I didn't make this & gave a rating only because the review requires it. I guessed a 3 would be neutral. In step 3 she says to "Fold caramelized onions into tangy creamy cheese..." That is misleading and confusing since there is no cheese in this recipe. For search engines better titles would be Isa's "vegan french onion dip or Isa's french onion "bean" dip. Recipe sounds interesting though and may taste good as a bean dip.
Very good! I used canellini beans since thats all I had. And added nutritional yeast. Turned out delicious!
Delicious and a lot less calories than the typical veggie dip. I must say it is shocking that someone actually reviewed this recipe and admitted that they didn't actually try making the dip. Strange that such a "review" would be accepted for submission and quite unfair to the creator of this yummy recipe.
This is seriously SO tasty. I love how awesomely oniony and creamy it is and that my vegan baby sister can enjoy it with me.
The recipe says to use refined coconut oil for the onions and coconut oil for the base. So I used coconut oil for the base, not refined coconut oil. Now I have a coconut onion dip. Coconut is an odd flavour to have here. I wish the recipe called just for olive oil rather than coconut. I believe this would have been an amazing dip if not for the coconut flavour.
I wanted to like this more than I did. The ingredients fought with each other. For the bean dip, it doesn't specify refined, so I used regular coconut oil. The sweetness fought with the lemon juice, of which there was too much. There was no umami base to reflect the beef broth of normal french onion. My daughter thought the whole thing was way too sweet. If I go through the work of making this again, I'd have to change so much it would be something different.
For what it is it's very good. I really liked it but my non-vegetarian friends didn't go for more than one dip. It might be nicer if I found a way to make it less thick. Between the coconut oil and the caramelized onions it tasted quite sweet so it would be nice served with salty pita chips or saltier veggies like celery. Or maybe try a bit of salt? Just thinking out loud how I might tweak it for next time. But as I said it's nice at is it and is what it claims to be:)
