Skinny dipping. (Brand-Name Rating).Choosing a dip no longer means deciding between French onion and Cheez Whiz Cheez Whiz is a thick processed cheese sauce or spread introduced by Kraft Foods in 1953. The bright, yellow, viscous liquid usually comes in a glass jar, and is used as a topping for corn chips, hot dogs, cheesesteaks, and other foods. . Any supermarket worth its double coupons now has shelves of salsas Salsas is a Portuguese parish in the district of Bragança. The population in 2001 is 424, its density is 16.5/km² and the area is 25.76 km². , hummuses, guacamoles, and bean dips Noun 1. bean dip - a dip made of cooked beans dip - tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped . And if you don't have the time to slice your own cucumber cucumber, fruit of Cucumis sativus, a species of gourd whose many varieties are descended from a plant native to Asia and Africa. Cucumber is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Violales, family Curcurbitaceae. or red pepper red pepper: see pepper. , it's easier than ever to grab a bag of baby carrots In North America the term baby carrot is commonly applied to either miniature carrots harvested before their roots develop or adult carrots chopped into smaller pieces. Taking fully grown carrots and chopping them into smaller pieces was the idea of California farmer Mike Yurosek. or sugar snap peas Noun 1. sugar snap pea - variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods snap pea edible-pod pea, edible-podded pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon - a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous or some salad bar veggies Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food. . You can even smear smear (smer) a specimen for microscopic study prepared by spreading the material across the slide. Pap smear , Papanicolaou smear see under test. a tablespoon ta·ble·spoon n. Abbr. T, tbsp. A measure of about 3 teaspoons or 15 milliliters. tablespoon a household unit of volume or capacity; equivalent to three teaspoons or approximately 15 milliliters; in metric or two of salsa over fresh fish or chicken before you throw it in the oven. Instant main dish. Just don't assume that only good things come in small packages. Dip 'til You Drop Take a glance at the label of almost any dip or spread and you'll find that the calories, fat, saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be , sodium, other numbers look quite reasonable. That's because the serving size is petite--just two tablespoons, which is probably realistic for at least some people some of the time. But with foods like dips, you never know. Two tablespoons could be just enough to whet your appetite, especially when a serving of some dips--like salsa--has only 10 calories. We didn't look at sour cream dips. Even if you find a brand that's low in both sat fat and salt, odds are that it tastes, at best, like watered down sour cream spiked with dried soup mix. Sour cream fans can do better with a creamy salad dressing--like Lighthouse lighthouse, towerlike structure erected to give guidance and warning to ships and aircraft by either visible or radioelectrical means. Lighthouses were long built to conform in structure to their geographical location. Until the beginning of the 19th cent. or Marie's--the kind that comes in wide-mouth jars in the produce section. Just make sure two tablespoons have no more than one gram of sat fat and 200 mg of sodium. Salsa The salsa market has taken off in the last ten years. It's no longer just mild, medium, or hot. Now you can choose your chile (chipotle chi·pot·le n. A ripe jalapeño pepper that has been dried and smoked for use in cooking. [American Spanish, from Nahuatl xipotli.] Noun 1. , poblano po·bla·no n. A cultivar of the tropical pepper (Capsicum annum) having a mild or fairly pungent dark green, thick-skinned fruit used in cooking. , habanero ha·ba·ne·ro n. pl. ha·ba·ñe·ros A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum chinense having small, round, extremely hot green to red fruit. , jalapeno), your flavoring (garlic, cilantro, lime), and even your tomato (red or green). Salsas have no fat to speak of, so finding a Best Bite is just a matter of putting a lid on sodium. Our limit--no more than 120 milligrams in a two-tablespoon serving--is 1/20 of a day's worth and quite reasonable for a food with only 10 to 20 calories. Luckily, you can have the best of both worlds: super taste and little sodium. Green Mountain Gringo grin·go n. pl. grin·gos Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a foreigner in Latin America, especially an American or English person. salsas, for example, have a rich, full flavor that makes many other brands seem flat and one-dimensional. And they do it without even hitting 100 mg of sodium. Timpone's Salsa Muy Rica and Frontera Rustic Guajillo (with its