Low Sugar Holiday Recipes: Great Beginnings Crudité Platter

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Use herbs to avoid the blood-sugar roller coaster.

Great Beginnings Crudité Platter
Serves 12

Crudité trays distract people from sweets while adding fiber. The beans in the dip are high in soluble fiber. Preliminary research shows that a unique compound in celery may control blood-sugar levels and reduce cholesterol. In animal studies, burdock root lowers blood sugar and increases carbohydrate tolerance. Burdock is sold as wild gobo root in Asian markets and health-food stores.

Red Velvet Dip

• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 sweet red bell peppers, roasted, peeled, seeded, and coarsely chopped, or
• 2 canned peppers
• 1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
• 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 11/2 tablespoons sweet paprika
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth

1. With the food processor running, drop the garlic cloves through the feed tube and process 10 seconds.
2. Remove the top and add the red peppers. Replace the top and puree thoroughly. Pour in the beans and sprinkle the salt and paprika around evenly. Pulse until blended.
3. With the processor running, pour the oil and broth through the feed tube at an even pace. Stop the processor, remove the top, and scrape down the sides. Process again until smooth.
4. Place the dip in a serving bowl and refrigerate or set aside until use.

Vegetables

• 1 burdock root (about 8 inches)
• 3 quarts water
• 1/2 teaspoon white wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 pound snow peas
• 2 large carrots
• 1 parsnip
• 6 large lettuce leaves
• 4 stalks celery, cut into 3-inch pieces
• 1 sweet red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into 3- to 4-inch strips

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