
- Place wedges on a baking rack and bake at 400 degrees for 8-10mins until crisp
- Remove from oven and enjoy!
Notes
It's a good idea to make these while the dip is cooling. Please choose all organic ingredients if possible.
A couple of ingredient notes:
- My favorite yogurt right now is Maple Hill Creamery – it’s 100% Organic and Grass-fed.
- For a super clean mayo with no inflammatory oils, check out Wilderness Family Farms. I love to use them in my recipes! (I know shipping can be expensive, but one jar lasts you a really long time. You can also ask your local store to carry this brand for you, so you don’t have to pay shipping on a regular basis).
If you know someone who needs a yummy appetizer recipe for the upcoming Super Bowl or dislikes kale, this recipe is a sure bet either way.
Enjoy!
Vani
I cant wait to make this I love artichoke dip and this one sounds even better thanks for the new post and keep up the great work
Thank you so much Andrea! I know you will love this 🙂
We are dairy free especially my son so I’m going to try it with Dayia cheese- mixture of cheese- along with homemade tortilla’s-will let you know how it turns out!
Any way to make this without dairy or soy?
substitute puree of your favorite type of white been
Could you elaborate on this Sandinnaples? What type? How much? Does recipe ingredients stay the same except for this? Any adjustments to make? I’d love to try this option if the taste does not change in the recipe.
Any chance of a version without dairy? Thanks!
I don’t even care about the super bowl, but I can’t wait to have the perfect excuse to make this dip this weekend! Thank you!
HAHA! Love it!
This sounds yummy! Do you have to use frozen artichokes? (I’ve never heard of that) Is one can of artichokes equivalent to one bag of frozen? Thanks! Keep up all of your hard work, you are an inspiration.
You can used jarred or canned, but I like frozen because they don’t have additional ingredients like salt and preservatives.
How many cans or jars of artichokes should I use if I can’t find frozen?
Found frozen artichokes at Trader Joes.
http://www.laramealor.com/free-pain-12-naturally-innovative-solutions/
Perfect! Thanks!
I am going to make this. But I am very surprised you shop at Whole Foods. Not a “good” store…
I don’t understand? What’s wrong with getting pure organic goodness from Whole Foods? Unfortunately my farmers market doesn’t have everything I need!
Because their socially conscious face doesn’t always live up to reality. WF’s has a very strong anti-union anti-worker bent, a lot their private labeled frozen foods are produced outside of the US where organic certification is iffy, they have adopted the WalMart model of either buying up or crushing small competitors essentially creating a monopoly, and they’ve lied continuously about their support and purchases from small family owned organic farms. The people who shop at WF’s do so not only because of the product offerings but also because they believe WF’s to be a socially responsible company. Personally I just find the hype at odds with the reality.
Whole Foods is the best store I can shop at locally especially when farmer’s markets aren’t open in the winter. I’m thankful they are around so I don’t have to shop at giant Kroger for everything. Not everyone lives in places with the best options and I am just thankful to not be in a food desert.
Thank you, Vicki, for pointing out the duplicity of Whole Foods. I saw the video of employees saying that everything in WF was organic & nonGMO. Not so. WF would train staff to say this, & they did not always know it wasn’t true. Be discerning, of course. I’ll never forget the shock of discovering Kashi Foods were using GMOs. Yikes! And, yes, food deserts are very disturbing. WF is better than nothing. This is why I am grateful for online ordering 🙂
Thanks for posting this delicious recipe and thank you to Vicki for educating us about WF. People are critical of you but you are only the messenger. They feel threatened by the truth because it doesn’t match their version. What a shame. Just because WF is such an appealing store doesn’t mean they have integrity. I looked into what you wrote and that is just the tip of the ice berg. What a shame that more people don’t know about this.
Education is the most powerful voice. I used to shop at Wild Oats but Whole Foods did a slander campaign and ran them out of business. Now they are the main competition and are unfortunately the best alternative to other grocery stores. The US is run by our lobbies, big money=big power. I still shop at WF occasionally because it is hard to find produce all year long. But when I can, I absolutely do shop at the local farms. It’s the only way we are going to make a change. Thanks again Vicki and Vani, people like you are providing change for the better!!