seductively se·duc·tive adj. Tending to seduce; alluring: "his sad and fastidious but ever seductive Irish voice" John Fowles. smoky Smoky, river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in Jasper National Park, W Alta., Canada, and flowing generally NE to the Peace River. It receives the Wapiti and Little Smoky rivers. It was explored (1792) by Alexander Mackenzie. flavor) are must-tries. Arriba ar·ri·ba interj. Used as an exclamation of pleasure, approval, or elation. [Spanish, from Latin ad r Fire Roasted Mexican Green has an authentic, unforgettable kick. And if you're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something a little different, don't miss Trader Joe's Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. As of September 2007, Trader Joe's has a total of 284 stores.[1] (refrigerated re·frig·er·ate tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates 1. To cool or chill (a substance). 2. To preserve (food) by chilling. ) Black Bean black bean see castanospermum australe, erythrophleumchlorostachys. & Roasted Corn Salsa, with flesh tomato, green pepper, onion, corn, black beans, and cilantro floating in a spicy vinaigrette. (The fast-growing chain has stores in California, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Illinois, and 15 other states. Many of its products are regional.) Newman's Own, Enrico's, La Victoria, and Jardine's are better than Old El Paso Old El Paso is a brand applied to a range of Mexican-style foods, including dinner kits, tacos and tortillas, sauces, condiments, rice and refried beans. Old El Paso products are marketed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Republic of and some other national brands that taste like spicy tomato sauce, but they're not in the same class as the others. Guacamole Guacamole is made of avocado avocado (ä`vəkä`do, ăv`–), tropical American broad-leaved evergreen tree of the genus Persea of the family Lauraceae (laurel family). , one of the few fatty fruits. But the fat in avocados is largely monounsaturated monounsaturated /mono·un·sat·u·rat·ed/ (mon?o-un-sach´er-at?ed) of a chemical compound, containing one double or triple bond. mon·o·un·sat·u·rat·ed adj. , so saturated fat shouldn't be a problem. Yet it is ... because some brands contain more sour cream or partially hydrogenated soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been or coconut oil coconut oil n. A pale yellow to colorless oil or a white semisolid fat obtained from the flesh of the coconut, widely used in food products and in the production of cosmetics and soaps. Noun 1. than avocado. Two tablespoons of T. Marzetti's Guacamole, for example, contain three grams of sat fat. So do Kraft's, Dean's, and Marie's. The sour cream and oil--which must cut the companies' costs--also cut the guacamoles' taste. So does the food starch starch, white, odorless, tasteless, carbohydrate powder. It plays a vital role in the biochemistry of both plants and animals and has important commercial uses. that Calavo adds to its guacamoles. Yucatan and Trader Joe's (tub) guacamoles put them to shame. But if you want authentic guacamole, pick up some Trader Joe's Avocado's Number or AvoClassic. What's inside the plastic pouch pouch (pouch) a pocket or sac. abdominovesical pouch one formed by reflection of the peritoneum from the abdominal wall to the anterior surface of the bladder. that's inside the box is pure guacamole--nothing but mashed mash n. 1. A fermentable starchy mixture from which alcohol or spirits can be distilled. 2. A mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl. 3. A soft pulpy mixture or mass. 4. avocado, onion, vinegar, hot peppers, salt, and garlic. It's as fresh and as creamy good as any guacamole you've ever tasted, and well worth the 90 calories (for two tablespoons). Bean Dip Bean dips have it all--a little fiber, no saturated fat, not too much sodium, and only about 30 to 40 calories in two tablespoons. Our favorites: Salpica Chipotle Black Bean Dip's mild flavor contrasts with the heat from its peppers. And Trader Joe's Smoky Black Bean Dip delightfully lives up to its name. Guiltless Gourmet Guiltless Gourmet is a snack food brand. It was founded in 1989 by Doug Forman, who was looking to create a healthy chip. The first tortilla chips were created in his kitchen and distributed locally. The brand became very popular and grew quickly. Spicy Black Bean Dip, on the other hand, was somewhat pasty and sour. Arriba's two entries (Smoked Chipotle Bean Dip and Spicy Black Bean Dip) reminded us of canned franks and beans. And Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. smacked of overcooked tomato paste.Hummus hum·mus also hum·us or hom·mos n. A smooth thick mixture of mashed chickpeas, tahini, oil, lemon juice, and garlic, used especially as a dip for pita. Hummus is the original bean dip. The mixture of garbanzo