This Baba Ganoush Recipe is just 98 calories, and can be made 100% oil free if you prefer.
We make this eggplant dip extra easy by peeling and slicing the eggplant before roasting. This cuts down on the baking time, and ensures you don’t burn your hands scooping out eggplant flesh later.
This yummy Greek dip is packed full of flavor, and can be used as a dip, or spread on bread for a snack or in place of mayo in a sandwich!
Popular in both Greek and Lebanese cultures, this vegan roasted eggplant dip is packed full of nutrition.
This Baba Ganoush Recipe is just 98 calories, and can be made 100% oil free!
Baba Ganoush Recipe
This article will supply you with everything you’ll need to make a homemade babaganoush recipe quickly and easily.
From a shopping list, to a printable recipe card. You’ll find a nutrition label, tips on enjoying this Greek eggplant dip in a low calorie way, and more in the sections below.
To make this eggplant baba ganoush recipe easy, we have supplied you with the following sections.
Read through them for helpful resources, or skip ahead to the recipe card.
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Babaganoush Ingredients (shopping list!)
- How to Make Baba Ganoush
- Baba Ganoush Recipe (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Baba Ganoush Recipes
Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.
Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in my email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin this recipe for eggplant dip to Pintrest so it is safely stored for you.
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Babaganoush Ingredients
This low calorie baba ganoush eggplant dip recipe can be served with pita (as it most often is) or you can use veggies instead. Which means you save more calories, and can have more dip!
What to Serve with Baba Ganoush:
- Celery Sticks
- Baby Carrots
- Cucumber Slices
- Endive Boats
- Bell Pepper Slices
- Jicama Sticks
- Broccoli Florets
- Cauliflower
- Sliced Radishes
Shopping List for Homemade Baba Ganoush:
- Medium eggplants
- Garlic
- Lemon- zested and juiced
- Tahini
- Cumin
- Smoked paprika
- Salt and pepper
- Parsley leaves
- Olive oil (optional- for garnish)
Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of these eggplant dip recipes you want to make. It will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for recipes for eggplant dip can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.
Up next, how to make a babaganoush eggplant dip roasted…
How to Make Baba Ganoush
We save cook time by peeling and slicing the eggplant. Then we save cleanup time by using parchment paper on the baking sheets.
The parchment paper also helps us make a no oil baba ganoush recipe… saving 100’s of calories and lots of fat. So don’t skip the step (and wax paper is not parchment paper).
How to Make The Best Baba Ganoush Recipe:
- Preheat the oven 425 degrees and line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place the eggplant slices and unpeeled garlic cloves on the baking sheets, and roast for 20 minutes.
- Flip, and roast 15 more minutes, or until very soft.
- Remove the eggplant and garlic from oven and set aside to cool.
- To a food processor or blender, combine the tahini, lemon juice and zest, cumin, smoked paprika, and parsley.
- Pulse to get everything moving, then blend until smooth.
- Add the eggplant to the food processor or blender, and squeeze the softened garlic out of the peels into the food processor or blender.
- Pulse to get everything moving, then blend until smooth and creamy, adding water and/or more lemon juice a little at a time to thin as needed. Adding water 1 tablespoon at a time as needed.
- Garnish with paprika and a drizzle of olive oil, and serve.
Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!
Up next, a sharable recipe card of the best baba ganoush recipe…
Baba Ganoush Recipe
This low calorie baba ganoush is easy to make, and yummy to eat!
You can skip the olive oil all together to save calories and fat. Or you can drizzle a bit over your yummy eggplant dip when serving.
The BEST Baba Ganoush Recipe
Equipment
- food processor or blender
- 2 Rimmed Baking Sheets
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 2 medium eggplants peeled and sliced
- 4 cloves garlic unpeeled
- 1 lemon- zested and juiced
- ¼ cup tahini
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ⅛ teaspoon smoked paprika (plus more for garnish if desired)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3-4 tablespoons water to thin as needed
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (optional- for garnish)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven 425 degrees and line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place the eggplant slices and unpeeled garlic cloves on the baking sheets, and roast for 20 minutes.
- Flip, and roast 15 more minutes, or until very soft.
- Remove the eggplant and garlic from oven and set aside to cool.
- To a food processor or blender, combine the tahini, lemon juice and zest, cumin, smoked paprika, and parsley.
- Pulse to get everything moving, then blend until smooth.
- Add the eggplant to the food processor or blender, and squeeze the softened garlic out of the peels into the food processor or blender.
- Pulse to get everything moving, then blend until smooth and creamy, adding water and/or more lemon juice a little at a time to thin as needed. Adding water 1 tablespoon at a time as needed.
- Garnish with paprika and a drizzle of olive oil, and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Baba Ganoush Recipes
This baba ganoush calories and nutritional section is based off 1 serving (about 1/3 cup) made with no oil.
Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is our goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.
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