One of the best things about summer celebrations is the food. People get to show off their culinary skills, usually in the form of dips, snacks, and appetizers. Finger food is exactly what you want at a potluck, picnic, barbecue,  or cookout. Although you can use slow cookers, Instant Pots, or grills to make main dishes, they don’t have anything on snacks and apps! That’s why this article is all about dippin’ and chippin’.

The truth is that people will eat almost any dip at a party or gathering, so long as it is tasty. We don’t mess around with flavor here at Dherbs! Every dish you make needs to impress your taste buds, but that doesn’t mean each dip requires a long list of ingredients. As with most recipes, the quality of the ingredients is what makes the dish. If you make vegan bruschetta, for example, opt for heirloom tomatoes in place of Roma tomatoes. Quality ingredients elevate an average dish to something spectacular!

Why make your own dips when there are so many dip options in grocery stores? This is a valid question, and the simplest answer is that almost every store bought dip contains processed ingredients and preservatives. Do you want to worry about high sodium levels when you are dipping on Labor Day? We didn’t think so. With the following dips, you can both enjoy their flavors and feel good about eating them. If you make some of the dips, drop a comment to let us know if you enjoy them!

Homemade Bitchin’ Sauce

Bitchin’ Sauce is a brand that is readily available in many supermarkets, and you can typically find various flavors. This homemade version doesn’t contain any preservatives or excess sodium and it is 100% raw vegan

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Mango & Watermelon Radish Salsa

Refresh your palate and elevate your salsa game with this raw vegan dip made with mango, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, cilantro, and watermelon radish.

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The Best Guacamole Ever

When you make food in an authentic way, it tends to taste beyond delicious. That’s why this dip is the best guacamole ever.

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Homemade Baba Ganoush

A healthy and traditional Mediterranean dip that’s sure to impress, baba ganoush is a unique, roasted eggplant dip with bold flavor and a subtle char.

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Roasted Garlic White Bean Dip

Make this roasted garlic white bean dip with five simple ingredients in just five minutes of hands-on prep work. You’re going to love it!

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Watermelon Avocado Salsa

Refresh your palate and indulge in this sweet, zesty, and slightly spicy watermelon avocado salsa that embodies the flavors of summer. This salsa is so versatile and ideal for raw vegans, vegetarians, and carnivores alike.

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Healthy Homemade Hummus

Whip up a batch of this healthy homemade hummus and enjoy a smooth, creamy dip that is m

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For many Americans, the predominant feasting days are Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, July 4th, and Super Bowl Sunday. The Super Bowl, also known as the big game, is not just an ordinary watch party to cheer on football teams. It is a day to enjoy everyone’s favorite snacks, comfort foods, and drinks. The spread is almost more important than the game, commercials, and halftime show. 

Super Bowl Statistics

During Super Bowl Sunday, an estimated 48 million Americans order take out. 60% of those take out orders are pizza, which is partially attributed to all the advertisements. Plus, pizza is an easy entree that can feed a lot of people. In addition to pizza, chicken wings and chips and dips are the most popularly ordered foods. Did you know that an estimated 1.25 billion chicken wings are eaten during Super Bowl Weekend? That equates to nearly 162.5 million pounds of chicken, proving that this weekend is responsible for 7% of chicken sales for the year. 

Food and beverages account for the majority of spending on the game. Total spending on food, drinks, apparel, and decorations for the 2024 game is expected to reach $17.3 billion, which equates to $86.04 per person. An analytics survey found that a record 200.5 million U.S. adults plan to watch the big game. The game is important to 44% of viewers, with the halftime show being most important to 19% of viewers. Commercials interest 18% of viewers, and some people bet more on commercials than the actual game!

If you want to take a different approach to your game day spread, we’ve got some great recipes for you. The following appetizers and dips may not even make it past the first half! That’s how good they are! Let us know which ones you end up making on game day in the comments. 

Tomatillo Salsa Verde

If you have extra tomatillos, the best thing to do is transform them into a tangy and slightly spicy salsa verde. Once you make your salsa, grab your favorite chips and get ready to dip. Just be warned that this salsa packs a little heat!