garbanzo see chickpea. beans (chickpeas), tahini ta·hi·ni n. A thick paste made from ground sesame seeds. [Turkish t (sesame paste), and garlic is a Middle-Eastern staple that found its way to the U.S. over the last decade or two. It's low in calories (about 50 per two tablespoons) and saturated fat (zero), and most brands keep the sodium down. Among the best: Trader Joe's proves that you don't need to go heavy on the salt to please discriminating taste buds taste buds taste npl → Geschmacksknospen pl . The Traditional was restaurant quality, but the real finds were the slightly off-beat flavors like Kalamata Olive ka·la·ma·ta olive also ca·la·ma·ta olive n. An edible variety of olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture. [After Kalamata, Greece, city around which the olives are grown.] , Cilantro Jalapeno, Chipotle Pepper, and Horseradish horseradish Hardy perennial plant (Armoracia lapathifolia) of the mustard family, native to Mediterranean lands and grown throughout the temperate zones. Its hotly pungent, fleshy root is used as a condiment and is traditionally considered medicinal. . You also can't go wrong with Tribe of Two Sheiks Hummus, especially the Forty Spices, Roasted Garlic, Roasted Red Pepper, Scallion scallion: see onion. , and Dill. Athenos tasted as good as the Sheiks, but it's a little heavier on the salt. Both brands beat Cedar's eight flavors hands down. Bruschetta bruschetta Noun an Italian open sandwich of toasted bread topped with olive oil and tomatoes, olives, etc [Italian] , etc. If you don't have the time or the tomatoes to make your own bruschetta (see p. 12), Bellino, Trader Joe's, and some other companies are happy to do the work for you. The calories and saturated fat are rock-bottom low, the sodium is manageable, and the taste is spectacular. The challenge: stopping anywhere near two tablespoons. With Trader Joe's remarkable (refrigerated) Fresh Bruschetta Sauce, you don't have to. With just 50 mg of sodium in two tablespoons, you can scoop for a while. And why stop at tomatoes? Trader Joe's has a dynamite dynamite, explosive made from nitroglycerin and an inert, porous filler such as wood pulp, sawdust, kieselguhr, or some other absorbent material. The proportions vary in different kinds of dynamite; often ammonium nitrate or sodium nitrate is added. Red Pepper & Goat Cheese spread and a Red Pepper Spread with Eggplant eggplant, name for Solanum melongena, a large-leaved woody perennial shrub (often grown as an annual herb) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), and also cultivated for its ovoid fruit. and Garlic that's to die for. Cheese Spreads Cheese spreads contain a fair amount of cheese, so they have less water and oil--and more saturated fat--than other dips and spreads. Two tablespoons of the fattiest (Boursin) have nine grams of sat fat and 120 calories. That's half a day's sat fat ... and it's 50 percent more than what you'd get from the same amount of full-fat cream cheese. Most other brands have five or six grams of sat fat--as much as a full-fat cheese like cheddar. The good news: The saturated fat drops to three grams or less in the "light" brands. Three grams would ordinarily be too much for a food with a two-tablespoon serving, but light cheese spreads have only one-third to one-half the sat fat of full-fat cheese spreads. Among the best lights: Fleur de Lait (Crunchy crunchy - floppy disk Garden Vegetable, Minced Garlic & Herbs, or Vidalia Sweet Onion Sweet onion is a variety of onion that is not pungent. There are several varieties of sweet onion. Although all onions have sugar, sweet onions have a very low sulfur content as compared to typical onions. Also, the water content is comparatively very high. ), Rondele, Boursin, and Alouette (Garlic & Herbs). Each would make a creamy, rich covering for your whole-grain cracker (1) A person who breaks into a computer system without authorization, whose purpose is to do damage (destroy files, steal credit card numbers, plant viruses, etc.). Because a cracker uses low-level hacker skills to do cracking, the terms "cracker" and "hacker" have become . If you want a cheddar rather than a cream-cheesey spread, Kaukauna Lite (it's called WisPride in the Northeast) has three flavors (Port Wine, Sharp Cheddar, and Smokey Cheddar) that cut the sat fat (but not the creaminess) down to two grams by using Simplesse, a safe fat substitute made of milk protein. The information for this article was compiled by Sarah Wade. Hot Dippity Our limits for Best Bites: salsas (no more than one gram of saturated fat and 120 milligrams of sodium), cheese spreads (no more than three grams of sat fat and 200 mg of sodium), and other dips and spreads (no more than one gram of sat fat and 200 mg of sodium). Within each section, foods are ranked from least to most saturated fat, then sodium and calories.