This looks amazing!! Love new ways to using kale! Can’t wait to try it! Thank you.
Because their socially conscious face doesn’t always live up to the hype. I’m not suggesting boycotting them but their anti-worker, anti-union bent seems at odds with the way they present themselves. People who shop at WF’s do so not just for the products offered but because WF’s has presented themselves as a socially responsible company and personally I don’t think that’s always the case.
I’ll check into your comments about Whole Foods. Except about the unions, as I am strongly against them. There is no place in modern society for unions.
Unions are the only thing that protects workers from corporatists. That’s why there has been such an effort made to weaken them all over the US. That’s why WalMart can go and fire people just for exercising their right in a protest march to ask for living wages. Happily the National Labor Relations Board is finally looking into their sleazy practices. As far as Whole Foods goes depending upon where you live, of course it’s better than nothing, but just remember that years ago the owner of WF used a false name on the Internet and repeatedly trashed a competitor in the stock market, Wild Oats, right out of business. Be sure to check into that while your checking things out about Whole Foods.
@Mikkie….that makes me sad about Wild Oats. I went to school in Omaha and LOVED Wild Oats! Also frequented Wild Oats in Denver a couple of times. They were so pure. The thing I hate about Whole Foods is that it truly is Whole Paycheck as many call it. However, all you have to do is look at the labels at Trader Joe’s to know that at least Whole Foods is doing a bit better in terms of avoiding GMOs and canola oil, trans fats, etc. If I see one more canola listed on this so-called “health” food, I’m gonna scream. Between this and Ezekiel 4:9 bread containing “wheat gluten” (the whole point of sprouted bread is to a avoid the lectins, in this case, to avoid WGA – wheat germ agglutinin), I wish America weren’t so dumbed down, and those who aren’t could finally afford real food. Anyway, looking forward to trying the recipe this weekend…had to use canned artichokes as I’m in a semi-small town, but at least these are organic. Happy Super Bowl everyone!!!
You are dazed and confused, but I wish you well. I won’t be responding further as my time is too valuable for back and forth on unions.
Vicki is tarded. WF employees have voted their company onto Fortune Magazine’s Top 100 places to work 16 years in a row. That is not an accident. They pay great wages, offer competitive benefits including health care and 401k plans, profit sharing, etc. Unions are for people who are too dumb to negotiate a great wage on their own because they aren’t worth that high a wage.
Hey- viki- I shop at Whole Foods because there is a HUGE variety of great products from hundreds/thousands of producers from produce to cheese to pickles. To patronize ONLY those companies who are “socially conscious” in your opinion is to cut off your nose to spite your face. WF may have a different business model than you believe in but it aint Taiwan. People I know there actually like their jobs- some of them love it.
Don’t judge the wonderful products based on what you think their social consciousness is or is not.
WF is a great resource and in my community- they go very far to source locally and support local community events, gardens, etc. I love what they sell and the cool folks who work there. Nuff said!
enough said and was perfectly said.thks!
WF in Atanta area sells a great grass fed yogurt…AtlantaFresh Artisan Creamery…from a local farmer and it even comes in 2% for the fat conscious palate. I agree with Eileen, our many WFs in this area sells so much from local farmers and producers and goes out of their way to explain who they are and how they practice their ideologies…have yet to meet an unhappy employee.
Cannot wait to try this!!!
Can you use frozen kale for this?
Hey Vicki, re: “iffy organic certification,” the European certification is much more stringent that here in the US. As an organic importer I can tell you there are lots of US foods that aren’t sold in Europe for this reason (of course any GMO products are examples but also “parmesan” which in Europe is illegal if it’s not parmigiano reggiano). Sure WFM is far from a perfect organic food source but they’ve done a lot to at least lot push the topic into consumers’ field of vision where once it was a much smaller niche market than it is now. A lot of work needs to be done but it takes time.
