Spinach dip can be an excellent appetizer for your hungry guests waiting for more serious foods. Suitable for parties, good for family festive dinners or for any other occasion when people meet to enjoy a meal together, a spinach dip can also be a healthy recipe, if you choose your ingredients wisely and if you make sure to serve it with healthy foods such as raw vegetables. The most common way of serving dips, which is with pita pieces, bread bowls, crackers or tortilla chips is not the healthiest of all. Bell peppers, celery or carrots nicely sliced will also make a tasty combination, and it will surely be a much healthier one. You can always use raw vegetables as a base for serving other dips and spreads such as the beetroot dip we've previously given you the recipe for. 

This is a very easy and healthy recipe for beetroot dip - beetroot is very good for you! Beet greens are a very good source of calcium, iron, Vitamins A and C. although we don't use the greens in this recipe you should put them aside to use for another dish. Beetroots are an excellent source of folic acid. They are a very good source of fiber, manganese and potassium. Beet greens and beetroot are a good source of phosphorus, magnesium, iron and vitamin B6.