Calories Total Fat
Salsa (2 tablespoons) (grams)
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Black Bean &
Roasted Corn 30 1
([check][check]) Enrico's, except Roasted
Garlic (1) 10 0
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Fresh Packed, Hot
or Mild (2) 10 0
([check][check]) Green Mountain Gringo (1) 10 0
([check][check]) Salpica Roasted Corn & Bean 20 0
([check][check]) Arriba Green (1) or Frontera
Rustic Guajillo 10 0
([check][check]) Old El Paso Green Chili or
Salsa Verde (2) 10 0
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Pico de Gallo 10 0
([check][check]) Timpone's Salsa Muy Rica 20 1
([check][check]) Jardine's Chile Tepin,
Cilantro Texasalsa Mild,
Corn, or Roasted Garlic (2) 10 0
([check][check]) La Victoria Red Salsa Jalapena
or Salsa Victoria (2) 10 0
([check][check]) Newman's Own Medium or Mild (2) 10 0
([check][check]) Guiltless Gourmet Roasted Red
Pepper 10 0
Newman's Own Roasted Garlic or
Hot (2) 10 0
Chi-Chi's (1) or Rojo's (1) 10 0
Enrico's Roasted Garlic 20 0
Ortega (1) or Pace (1) 10 0
Old El Paso, except Green Chili
or Salsa Verde (1) 10 0
Taco Bell (1) or Tostitos (1) 20 0
Herdez (1) 10 0
Guacamole (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Yucatan (1) 60 5
([check][check]) Calavo (1) 50 4
([check][check]) Trader Joe's 50 3
([check][check]) AvoClassic or Trader Joe's
Avocado's Number 90 8
Dean's or Marie's 90 9
T. Marzetti's 120 12
Kraft Dips 60 5
Bean Dip (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Santa Cruz (1) 30 0
([check][check]) Jardine's Black Bean 30 0
([check][check]) Guiltless Gourmet Black Bean
(1) 30 0
([check][check]) Salpica (1) or Arriba (1) 30 0
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Black Bean (1) or
Bearitos (1) 30 0
([check][check]) Fritos Original 40 1
Fritos Black Bean or Hot Bean
(2) 40 1
Old El Paso Black Bean 30 0
Hummus & Baba Ghannouj (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Baba Gannouj 40 3
([check][check]) Cedar's Baba Ghannouj (1) 50 2
([check][check]) Tribe of Two Sheiks Hummus (1) 50 3
([check][check]) Cedarlane Hummus (1) or Cedar's
Hommus (1) 50 2
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Hummus (1) 60 3
([check][check]) Athenos Hummus, except Spicy
Three Pepper (1) 50 3
Athenos Hummus, Spicy Three
Pepper 50 3
Bruschetta, etc. (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Red Pepper & Goat
Cheese 30 2
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Fresh Bruschetta
Sauce 20 2
([check][check]) Sun-Dried Tomato Passato 50 3
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Red Pepper Spread
with Eggplant and Garlic 30 1
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Tuscan Treasure
Bruschetta 30 2
([check][check]) Bellino Bruschetta 20 2
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Bruschetta (1) 40 4
Green Olive Passato 40 4
Peloponnese Kalamata Olive
Spread 90 6
([check][check]) Morea Spreads, Feta & Sundried
Tomato or Skordalia/Garlic
(2) 80 6
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Artichoke
Antipasto 80 8
Cantare Olive Tapenade (1) 70 5
Cheese Spreads (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Kaukauna Lite (1) or WisPride
Lite (1) 70 4
Price's Light 60 3
([check][check]) Alouette Light (1) 50 4
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Grilled Artichoke
& Parmesan Dip 70 5
([check][check]) Boursin Light or Fleur de Lait
Light (1) 60 4
([check][check]) Rondele Lite (1) 60 5
Heluva Good (1) 90 7
Kaukauna (1) or WisPride (1) 90 7
Price's (1) 80 6
Alouette (1) 70 7
Kraft Pimento or Pineapple (2) 80 6
Rondele Bread Essentials (1) 100 9
Athenos Feta (1) 80 7
Kraft Roka Blue 80 7
Kraft Old English 90 8
Alouette Elegante (1) 100 9
Rondele, regular (1) or Deluxe
(1) 90 9
Boursin (1) 120 13
Saturated Sodium
Fat (milli-
Salsa (2 tablespoons) (grams) grams)
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Black Bean &
Roasted Corn 0 30