This is going to go down well in my household. I have a couple of hungry 4 year-olds who will love this!!!
Agree about the WF comments … I have got to know the employees at our local WF and they are very happy. Also our local WF in RI stocks a lot of local produce.
Anyhow – I had a question about Ezekiel products. I see Soy is used (soy flour for the pita bread) and I also have turned away their pasta for having whole Soy Bean. I thought that Soy was bad and to be avoided??? Sorry if this is a basic question – coming from Europe to live in the US I now see soy everywhere and don’t have enough balanced knowledge to make an informed choice.
It’s organic soybean (which isn’t GMO)… and it’s been sprouted which helps you digest it more efficiently. Hope that helps. Also I didn’t think soy was in the pita bread – which kind did you buy?
Thanks for clarifying!!! This is what I managed to find locally …
http://foodforlife.elsstore.com/shop/product_view2.asp?id=93865&StoreID=C4FECA1CA46D4304A51471264AA3444F&CategoryID=40683
… the ingredients state soy flour. I will have a look a bit further from home to see if I can find anything else. To date we have been making pita bread from scratch – and pita chips from that (flavoured with garlic and cumin). But with rambunctious twin boys making everything from scratch gets difficult. So always on the lookout for a few shortcuts!
I love what you are doing by the way. When I moved from Europe to the US I was sick all of the time. After a while realized that it was the food that was making me sick. Being far from any helping hands (family wise) it has been a major undertaking to get healthy again and not expose our kids to the additives and processed food that we are drowning in.
I am a proud papa when my kids turn their nose up at McDonalds – never ask for sodw (or fuzzy water as they call it) ask for Goats cheese and own our trips to WholeFoods and the local Farmers Market! Thanks for fighting the good fight!!!
It doesn’t matter if there is soy in the pita, it’s all bad. Wheat is inflammatory and makes anyone eat more food. Wheat causes too much fluctuation in blood sugar for anyone which causes more food to be consumed.
Thanks for the reply!
I agree with you to a point – but not entirely. I guess variety is key here. Growing up with an Indian/Mediterranean diet breads made of wheat and other flours (such as Bajra in the winter and Einkorn wheat at other times) means that you have a good balanced diet.
Adding in wheat from hybrid grains for some quick treats isn’t a bad thing.
In France bread is consumed daily – alongside food rich in veggies, meat and good oils. I don’t see the same issues there as I do here. I think a lot of this has to do with what you combine your wheat breads with. There is a whole world out there consuming wheat but they do it in the right way.
Food is fun … I just find a lot of what is easily accessible to most is not what I would class as food. Having young kids in school highlights the lack of focus on food. 20 – 30 mins for lunch doesn’t promote the best eating habits. When I was in school we had 70 minutes for lunch. In France 2 hours is the norm.
Perhaps it is a cultural thing … growing up every social gathering focused on good food. I have a lot of friends in Italy – hanging out with them and meeting people on the street the first question they ask is “What have you eaten today”. Pasta is made from wheat … good wheat. It is part of a multi-course meal … people take their time to enjoy fresh ingredients and I don’t see too many folk suffering from the level of food allergies that we have here.
Ok you seriously need to make a cookbook! I am going to a party on Sunday and I am bringing this for sure!! Sounds DELISH!!! Cannot wait!! Ha….I’m making your pizza tonight for dinner too:) So awesome!! Keep it up girl…you Rock!!!
Dana – you got it 🙂
I concur about the cookbook. I’ve only been on the Food Babe site since mid-December (found through curiosity after watching the “Christmas Jammies” viral video), and so far we have loved every recipe. They are accessible, not too complicated, and use lots of ingredients that I either have on hand or can obtain easily. Last night I happened upon this dip recipe through the Facebook page, which then led me to the coconut ice cream recipe…which made me wish I had a beautiful Food Babe cookbook in my hands that contained all the recipes on this site. Can’t wait to try the two mentioned above, plus the veggie lasgagne, and the swiss chard juice, and the …..
