Kefir Onion Dip

Onion & Leeks on Fire!

After having successfully achieved homemade crackers. I have begun my search for Kefir Onion Dip, because I still crave that stuff like crazy. For my first attempt, inspiration from Donna Schwenk at Culture Food Life with her "Ron's Kefir Onion Dip" I love her idea of 2nd Fermenting with Garlic the Kefir cheese, and will definitely do that next time. This time was about using what I already had. Going measurement free today, because with dips you gotta listen to your tongue.

Squeezy the Lemon.

I roughly Cut one Onion and one Leek, and sweated them a bit in a pan with Butter. Let them cool, while I stormed my fridge for all the tiny 125ml jars of Kefir Cheese I had sitting in there. I usually make it to use later and then forget about it. Consistency of the Kefir Cheese was mixed two jars were the ideal stiff cream cheese and the other two little runny greek yogurt style on the other two. If my mental math holds the four jars would total about 500ml or 2 cups of homemade Kefir cheese, used in total. Followed that up by getting a little fresh with a Meyer Lemon and adding the juice. Dashing in some Paprika, I whirled it around to get an even consistency of Kefir Yogurt and then added the cooled Onion Mix.

Where Onion Leek meets Lemon Kefir.

Food Processor Magic left me with some delicious tasting dip, and close enough to my memory of the Chip Aisle Brand that I am satisfied. The Consistency isnt as gollopy as I recall, but that just makes it stretch longer. It did have that "let me sit" flavour about it, so I stuck it in the fridge for a bit, and went out to purchase some chips, because someone had eaten all my crackers without my realizing it.

So, tonight along with watching one of the Hubbuddy's suggested movies "Iron Giant" we are partaking in some blue potato chips and the most delicious onion dip. Perfect texture, and consistency for dipping, after a sit in the fridge. The flavours have melded nicely. Could use a touch more salt, but the chips make up for it. So Happy to have found a more healthy version of a favourite indulgence.