Linda's Luscious Spinach Dip
"This dip is always a HUGE hit whenever I serve it. Great in a bread bowl, or as a dip for veggies, chips (ruffled are best) crackers, scoops, or pita and bagel chips. The time doesn't include the time in the fridge to meld flavors. You can add a small jar of chopped artichoke hearts to this recipe if you like!"
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
10-12
ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream (low fat may be used)
- 1 cup mayonnaise (low fat may be used)
- 1 (1 7/8 ounce) package knorr's leek soup mix
- 1⁄4 bell pepper, chopped fine
- 1 garlic clove, chopped fine
- 3 green onions, chopped fine
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, and drained (wrap in a terrycloth dish towel, and squeeze hard to remove all the water)
- 1 loaf round sourdough loaf (1 pound) or 1 loaf round pumpernickel bread (1 pound)
directions
- In a medium size bowl mix sour cream and mayonnaise together.
- In a terrycloth towel, squeeze dry the spinach, to remove as much water as you can. This is important, so your dip won't be watery.
- Add dry soup mix, pepper, garlic, green onions and spinach to sour cream/mayonnaise mixture. Mix well.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 6 hours, or overnight so flavors will meld.
- Remove top and insides of sourdough bread, and fill with dip mixture.
- Tear leftover bread into pieces for dipping in the dip.
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Reviews
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WOW: this is one seriously yummy dip. :) I must confess to l-o-v-i-n-g spinach and this is now my new favourite spinach dip; certainly a recipe I'll be making again! Wonderfully creamy (even though I used sour cream and mayonnaise; I've never found low-fat versions of these ingredients in any way compromises flavour). I used red bell pepper, three cloves of garlic (also l-o-v-e garlic!) and I added a good handful of finely chopped baby spinach leaves to the well-thawed and thoroughly squeeze-dried frozen spinach and, knowing how flavours take a while to blend, I made this dip a good twenty-four hours before serving it to guests. I made it in a bowl not in a bread loaf as I wasn't sure just what state that would be in 24 hours later! My guests loved this dip and four of us knocked it off, washed down with champagne, in an indecently short space of time! Thank you so much for sharing yet another yummy recipe, Linda! Next time, I'm going to add the artichokes. Made for Gimme 5. -
Oh, Linda, Linda, LINDA! I thought I'd died and gone to heaven with this dip -- and I thought I had the best recipe! This is just marvelous. I just saw the recipe this morning and decided to add a few items to my grocery list -- and it paid off -- because this has been the best "lunch" I've had all week! (Uh, yeah, perhaps the most fattening, but WHO CARES! It's all about feeling good and being happy -- and this does the job for me! Thank you! -
I made the dip and served with homemade pita chips. This dip is at the top of my list from now on. We thought it was 'The Bomb'!!! My friends and I demolished the bowl in no time and I had to use up the rest that I was hoping to save for the next day. Fat chance of that! These can also be served with bagel chips and are really yummy! -
EXCELLENT! I can't say enough good about this recipe. Everyone here went nuts over it, and ate it until it was gone! We will be using this recipe often when entertaining as it is one step above others I have tried in the past! Thank you. -
Made as an appetizer for Thanksgiving and everyone raved about it, and asked for the recipe. Dang Linda, this was good!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Lindas Busy Kitchen
Durham, 69
<p>Hi Everyone,</p>
<p>I just don't have the time these days to send out individual thank yous for those that make and review my recipes, but I just want you to know that you are truly appreciated and it tickles me every time I get a review, knowing you tried my recipes and enjoyed them the way I do.</p>
<p>I even appreciate the ones that tried them and for some reason they didn't work out for you. Everyone has different tastes, and you can't please everyone all the time. </p>
<p>Lots of times people change the recipes, adding things, leaving things out, and not seasoning them to their own taste, and give a bad review... Recipes are only guidelines, and if you follow mine and don't like it, then it's a personal preference as to why you don't like it, and I appreciate that. However, if you don't follow my recipe then it is YOUR recipe that you don't like, and my recipe shouldn't be rated. IMHO Thanks for trying them anyway :)</p>
<p>Hugs,</p>
<p>Linda</p>
<p> </p>
<p>My name is Linda. I am happily single, and I live in Rochester NH. I just moved back to the town where most of my family lived years ago, and where I lived as a child, after living in NC for 5 years. I have 2 grown sons, a dil, and 2 beautiful grandsons. <br /> <br />I really enjoy my time here on Zaar posting recipes, trying new recipes, taking pictures, and reviewing lots of yummy recipes! <br /> <br />I love to cook, and share recipes. The recipes that I share are mainly my own creations, or family recipes passed down to me from my mom and grandmother, and other family members or friends. If I post something from somewhere else, it has to sound REALLY good to me for me to post it! <br /> <br />Many of the dishes that I prepare are simple, good, down home cooking. Many of them originate from New England, as my grandmother is from Maine, and my mother from New Hampshire. I do also like to try making some gourmet recipes as well, using my creativity along the way. <br /> <br />I started cooking at a the age of 8, helping my mother and grandmother in the kitchen. My curiosity for cooking has led me to create many of my own recipes through trial and error. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and I do :) <br /> <br />In my spare time I play on my computer collecting recipes, and have been working on creating a cookbook to publish for some time, but have put it aside for now. <br /> <br />I also love to travel and shop. I love to go to the beach and mountains, and as food is a passion of mine, I love to dine out and try many different cuisines in the area, and with friends when I am traveling :) <br /> <br />I made my first herb garden in 2008, but have had vegetable gardens for many years in the past. I have done my share of canning and I love those fresh herbs and veggies all summer long! <br /> <br /> <br />My Rating System: <br /> <br />5 Stars ***** Outstanding recipe that I absolutely loved. It can be down home or restaurant quality, as long as it tastes great and I didn't have to make any changes along the way! Also recipe has to have clear directions. One I would definately make again and again. <br /> <br />4 Stars **** Great recipe that I loved, but one that I may have had to tweak just a bit. Directions may have not been crystal clear. One I would make again and again with my changes. <br /> <br />3 Stars *** I liked the recipe, but had to add ingredients, or add more of a called for ingredient to have the recipe come out the way I like it. I would probably make again sometime. <br /> <br />2 Stars ** This recipe was ok, but I probably wouldn't make it again due to lack of taste, undesireable texture, or unclear directions etc. <br /> <br />1 Star * This recipe was one I didn't like at all. Either the amounts of ingredients were wrong (too little flavor or too much of one/some of the ingredients in the recipe), or the recipe didn't come out right following the directions given. Lack of directions. <br /> <br />No Stars - I have tried the recipe in the past and want to make a comment, or I am adding a comment about the recipe posted, possibly a tip or what I feel to be important information about the recipe. <br /> <br /><a href=http://www.sparklee.com><img style=border: 0px initial initial; src=http://img109.mytextgraphics.com/sparklee/2008/06/25/8219d39724611006c824863f62e57014.gif border=0 alt=Glitter Graphics - /></a></p>
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