Yum! I love spinach artichoke dip and I love how healthy this one is! Another idea for making your own chips is to use a sweet potato. Just chop it into “chips,” spray with a little EVOO and bake! My fav 🙂
Yum! I love sweet potatoes.
Thanks so much for the recipe! I have been using something else instead of chips–jicama! If sliced thinly, this is a great substitute–and tastes a little sweet at the same time as a chip!
Thanks for all your amazing articles!!! I love your recipes! I can’t wait to make this for the Super Bowl! 🙂 we love your superfood popcorn too!
Sounds great! I too, would like a non-dariy version…
Love this can not wait to make, what a great cold weather comfort food.
http://www.laramealor.com/free-pain-12-naturally-innovative-solutions/
Where do you buy the Maple Hill Creamery yogurt in Charlotte? I have tried their store locator, but it doesn’t mention a place in the Mecklenburg area. Thanks!
I saw you prepare this on Charlotte Today and searched all over for the recipe! I’m so glad to get it here. I was also wondering where you found the Ezekial tortillas. We are up at Lake Norman and have very limited Ezekial products up here–that I have found. Whole Foods is eventually coming to exit 25–but it will be a while!!
Is the raw parmesan you list in the recipe that product made from walnuts–or some special parmesan made from raw milk? That one confuses me!
Raw milk 🙂
Love what your doing here happened upon your site while researching meal replacement shakes. Thank you for all this wealth of knowledge your my new obsession. Found out I’ve been giving my babies carrageenan via their organic yogurt and organic almond milk gets me so frustrated to know what goes on. Anyway my question is about the cheese I’ve been having a hard time finding variety of organic cheeses at an affordable price. Is organic cheese a must or are their options??? Thank you for your work.
This sounds delicious! I am going to try this Sunday. I like to dust pita chips with cinnamon and a bit of respectable sugar before baking and make a fresh fruit salsa to go with it. So these chips could do double duty at a party! Tasty.
Please let me know the brand name/product # of the electric teapot that you have in your kitchen. I saw it on the blog re: drinking warm water with lemons/cayenne in the a.m. Love the design. Thank you. Lulu Stevens [email protected]
So excited to try this recipe and love the idea of making our own pita chips! I love ezekiel wraps so why not as chips?!? Do you think I could add green onions to this dip before baking? I want to serve this with fresh pico de gallo 🙂 can’t wait!
Hi Vani,
Question. My husband fell today on his tailbone. As you know, painful!! How much fresh turmeric did you use & in tea?? Or how else. I know it’ll help the inflammation. (referencing a previous post from you)
Thank you!
Dip sounds yummy! Love what you do and I am so glad to become more educated about harmful additives.
Have you ever written about or researched Acrylamides? They are a known carcinogen and I mention it here only because they are formed when cooking carbohydrates at high temps, like the tortilla or pita chips for this recipe. My father was recently diagnosed with stage 3 prostate cancer so I am on high alert when it comes to carcinogens. I would love it if you could write about acrylamides in a blog sometime. Thanks again for all the work you do!
I’ve never heard of Maple Hill Creamery, but I was intrigued by the name since I grew up in upstate NY. One of their farms is right down the road from where I grew up! I’ll be heading to Lassen’s so I can try some of their yogurt!
Oh my! Even though we won’t be watching the game I will definitely try this dip – any way to get more veggies! In fact, I’m going to dip organic baby carrots/celery sticks rather than chips….
Hey Vani – Where are you getting the Maple Hill yogurt in Charlotte?
What is the calorie content? Looks great!
This recipe sounds good…my only ‘run-in’ with artichoke hearts was the jarred kind and I thought they were absolutely terrible. I hope that frozen ones are a whole lot better!
Can you tell me the cup quantity of artichoke hearts. I can not find frozen . Thank you!
Made this tonight and it was so tasty! It came out a little watery though.
