Sunday, January 2, 2011

How To Make A Creamy Spinach Dip

Vegetarian recipes are very popular today with many different types of people. You can learn how to make all sorts of dishes that you can enjoy eating and serving to others whether you are serving them at home to your family or you wish to prepare something for a special social event.

Making Easy Party Appetizers for Your Next Party

You can easily make some easy party appetizers for your next party while using this delicious and creamy dip. There is no cooking or baking to do while preparing it. You can make it ahead of time and then place it in the refrigerator until you need it. Making appetizer ahead of time helps save you time. You can whip this recipe up in hardly any time at all and then you will have all the time you need to prepare yourself and your party setting.

Recipe for Creamy Spinach Dip

What You Need

  • 1 container sour cream 8 ounce
  • 1 cup mayonnaise or plain yogurt
  • ½ teaspoon dill weed
  • ½ teaspoon celery salt
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon onion powder
  • ¼ cup chopped green onions
  • ½ cup pureed artichoke hearts
  • ½ cups pureed water chestnuts
  • 3 Tablespoons chopped bell pepper
  • 3 cups thawed, cut frozen leaf spinach
  • Salt and pepper to taste

How to Make It

Using a medium size bowl, add the sour cream, mayonnaise or yogurt, dill weed, celery salt, garlic powder and onion powder and then stir to combine together completely.

Stir in the green onions, artichoke, and water chestnuts and then add the bell peppers and the spinach. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir to blend thoroughly.

Cover with a lid or with plastic food wrap and then place in the refrigerator overnight to enhance the blending of flavors in the creamy spinach dip.

You can adapt this recipe by adding fresh herbs rather than dry ground spices. You can marinate the vegetables using your favorite marinade recipe or one tablespoon of lemon juice to enhance their flavors before adding them to this recipe. You can add various ingredients or remove any you do not like or even exchange one ingredient for another while preparing this type of dip. Taste it after removing it from the refrigerator after chilling the dip to see if you need to adjust any of the seasonings.

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