Nourishing Vegan Beet Dip with Hemp Hearts

This silky beet dip made with tahini, hemp hearts and balsamic vinegar will WOW your friends because it’s absolutely gorgeous and richly flavourful. Bonus: it comes together effortlessly in the blender with just a few ingredients!

What’s the one veggie you don’t eat as often as you’d like…and why is it beets?!?

I know, I know…beets can be a wee bit messy. And they can take a little time to cook. But this gorgeous beetroot dip will fix allllll of that because I’ve included A) an option for using pre-cooked beets and B) an option for making beets roast faster!

And it’s SO WORTH IT: this cold beet dip is the most incredible pink colour and so, so flavourful. It makes eating your veggies an absolute freaking joy…which is good, because beets are one vegetable that seems to grow easily for this novice gardener so I always seem to have them on hand!

FYI: this easy beet dip isn’t a hummus…but it does contains a bit of creamy tahini! The base is actually hemp hearts…I know it’s a very dietitian thing to do but I promise, no one will suspect this is a “healthy” dip packed with antioxidants and omega 3 fats, it’s THAT good.

I love this naturally vegan beet dip at parties alongside my za’atar-roasted almonds (so do my non-vegan friends) but it’s an equally good meal prep for healthy snacks throughout the week. You could even toss leftovers with noodles or pasta, drizzle over a grain bowl or use as a spread for wraps and sandwiches.

(You have no idea how hard I’ve been trying to not drop of bunch of silly beet puns into this blog post. DJ, drop the beet!! Okay. I had to. Because I am a total nerd!) Also, if you’re a beet fan, you should know I have an incredible beet “ravioli” recipe in Good For Your Gut cookbook. Okay, I’m done now ha.

Grab these 6 simple ingredients and make my fave beet dip!

I love those recipes where a few simple ingredients become WAY more than the sum of their parts. You’ve got two options for this delicious dip: you can either roast fresh beets for a richer flavour or you can buy precooked beets and make this dip in 5 minutes flat! It all comes together in the blender so it’s easy peasy.

Prep Tip: you can vary the texture of the dip depending on how you want to use it. Use less water and keep it a little thicker if you want a sandwich spread, or add a bit more water (or lemon!) to thin it out to toss with pasta or swoosh in the bottom of a grain bowl.

More yummy cold vegan dips

• Vegan White Bean and Roasted Red Pepper Dip
• Fast vegan spinach dip (nut free!)
• Edamame Sesame Dip with Miso
• 5 Minute Vegan Dill Dip with Cashew Cream
• Protein-packed Curried Red Lentil Dip