([check][check]) Enrico's, except Roasted
Garlic (1) 0 70
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Fresh Packed, Hot
or Mild (2) 0 80
([check][check]) Green Mountain Gringo (1) 0 90
([check][check]) Salpica Roasted Corn & Bean 0 90
([check][check]) Arriba Green (1) or Frontera
Rustic Guajillo 0 100
([check][check]) Old El Paso Green Chili or
Salsa Verde (2) 0 100
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Pico de Gallo 0 100
([check][check]) Timpone's Salsa Muy Rica 0 100
([check][check]) Jardine's Chile Tepin,
Cilantro Texasalsa Mild,
Corn, or Roasted Garlic (2) 0 110
([check][check]) La Victoria Red Salsa Jalapena
or Salsa Victoria (2) 0 110
([check][check]) Newman's Own Medium or Mild (2) 0 110
([check][check]) Guiltless Gourmet Roasted Red
Pepper 0 120
Newman's Own Roasted Garlic or
Hot (2) 0 150
Chi-Chi's (1) or Rojo's (1) 0 160
Enrico's Roasted Garlic 0 170
Ortega (1) or Pace (1) 0 200
Old El Paso, except Green Chili
or Salsa Verde (1) 0 230
Taco Bell (1) or Tostitos (1) 0 240
Herdez (1) 0 270
Guacamole (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Yucatan (1) 1 120
([check][check]) Calavo (1) 1 140
([check][check]) Trader Joe's 1 140
([check][check]) AvoClassic or Trader Joe's
Avocado's Number 1 140
Dean's or Marie's 3 190
T. Marzetti's 3 230
Kraft Dips 3 240
Bean Dip (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Santa Cruz (1) 0 60
([check][check]) Jardine's Black Bean 0 80
([check][check]) Guiltless Gourmet Black Bean
(1) 0 100
([check][check]) Salpica (1) or Arriba (1) 0 110
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Black Bean (1) or
Bearitos (1) 0 160
([check][check]) Fritos Original 0 170
Fritos Black Bean or Hot Bean
(2) 0 210
Old El Paso Black Bean 0 280
Hummus & Baba Ghannouj (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Baba Gannouj 0 60
([check][check]) Cedar's Baba Ghannouj (1) 0 100
([check][check]) Tribe of Two Sheiks Hummus (1) 0 110
([check][check]) Cedarlane Hummus (1) or Cedar's
Hommus (1) 0 120
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Hummus (1) 0 120
([check][check]) Athenos Hummus, except Spicy
Three Pepper (1) 0 160
Athenos Hummus, Spicy Three
Pepper 0 240
Bruschetta, etc. (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Red Pepper & Goat
Cheese 0 20
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Fresh Bruschetta
Sauce 0 50
([check][check]) Sun-Dried Tomato Passato 0 70
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Red Pepper Spread
with Eggplant and Garlic 0 100
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Tuscan Treasure
Bruschetta 0 100
([check][check]) Bellino Bruschetta 0 140
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Bruschetta (1) 0 170
Green Olive Passato 0 400
Peloponnese Kalamata Olive
Spread 0 600
([check][check]) Morea Spreads, Feta & Sundried
Tomato or Skordalia/Garlic
(2) 1 150
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Artichoke
Antipasto 1 160
Cantare Olive Tapenade (1) 1 310
Cheese Spreads (2 tablespoons)
([check][check]) Kaukauna Lite (1) or WisPride
Lite (1) 2 190
Price's Light 2 270
([check][check]) Alouette Light (1) 3 130
([check][check]) Trader Joe's Grilled Artichoke
& Parmesan Dip 3 150
([check][check]) Boursin Light or Fleur de Lait
Light (1) 3 160
([check][check]) Rondele Lite (1) 3 200
Heluva Good (1) 3 210
Kaukauna (1) or WisPride (1) 3 210
Price's (1) 3 270
Alouette (1) 4 100
Kraft Pimento or Pineapple (2) 4 120
Rondele Bread Essentials (1) 5 170
Athenos Feta (1) 5 190
Kraft Roka Blue 5 290
Kraft Old English 5 520
Alouette Elegante (1) 6 150
Rondele, regular (1) or Deluxe
(1) 6 180
Boursin (1) 9 190
([check][check]) Best Bite. (1) Average of the entire line.
(2) Average of the varieties listed.
Daily Values (limits for a 2,000-calorie diet): Total Fat: 65 grams.
Saturated Fat: 20 grams. Sodium: 2,400 milligrams.
Source: Manufacturers.
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