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It’s nearly summertime and the barbecue picnics and parties are poppin’! Every great host or hostess knows part of the key to success for summer entertaining is having wildly-good flavors for your guest to enjoy.
Before, during and after the barbecue grill is fired up, you want to give your guests tasty options. Snack foods are always a terrific option to offer throughout your gathering, which can be as simple as setting up a Heluva Good!® Dips and chips platter to enjoy the delicious, creamy dip with the awesome crispy crunch of a potato chip. Total bliss!
While we all know Heluva Good!® Dips are ideal companions for chips and crackers, it’s time to take a step outside the dip and chip box! Heluva Good!® Dips are also perfect for flavoring your barbecues and taking your snack time to a whole new ridiculously-delicious level.
If you want to truly “wow” your barbecue party guests, try pairing your Heluva Good!® Dips in new ways.
The simplest swap you can make that packs a colorful and refreshing punch is to trade in your chips for a variety of veggies. Carrots, celery, broccoli, sweet peppers and other raw vegetables deliver the same crunch as a chip but of course, are a healthier alternative chock-full of nutrients and other good stuff your body needs to help power you to have more fun in the sun.
Picnic pizza is one of my favorite new ways to veg-up my snacking time but also to have at barbecue gatherings because it’s a fun and refreshing twist to pairing your vegetables with Heluva Good®! Dips.
All you need to create this dish is your favorite Heluva Good!® Dip, some grilled pitas, chopped lettuce, and sliced vegetables of your choice (see my preferred recipe steps below.) Putting the picnic pizzas together is typically highly entertaining for guests and truly a scrumptious treat when they are complete.
Ingredients
- Small Pita or Naan Bread (1 per person/serving)
- Heluva Good!® French Onion Dip (or any other other Heluva Good!® Dip flavor you prefer)
- Lettuce blend, chopped or shredded
- Celery, chopped or sliced thin
- Roma tomatoes, sliced thin
- Sweet peppers, sliced into thin rings
- Optional: Additional vegetables of your choice, sliced thin or chopped into small pieces
Instructions
- Prepare vegetables and lettuce and place in bowls or on trays for use.
- The lettuce is your “cheese” for the pizza. The vegetables are your toppings. For each picnic pizza you create, you’ll want to have about a ¼ cup of chopped lettuce and 1-2 Tablespoons of each topping.
- Tip: If you prep a little more than needed, use the leftovers for salad making the next day.
- On grill over a medium-low heat, lightly warm pita or naan bread (about 1 minute per side.) Remove from grill and cool for 5 minutes.
- Place each grilled bread on a plate with smooth side facing upward.
- Using a spatula, spread a thin layer of Heluva Good!® Dip on the top of the bread (this is your “sauce.”)
- Sprinkle a layer of lettuce over the dip.
- Top lettuce layer with a layer of vegetables, as desired.
- Tip: Dole out tomato slices like “pepperoni” and then sprinkle other veggies in a random pattern.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Tip: If you want to serve them appetizer style, simply slice the picnic pizzas with a pizza cutter to make bite sized portions.
Wings and things are also wonderful to pair with Heluva Good!® Dips. Heluva Good! Buttermilk Ranch Dip is the obvious pairing but why not try all the flavors to find your favorite match?
Heluva Good!® French Onion Dip is a great mate for all types of barbecue wings. One of my favorite pairings is matching a Carolina Gold (mustard-based) barbecue sauce wing with Heluva Good!® Jalapeno Cheddar Dip. Sweet, spicy and heavenly!
Other barbecue items like bratwurst are terrific dippers for Heluva Good!® Dips, too. Just slice them up and dip away.
Want to try something completely mind-blowing for your taste buds? Use Heluva Good!® Dips as a condiment for your hamburgers. Imagine Heluva Good!® Bacon Horseradish Dip smeared on your hamburger bun – yup, it’s an awesome, tasty thought!
The new limited edition Heluva Good!® Dill Pickle Dip that would also give your hamburger plenty of delicious character.
There are so many ways to think outside the dip and chip box to add new and exciting flavor combinations to your summer entertaining. Your taste-buds and your guests will thank you!
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How will you add flavor to your summer entertaining with Heluva Good! Dips?
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I make a salsa blend that uses Heluva Jalapeno Cheddar.
Would love having my family over to use and try all of these dips with some wings made on the grill!
I will be adding flavor by making an Artichoke & Spinach dip.
I would have everything bagel chips with these dips.
We entertain a lot in the summer and I think these dips would be a great addition to our food line-up. I would love to serve the Dill Pickle Dip with hamburgers!
Heluva Good! Dips will go perfectly with the crudite platters we always have for our summer barbecue get-togethers!
I like adding the dips in potato and pasta salads.
I would use some dips for our veggie trays and chips at our family get togethers.
I would add the french onion dip to macaroni salad.
I will add flavor by dipping carrot sticks & wheat thin crackers in dip.
I would try the dill pickle dip with sliders!
I will make a potato salad with the Heluva Good French Onion dip instead of mayo.
love the french onion dip with chips – my favorite snack
I will serve Heluva Good Jalenpeno Cheddar dip with veggies.
I love your picnic pizza idea! Personally, I love a good veggie tray -it’s my go to snack for any get together, and it needs a good dip!
I would use the French Onion flavor to coat my chicken breasts before rolling in bread crumbs and frying.
This would be perfect snack dip for my nieces and I this summer. Thanks for the chance to win.
On my baked potato, chips and veggies.
I’d love it for chips.
This would be great as a ranch topping on pork chops.
I can use the onion dip for Swedish meatballs.
I just put a dish of it out for my kids with a bag of chips and it magically disappears…..quickly!!
I love their french onion dip. It goes well with everything.
Thanks for the contest.
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I’ll be adding a variety of dips with the veggie trays.
I love to eat dips with Doritos
I would have these dips with celery.
I would like them with chips.
I will use this dip for all my chips and veggies.
I’d use it for chips at family parties.
I will use the dips for veggies and chips. yum
I love the french onion dip with potato chips. Thanks!
I would add some flavor to raw veggies.
I would add some flavor to my veggies that we get out of our garden.
I would have Heluva Dips for chips at our cookouts and picnics.