Cilantro White Bean Artichoke Dip

I love the cilantro, garlic and lemon combination. Then you add in cumin and BAM! Cumin has a very distinctive and potent flavor. It adds the perfect amount of SMACK-me-in-the-face… this is now dippin-licious good!

This dip is easy and quick. Just toss all the ingredients in your food processor (I used a KitchenAid) and blend to the consistency you like. Easy peasy lemon squeezy, right?! It also goes well as a side dish with kabobs. More on that later.

Today, however, I'm making it for what it was originally created for… a lazy night (aka every night). I don't mind a bowl of this yummy stuff with crackers and a glass of wine or a cold beer every night.

Speaking of every night: you can use 1 garlic clove if you don't want the dip to be too garlicky. I add 2 because I am an avid garlic lover (if you haven't figured that out yet) ← HELLO, garlic breath!

That's why I always have some chewing gum handy. You just never know when garlic will show up to the party. And when it does, count me in! If, for some reason, there's no gum to be found, I make sure the people around me are eating garlic too. Garlic isn't a problem if everyone else is eating it too, right? Unless you intentionally want to be left alone for the next 3 days. In that case, I say go ahead and add in 3! 🙂

What I've used in this recipe:

Here's a complete list of my kitchen essentials.