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The Best Guacamole

Can you have a game day spread without guacamole? When you make authentic guac, you will never go back to the way you used to make it. This dip is the best guacamole ever, and we hope you agree!

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Raw Vegan Pineapple Salsa

Not only does the presentation of this salsa look amazing, but it also impresses your taste buds! This salsa is juicy, refreshing, and the perfect combination of sweet and spicy. It’s definitely a dip that you’ll save in your recipe book.

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Vegan Potato Salad With A Mustard Dressing

This recipe is just as appropriate at a family dinner or potluck as it is on your game day food table. This vegan potato salad is slightly tangy and herbaceous, making it the perfect side dish to accompany the game. 

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Grilled Sweet Potatoes

If you love sweet potato fries, stop what you are doing and make this recipe before the other ones in this article. This recipe is perfect if the weather permits, because you don’t want to stand out in the cold or snow just to grill some fries. 

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Crispy Air Fryer Kale Chips

Churn out a batch of crispy kale chips in a matter of minutes! They are simply seasoned and a great alternative to unhealthy chips. They are especially great if you want to reduce your caloric intake on game day.

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Crispy Baked Avocados With A Chipotle Dip

We saved the best recipe for last! We love guacamole, but sometimes you need a break from that tasty dip. Instead, do something incredibly unique with avocados. This may be your new favorite appetizer or healthy snack. You’re welcome.

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What is gazpacho? Well, gazpacho is a chilled soup that originated in Andalucía, Spain, and traditional recipes call for tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, garlic, olive oil, and more. You enjoy the soup cold, so there is no cooking involved, making it a great summer dish or light beginning to a multi-course meal. Although this avocado gazpacho is not entirely authentic, it does exhibit incredible depth of flavor and it’s almost like liquid guacamole.

This recipe is not only raw vegan, but it is also low-carb, paleo-friendly, keto-friendly, and replete with healthy fats. Slurp it out of a spoon or pour it into a cup so that you can drink it. We are not responsible if this refreshingly cold soup with powerful flavors kicks you into a pleasure-induced food coma. The great thing about this recipe is that you can tweak it until it is just right for your palate. Adjust the amount of onion, lime juice, chile, sea salt, and pepper to taste and then enjoy immediately.

This avocado gazpacho serves about four people, but you can divide it into much smaller portions as a party appetizer. Consider making a big batch and pouring it into shot glasses for a healthy swig of deliciousness. If you make it for a large gathering, make sure to do it right and top each shot glass with some fresh ingredients. Diced cucumbers, diced green onion, and diced avocado take the presentation to another level. Plus, you get more texture to contrast the creamy cold soup.

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The right sauce or condiment can truly set off your dish. Take this chipotle crema, for example. Drizzle this over your taquitos, salad, burrito, or bowl and your taste buds will be quite surprised. It has a subtle kick from the chipotle peppers and a refreshing zest from the lemon juice. The hint of smokiness from the paprika and peppers also enhance the depth of flavor of your dish.

Other chipotle crema recipes tend to use mayonnaise or sour cream as the base. If you are trying to live a healthier lifestyle and want to enjoy vegan recipes, then this is a great sauce recipe to have on hand. Because of its versatility, you can drizzle it on a variety of dishes. We’re partial to using it on Hispanic-inspired dishes because the flavors pair beautifully together. Imagine enjoying a taco with this sauce, a little salsa, and some guacamole. Our mouths are watering already! However, you can enjoy this sauce with french fries or you can even add it to pasta dishes if you enjoy an extra kick.

There is one thing to keep in mind in regards to this sauce. Because cashews are the base of this sauce, eating a lot of it can increase your caloric intake. It yields about 2 cups and there are 32 servings, using a tablespoon as the serving size. This is to help you keep your caloric intake in check and to remind you that even healthy dishes should be enjoyed in moderation, especially when using calorically dense nuts.

