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    Published: Feb 8, 2019 · Modified: Oct 28, 2020 by Erika Burt & Danielle Coonerty

    Keto Cream Cheese Dip – Pesto

    Usng just 2 ingredients, this cream cheese dip is quick and simple to make and is the perfect keto dip to serve as part of grazing platter. 
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    I have to admit this cream cheese dip has become my new favourite recipe. It is so quick and simple to make and I have started making a batch each Sunday night and having some with my lunch each day. It uses only 2 ingredients, pesto and cream cheese.

    Usng just 2 ingredients, this cream cheese dip is quick and simple to make and is the perfect keto dip to serve as part of grazing platter. #keto #ketodip #ketosnack #lowcarb #lowcarbdip

    Keto Cream Cheese Dip

    These cream cheese dip is so versatile and I am sure you will find yourself making it for all sorts of occasions. It’s great to serve on a grazing platter, rolled up in some ham or salami, spread on some keto seed crackers  or with some vegetables.

    It’s so easy to make that you can even make it to serve when you have those unexpected visitors and they would be completely unaware it is keto and that you just did it in 2 minutes when they arrived.

    Entertaining on Keto

    When you are entertaining family or friends it can be stressful to come up with great keto friendly options that your non keto friends and family will enjoy. We always try to keep the options keto when entertaining and found some favourites that we love to serve as snacks.

    A grazing platter is our favourite entertaining snack. Erika loves to get creative with it and this cream cheese dip is a perfect addition. We love to include pork rinds, salami crackers, cheese crackers, seed crackers, cheese, prosciutto, olives and ranch dip. You can come up with your favourite keto snack foods and easily add them to this platter.

    Usng just 2 ingredients, this cream cheese dip is quick and simple to make and is the perfect keto dip to serve as part of grazing platter.

    Cream Cheese

    Cream cheese is such a versatile ingredient that we always keep some on hand in our fridge. it can be used for either sweet or savoury dishes and is the key ingredient in our popular recipe, cheesecake muffins. We have always chosen Philadelphia cream cheese, but have just found out that the aldi brand is exactly the same, just branded differently.

    Here are some of our favourite keto cream cheese recipes.

    • White chocolate cheesecake
    • Cheesecake bites
    • Cheese sauce
    • Fat head dough
    • Black forest trifle
    • Cloud bread

    Basil Pesto

    When making this recipe you can either use store bought pesto or make your own. We like to make our own pesto as it’s so easy and we can control the ingredients. We are yet to find a pesto in the supermarket that isn’t made from vegetable oils. Vegetable oils are best avoided due to their inflammatory nature.

    Our meatball recipe is one of our all time favourites and the homemade pesto adds a sense of deliciousness to that meal and sets it apart from others. We also love to use homemade pesto in our zucchini salad recipe. 

    Usng just 2 ingredients, this cream cheese dip is quick and simple to make and is the perfect keto dip to serve as part of grazing platter.
    Basil Pesto
    Try some of our other keto dip & sauce recipes
    • Garlic yogurt sauce
    • Honey Teriyaki Sauce
    • Avocado lime dressing
    • Baked feta with olives
    • Everything but the bagel dip
    • Keto bread & butter pickles
    • Keto Nut Butter
    • Keto Baked Camembert – Apricot & Walnut
    • Roasted Capsicum Dip
    • Keto Reuben Dip
     
    Have you made our cream cheese dip? Let us know in the comments your favourite way to serve it.

    Cream cheese pesto dip

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    Usng just 2 ingredients, this cream cheese dip is quick and simple to make and is the perfect keto dip to serve as part of grazing platter. 
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Course: Condiment
    Cuisine: Dip, Keto, Low Carb, Snack
    Servings: 16
    Calories: 128kcal

    Ingredients

    • 250 g Cream Cheese (Softened) 8oz
    • 0.5 cup Pesto

    Instructions

    • Using a fork, combine the cream cheese and pesto until it is evenly combined. 
    • Store in fridge.
    • Tip – It’s much easier to mix together when the cream cheese nice and soft. I like to leave it out of the fridge overnight before making this dip.
    • Will store well in fridge for up to a week. 

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    Notes

    NOTE: THIS IS BASED ON THE INGREDIENTS WE USED, NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE INGREDIENTS USED. 

    Nutrition Per Serve

    Calories: 128kcal | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 13g | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Net Carbs: 0g
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    Usng just 2 ingredients, this cream cheese dip is quick and simple to make and is the perfect keto dip to serve as part of grazing platter. #keto #ketodip #ketosnack #lowcarb #lowcarbdip

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    1. Karen says

      February 14, 2021 at 12:51 pm

      Hello Dan and Erica
      Absolutely Love your recipes , thank you both so much for sharing your delicious recipes.

      We have just made your creamy pesto dip (delicious! )
      Just wondering how much is one serving
      Thanks so much you both are awesome xx

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      • havebutterwilltravel says

        February 15, 2021 at 9:42 am

        Awesome – thanks so much Karen!
        There are 16 serves in the whole dip.

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