Foodbabe! Love your blog and all you do. Sorry this has nothing to do with your yummy recipe but I wanted to post under the most recent blog. What do you do or suggest for the stomach virus? I am washing my hands, taking activated charcoal, and sipping water (some black tea), and upping my probiodics. Anything else I can be doing? Can’t eat yet. When i can I’ll try a banana and maybe my green smoothie I made today. Thanks!!!
I’m making this today Vani! LOVE the video. thanks for your help!!!
Nobody has answered how many artichokes we are supposed to use. Please let me know if possible so I can make the dip today. I couldn’t find a bag just a small box so I got two. I’m assuming 16oz?
Hi! I have a wheat/ ezekiel ( food for life ) question for you !! I have been eating gluten free other than Food for Life products for several months now. I read the book Wheat Belly and did lots of looking around and have noticed lots of positive changes, but i wanted to know if you eat any wheat other than that company’s and i know it is sprouted or like old school wheat before it was so modified and all of that bad stuff, so that is why i trust it, but are there any other wheat products you still eat or find healthy still ? I just haven’t felt like any other companies are trustworthy yet to feel safe eating them! I would love to know what you have to say about it ?!!!
Is this a recipe blog or a smear campaign against Whole Foods? Seriously people! No, they are not “perfect”. There is NO grocery chain that is totally forthright in what they sell or advertise. HOWEVER, just because YOU have access to other options, does not mean that everyone does! We make the best, healthiest choices that we can with what we have available. Enough already! Now, on to my question: I have to eat dairy free. And I try to avoid soy products. Is there another option for this awesome dip that I really, really miss eating? I saw a post about substituting white beans? Can anyone elaborate on that?
P.S. Keep your comments to yourself about Whole Foods. We are well aware they have their own “issues”. But, anyone with a brain will know to shop smart and avoid certain products and brands. This is a FOOD site, not a campaign site.
Also wondering the quantity of the artichokes. “1 bag” ??? About as long as a piece of rope?
From what I can tell online a bag of artichoke hearts from Trader Joe’s is 12oz. I also found a box only so I’m going with 1 1/2 boxes.
Okay so I loveeee regular spinach artichoke dip but it’s soo fattening! My fiancé and I just finished making this tonight and it was AMAZING! Super easy too. I thought it was almost even better than the regular stuff!! We did substitute a few things, only because we were short on some ingredients. For the cheese we used mozzarella instead and sprinkled a little feta on top 😉 it added a slight saltiness flavor, mmmm! We also put in 2 1/2 garlic cloves instead of 1 and used 2 tbsp mayo not 3. And for the people who aren’t sure about the flavor of kale or even kale in general, you seriously can’t even tell it’s not spinach! It cooks down great and taste nearly the same! So it’s also a great recipe to introduce someone to kale 🙂
Oh and someone asked about the artichokes-I didn’t use frozen, I used (1) 12oz can of artichokes, HEB brand. Perfect amount
This was great! I couldn’t find frozen artichokes but ended up getting canned artichokes (rinsed before use) to save time. It was delicious! Thanks Food Babe for your continued research and movement to cleaner and healthier food!
I made this yesterday, everyone loved the pita chips and wanted the receipe! When I made the dip I substituted the artichokes (bc Whole Foods only had a monster bag) with frozen spinach. Next time I make this I will add mozzarella to make it more cheesy and a little less kale.
Tried this last night and LOVED it! I used all spinach because that’s what I had but I am definitely going to try it again with kale. Thank you for this wonderful recipe.
Made this last night for my small family. It was fantastic. We had plenty leftover. Going to use the rest as a spread for a turkey panini for dinner tonight.
Amazing recipe. We LOVED it. Can you tell me approximately how many calories/fat/etc are in this recipe?
I am definitely going to make a dip like this, but ditch the dairy and add olive oil or coconut oil instead! And then maybe I will rub/bake it on/with fish or meat! YUM 🙂
Thank you for sharing this great recipe. But more importantly, thank you for all you do for us! And Bravo on bringing Subway to task! Much love <3