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Aren’t avocados just the best? We could leave it at that and just get to the recipe, but where’s the fun in that? We love any opportunity to sneak more vegetables into your day, and avocados make it incredibly easy to do that. They are full of monounsaturated fatty acids that benefit brain and heart function. Additionally, these healthy fats may help reduce inflammation!

The great thing about this spread is that it isn’t guacamole, but let us be clear when we say we aren’t trashing the holy guac. Sometimes, you just need a relatively neutral spread that doesn’t compete with other ingredients. For example, you could use this creamy avocado spread in place of mayonnaise on a sandwich. It gives the sandwich a creamy texture without the unhealthy fats, oils, dairy products, and high sodium levels of mayo.

Avocados are soft and creamy, just like butter or mayo, which is how this recipe came about. Using a food processor is essential because that’s how you achieve a luxuriously creamy consistency. Once you blend all of the ingredients together, taste and adjust seasonings as needed. You may want a touch more garlic powder or an extra squeeze of lemon juice. Let your palate dictate the flavor profile of your spread. Just don’t add too much salt!

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It’s hard to claim the very best guacamole, but here we are doing just that. It is very simple to make and uses high quality ingredients. All you need is onion, cilantro, avocado, tomato, jalapeño pepper, lime juice, garlic, and sea salt. The last, and potentially most important, thing you need is a molcajete or mortar and pestle. Ideally, use a molcajete because it is the best kitchen tool for amazing guacamole.

A molcajete is similar to a mortar and pestle, but it’s just better. It has been used by people in the landmass now known as Mexico for thousands of years. Traditionally, a molcajete was made from volcanic rock or stone, and it consists of a bowl that stands on three legs. It comes with a tapered instrument that you hold and grind or mash whatever is in the bowl. The naturally textured surface of the bowl can help you turn whole ingredients into a smooth mixture. As you grind them into a paste, they release flavorful compounds and aromas along the way.

The key to making the best guacamole is that you have to grind the garlic and jalapeño into a paste. You can then add the chopped avocado and continue to smash it into a chunky dip. Once you add the diced onion, tomatoes, and cilantro, you can simply fold them into the guacamole with a large spoon. You don’t want to mash those ingredients in with the avocados. The reason for that is because the diced texture of those ingredients beautifully complements the smooth avocado mixture. Let’s see if you think this guacamole is all that by leaving a comment below.

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You can count on Labor Day being one thing: hot. If you live on the west coast of the U.S., you know that the heat is real, and spending time outside is difficult. Naturally, many people want to escape the congested city life and embrace nature before fall starts. People seek higher elevation in places like Big Bear, Mammoth, Sequoia National Forest, Lake Tahoe, and more to relish in cooler temperatures. 

When you escape the city, you don’t have to abandon healthy eating habits as well. Your diet isn’t the hot weather that you are trying to escape! This is especially true if you are still cleansing. There are plenty of recipes in our cleanse-approved recipe section (click here) that are wonderfully refreshing and tasty. You can make snacks, dips, spreads, entrees, desserts, drinks, and more, and all of them are raw vegan! 

Since the primary dishes during Labor Day celebrations tend to be appetizers, beverages, and snacks, we thought we’d focus on those for you. The great thing about the following recipes is that you don’t have to be cleansing in order to enjoy them. Surprise the taste buds of people at your gathering with a few raw vegan dishes. They might find them so delicious that they ask you where you got the recipes and what your journey is. There’s only one way to find out!

4-Ingredient Guacamole

Give your guacamole a boost of nutritional goodness! Learn how to do that by creating this classic 4-ingredient dip.

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Raw Vegan Mango Ceviche

Get ready to wow your taste buds with this bright and refreshing raw vegan mango ceviche. It’s the perfect summer appetizer or salad. You won’t even miss the fish!

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Summer Heirloom Tomato Salad

Do summer right when you whip up this refreshing heirloom tomato salad. Heirloom tomatoes are only available for a short while longer, so please enjoy them while they’re still in season. This salad is as beautiful as it is tasty, so please enjoy!

