Dip it, Dip it Good!

4 things happened to me in the past week or so.
2 different people asked me when I'd be blogging again and 2 other different people asked me for 2 of my dip recipes.

Genius, I though, I shall blog about dips!

The Best Spinach Dip Ever is totally not original but whenever I bring it somewhere, people marvel. And I'm talking 7 years ago and 7 months ago - always always a hit.
Most notably, I attended a golf pros and tennis hoes party in New York, at a great friend's apartment and made this dip. She and other party goers raved as though I had invented something spectacular. Nope, its a back of the box recipe.

But hey, if you don't look on the back of that box, you'd never know it so here goes:

Best Spinach Dip Ever
1 8oz container of sour cream (fat free isn't a good idea here)
1 cup mayo (light is fine if you'd like)
1 envelope dry veggie soup mix (if you get Lipton, it's on the back!)
1 frozen brick of chopped spinach, thawed and drained.

Step 1 - thawing and draining spinach is quite a trip, esp if you attempt to do it in hot water. Just don't. Either let it thaw over time or take the packaging off but leave the "box" closed and nuke. Then drain by squeezing the box. Strainers don't work.

Step 2 - Mix all ingredients in a bowl

Step 3 - Serve with bread or crackers.

My personal favorite, a big, dark, round loaf of pumpernickel bread, hallowed out into a bread bowl. Yum!


Taco Dip
1+ lb ground turkey (or beef if you must)
1 can refried beans
1 hard taco kit (or packet of taco mix and fav tortilla chips)
1 bag of finely shredded Mexican Blend Cheese (thank you shop rite for inventing this)
Optional - sour cream, salsa, guacamole, diced tomato, etc

Step 1 - Brown meat and flavor with taco seasoning as directed
Step 2 - Layer meat, beans, cheese, repeat in small glass bowl
Step 3 - Microwave such that beans heat and cheese melts (not very long)
Step 4 - Top with optional goodies mentioned above
Step 5 - Open chips or break hard taco shells

Dip and enjoy.

This is basically a twist to taco kit night that I guarantee you'll love. Espeically if taco kit night happens too frequently in your home