Food Recipes Glorious Green Dip Be the first to rate & review! Decadent meets healthy in this easy, creamy spinach dip. By Ananda Eidelstein Ananda Eidelstein Instagram Website Ananda Eidelstein is a vegetable-loving food writer, recipe developer, and editor with nearly a decade of culinary and food media experience. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Updated on September 8, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Victor Protasio Hands On Time: 15 mins Total Time: 15 mins Yield: 4 to 6 This veg-forward recipe proves healthy can be delightful, too. You'll start by charring scallions on the grill or under the broiler, which adds unparalleled depth of flavor and crowd-pleasing oniony notes. These are then blended with fresh spinach, mild cannellini beans, punchy chives, and just enough mayonnaise to get a perfectly creamy texture. Lemon juice brightens the mixture up so it's irresistibly dippable. Ingredients 5 medium scallions, trimmed ⅓ cup drained and rinsed canned cannellini beans ⅓ cup roughly chopped chives ¼ cup mayonnaise 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for pan 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon) ½ teaspoon kosher salt 2 cups packed baby spinach Directions Heat an oiled grill pan over medium-high. Add scallions to hot pan and cook, flipping once, pressing down with a spatula occasionally, until grill marks appear and scallions are charred in spots, 1 to 2 minutes per side. (Alternatively, broil scallions in oven on a baking sheet until charred in spots, about 3 minutes.) Transfer to a cutting board and roughly chop; you should have a heaping ⅓ cup. Add beans, chives, mayonnaise, oil, lemon juice, and salt to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth, about 30 seconds. Add spinach and chopped scallions; blend, stopping to push contents down and scrape sides of bowl as needed, until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Serving Suggestions Potato chips, rainbow carrots, English cucumber, blanched sugar snap peas and asparagus, broccoli. Make Ahead Dip can be made up to 2 days in advance; cover and refrigerate. Rate it Print