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Stuffed Mini Peppers With Garlic Cashew Spread

Enhance your picnic and appetizer game with these raw vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free stuffed mini peppers with garlic herb spread.

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Easy Cucumber, Peach, And Basil Salad

Cool and crunchy, sweet and juicy, this cucumber, peach, and basil salad is a great way to make the most of summer’s vibrant produce.

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Raw Vegan Cherry Lemonade Pops

A sweet and tart combination that makes for the perfect summer treat. Cherry lemonade pops are raw vegan and super healthy!

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Dragon Fruit Banana Sorbet

Cool off your taste buds by making this refreshing and sweet dragon fruit banana sorbet. It is 100% raw vegan and has an impressive nutritional profile.

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If you make these recipes, feel free to tag us on social media when you post pictures. We love to see when people create the recipes we publish on our website. Have a great Labor Day celebration, people. Make it tasty!

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In addition to being one of the tastiest dips in existence, guacamole is incredibly nutritious. It contains essential nutrients like magnesium, fiber, potassium, omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, and powerful antioxidants. The omega-3s and antioxidants work to support cardiovascular system function, decreasing the risk of cardiovascular-related illnesses. While there are recipes that include mango, tomato, yogurt, jalapeños, and more, there aren’t many that include a sneaky dose of veggies. That’s why we want to share this recipe with you!

Adding a veggie boost to your guacamole supercharges it with more nutrients and anti-inflammatory properties. How do you get a super dose of greens? It’s very simple: you include Dherbs’ Vegan Green Powder Mix in the dip. Our signature superfood blend is rich in vitamins and minerals, works to boost energy levels, and helps maintain healthy oxygenation throughout the body. By feeding the body ingredients like alfalfa leaf, barley grass, moringa leaf, nettle leaf, spinach, and spirulina, you can help balance pH levels and assist in weight loss. Because the ingredients in the Green Powder Mix are all green, it naturally contains a lot of chlorophyll. Helping to neutralize free radicals, chlorophyll is a powerful compound that we need to survive. Without it, plants could not produce oxygen for us to breathe!

Adding the Green Powder Mix to a dip like guacamole is a great way to give yourself a nutritional boost. It may alter the taste of the dip, but new flavors aren not always a bad thing. Should you desire a little heat or extra zest, feel free to add diced jalapeño and freshly squeezed lime juice. Much like the Green Powder Mix, lime juice also works to balance pH levels in the body. If you modify the dip in any way, please let us know what you add!

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Guacamole is one of those great foods because it’s so delicious you actually forget that it is 100% Full Body Cleanse approved. Pure ingredients. Pure flavor.

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Guacamole is one of the tastiest and most filling dips in existence. It’s similar to hummus in that way, but hummus is not raw vegan because it contains cooked chickpeas. Guacamole contains beneficial fats that may help reduce inflammation, encourage heart health, and keep you full to prevent future cravings. We are, of course, referring to the monounsaturated fats in avocados, which may assist with lowering bad cholesterol and protecting against cognitive decline.

Different people have their own signature spin that they put on guacamole. Some enjoy a spicy flavor, so they add diced serrano peppers and a few dashes of cayenne. Others enjoy notes of sweetness, so they chop up mango and incorporate it into the mix. You can mash the avocado for a rich, creamy guacamole, or you can keep it chunky and avoid mashing it. When you don’t mash the avocado and add lime, onion, cilantro, and tomatoes, it almost becomes a chunky pico de gallo with avocados.

For this recipe, mashing the avocado is encouraged. To yield an even mash, do your best to choose ripe avocados. Although many people do the feel test to see if avocados are ripe, there’s an easier way to determine ripeness. The little “nipple” on top of the avocado, where the fruit attached to the tree, will come off easily if the avocado is ripe. If it does not come off easily, then your avocado is not ready. You should be able to see the exposed green avocado flesh when you pop off that “nipple.” Oh, and don’t worry about tasting the kale. The other flavors are so powerful and delicious that you won’t even notice it!

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