Mustard Free Mediterranean Tomato, Olive & Cucumber Snack Box with Tahini Dip
This snack box is a bright, satisfying spread that feels like a little corner of the Mediterranean on your table. Juicy cherry tomatoes, crisp cucumber rounds, and briny Kalamata olives come together in a way that's effortlessly fresh and colorful. The real star is the creamy tahini dip — whisked together with lemon juice, garlic, cumin, and olive oil until it's silky, tangy, and just thick enough to cling to every bite. So many store-bought dips and condiment blends sneak in mustard or mustard derivatives as a flavor booster or emulsifier, which makes a homemade dip like this one genuinely valuable. Every ingredient here is straightforward and easy to verify, so you can dip and snack with total confidence. It works beautifully as a light lunch, an afternoon pick-me-up, or a crowd-pleasing appetizer that comes together with almost no effort. Make it ahead and refrigerate for a few hours — it holds up beautifully and tastes even better once the flavors have had a little time to mingle.
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2 servings
For the tahini dip
- ¼ cup tahini
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic, finely grated
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp salt
For the snack box
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1 medium english cucumber, sliced into rounds
- ½ cup kalamata olives, pitted
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ tsp dried oregano
- flaky sea salt, to taste
- 1 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped (optional)
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, whisk together the tahini, lemon juice, grated garlic, water, olive oil, cumin, and salt until smooth and pourable — the dip should be thick enough to coat a spoon but thin enough to drizzle. If it seizes and thickens, whisk in an additional teaspoon of water at a time until it loosens.
- 2
Arrange the cherry tomatoes, cucumber rounds, and Kalamata olives across two snack boxes or shallow containers, keeping each component in its own section.
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