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Home » Creamy Vegan Pesto Dip with Roasted Red Peppers [gluten-free]

Creamy Vegan Pesto Dip with Roasted Red Peppers [gluten-free]

February 12, 2017 By Healthy Helper 16 Comments

Rich, creamy, and perfect for munching on as an appetizer or snack! This Vegan Pesto Dip is full of flavor, delicious smooth texture, and just the right amount of sweetness from the roasted red peppers. Perfect for pairing with your favorite wine!

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Believe it or not, before going to Europe last year, I wasn’t much of a wine person. It’s always been my parents drink of choice, but even when I turned 21, it never was appealing to me.

When I went wine tasting in the south of France and Italy, however, my whole perspective changed. I finally had a chance to taste REALLY GOOD, high quality wine…and a lot of it. I was able to figure out what kinds I liked and didn’t like which gave me a much better understanding of why I had never found a favorite here at home.

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My dad always told me, you should always have a bottle of wine at your apartment to offer people. You never know who could pop in and you want to be able to be hospitable! While I wouldn’t consider myself a wine connoisseur, I do believe I know what I like and I know how to pick out wines that are crowd pleasers. So when I went to pick out a bottle to keep in my apartment, I went with an old favorite (or really a new favorite since I am new to the whole wine drinking biz!)….Frontera Sauvignon Blanc.

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Light, fresh, and so crisp tasting! Reds are too bold for me, where is this wine is fruity and has nice citrusy notes to it. I love how refreshing it is too. Not dry in the slightest! Another thing I love about it, it pairs well with one of my all time foods….pesto!

Now what does pesto and wine have to do with anything?! Well, I’ll tell ya!

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With the Superbowl last week and lots of other big sporting events in the coming months, I thought it’d be a good idea to get ready to do some entertaining! Now that I’m more at home in my new place (and have wine on hand! 😉 ), I want to start hosting friends and family. No better time to get together than for a fun sporting event, ya know? So with my signature wine picked out, I needed a go-to appetizer to pair with it. That’s when I did a little research about what goes well with Sauvignon Blanc. Pesto was the FIRST thing that popped up….perfect!

Creamy Vegan Pesto Dip with Roasted Red Peppers | Healthy Helper @Healthy_Helper Rich, creamy, and perfect for munching on as an appetizer or snack! This Vegan Pesto Dip is full of flavor, delicious smooth texture, and just the right amount of sweetness from the roasted red peppers. Perfect for pairing with your favorite wine!

5.0 from 3 reviews
Creamy Vegan Pesto Dip with Roasted Red Peppers
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Total time
5 mins
 
Author: Kaila Proulx
Recipe type: Savory Snacks
Serves: 2 cups
Ingredients
  • 1 cup vegan cream cheese (I used Kite Hill Original)
  • 1 cup vegan pesto sauce
  • ½ cup roasted red peppers, chopped
Instructions
  1. Mix pesto and cream cheese together. Place in a serving bowl and top with roasted red peppers. Serve with crudité, crackers, and, of course, FRONTERA wine!
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This dip is FANTASTIC. Only 3 ingredients…so it couldn’t get any easier. It’s also vegan, gluten-free, and perfect for pairing with your dipper of choice. I personally love dipping pretzel sticks in it or raw veggies. So yummy. And it goes lovely with the Fronterra wine!

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The dip AND the wine are sure to be crowdpleasers at your next big game night event! But seriously, with Frontera wine every moment is tasty. 🙂

Creamy Vegan Pesto Dip with Roasted Red Peppers | Healthy Helper @Healthy_Helper Rich, creamy, and perfect for munching on as an appetizer or snack! This Vegan Pesto Dip is full of flavor, delicious smooth texture, and just the right amount of sweetness from the roasted red peppers. Perfect for pairing with your favorite wine!

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Comments

  1. Natalie | Feasting on Fruit says

    February 13, 2017 at 12:20 pm

    Because dips > sauces so pesto that I can dunk all the delicious crunchy things in sounds like a dream come true! I know absolutely zero about wine, but you can count me in on the snacking part 🙂

    Reply
    • Healthy Helper says

      February 13, 2017 at 12:54 pm

      Yes totally agree with you on sauce vs dip!! I loooove dipping things. Best snacks ever!! And don’t let me fool ya…I know the bare minimum about wine LOL! I just like to pretend I’m an expert HA! 😉

      Reply
  2. Meah says

    February 13, 2017 at 3:14 pm

    Pesto is amazing as is, but making it creamy…YES. PLEASE. I think this would be absolutely amazing tossed with spaghetti squash or zoodles too. Thanks Kaila 🙂 !

    xxMeah

    Reply
    • Healthy Helper says

      February 13, 2017 at 4:48 pm

      Thank you so much Meah!! I think it would be AMAZING as a sauce on pasta! Bowties are my FAVE! LOL

      Reply
  3. Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner says

    February 13, 2017 at 3:30 pm

    Wondering what kind of vegan pesto sauce you are using? Looking for a good one. Thanks for linking up

    Reply
    • Healthy Helper says

      February 13, 2017 at 4:47 pm

      I actually made my own using this recipe!! http://www.vegan.com/recipes/pesto/

      Reply
  4. Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says

    February 16, 2017 at 11:16 am

    Delicious! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!

    Reply
    • Healthy Helper says

      February 16, 2017 at 12:19 pm

      Thanks Helen!

      Reply
  5. Amber says

    February 16, 2017 at 4:21 pm

    Wow! This recipe looks so great! Anything with a nice Suav Blanc is good with me! Check out my newly improved blog when you get the chance! Lots of great updates!

    Reply
    • Healthy Helper says

      February 16, 2017 at 5:21 pm

      Thanks! Let me know if you try it!!

      Reply
  6. Marla says

    February 17, 2017 at 11:28 am

    HI Kaila,
    Sure sounds tasty and full of health. Thanks for sharing on Real Foods Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!

    Reply
    • Healthy Helper says

      February 17, 2017 at 1:30 pm

      Thanks Marla!!

      Reply
  7. Nikki says

    February 20, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    I absolutely love pesto and pasta, but I never thought about using it as a dip. I am pinning this recipe to make at our next get-together. This is definitely right up my alley! And the Sauvignon Blanc looks wonderful too.

    Reply
    • Healthy Helper says

      February 20, 2017 at 1:03 pm

      Let me know when you make it Nikki! It’s a real crowdpleaser!!

      Reply

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