Looking for a healthy appetizer for a BBQ, potluck, or family dinner? Warm Ricotta Cheese Dip is a hot and savoury dip filled with herbs and spices.
I have a weakness for dips. I could make a whole meal out of them – with veggies, crackers and even a little salad on the side – this is seriously one of my favourite light lunches.
Warm Ricotta Cheese Dip has everything you’ll love in a dip. It’s warm, creamy and completely savoury. What’s not to love! Right?
If you love deceptively healthy, crowd-pleasing dips, you need to try Warm Ricotta Cheese Dip. It’s so easy to make, this dip should really be called Easy Warm Ricotta Cheese Dip. With only 5 minutes, you can throw everything together and let your oven do the rest.
It’s really as simple as mix, bake and you’re done! I even mix it all right in the baking dish. So there’s less of a cleanup. Who doesn’t love that?
Ricotta cheese dips are velvety by nature. Combining it with egg whites creates a light, airiness, like in a soufflé. Adding in fresh parsley, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, thyme, and red pepper flakes enhances the overall flavour, creating a subtle, cheesy taste. With a finishing drizzle of good olive oil, this dip is sure to impress.
In the pictures above and below, you’ll see that I served Warm Ricotta Cheese Dip with crisp baguette crackers. It would also be wonderful with any plain or toasted cracker or your favourite veggie. Try it with carrots, bell peppers, cucumber or even broccoli.
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Warm Ricotta Cheese Dip
Looking for a healthy, crowd-pleasing dip? Warm Ricotta Cheese Dip is deliciously creamy, but it’s made without all the fat and calories that are typically in store bought cheese or sour cream varieties.
- Prep Time: 8 mins
- Cook Time: 22 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 6 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups ricotta cheese
- 3 tablespoons egg whites
- 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F (190 C).
- Coat 3-cup cooking dish with cooking spray.
- Add ricotta cheese, egg whites, parsley, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, thyme, red pepper flakes and salt. Mix to combine. Drizzle olive oil on top.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Broil for 2 minutes to add a crispy crust.
- Serve with crackers or veggies. Enjoy!
If you love deceptively healthy dips, you may also enjoy Skinny Homemade Hummus
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Made this for the Superbowl and it was a hit!! Thank you for the awesome recipe.
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That’s so wonderful that it was such a hit!
Tried it and love it!! So good.
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Hello want to try this. But not sure about egg whites. Do we add whites just like that or whipped egg whites ?
Thanks
I recommend using regular egg whites from a carton. You can also separate the egg yolk and the whites when cracking an egg.
I can eat Ricotta Cheese out of the container with a spoon, when I stumbled upon this Recipe I knew I was going to make it this week. Heading to the Grocery Store tomorrow, I’ve checked out many of your Recipes & I will be giving many of them a try. My Husband and Son are always the first to try out a recipe before I serve it to the rest of my Family. Thank you for having a great site, looking forward to seeing more.
Melinda, I am so happy to hear that you love ricotta cheese too! Hope you, your husband, and son enjoy this and many other recipes on This Happy Mommy. 🙂
Can i mix everything together in the morning and then pop it in the oven when we go to friends house?
I’ve never prepared it ahead of time. It’s worth trying. Let me know how it turns out.
We tried this once and loved it! This time we were looking for a spinach dip recipe that didn’t have sour cream or cream cheese and couldn’t find one so we used this recipe but added mozzarella, parmesean and spinach. It. Is. AMAZING!!!!
Thanks Sally! I’m so happy that you love the dip. Sounds tasty with spinach too! ????