The thing about spinach artichoke dip is it is one of those foods that doesn’t look very pretty. Especially when you forget to take a picture of it because you are too busy stuffing your face and then remember and pull the leftovers out of the fridge and hurry and snap some quick pictures of it before you are tempted to eat more.
It is only fitting that this recipe follow my last post “Why I Hate Food“. This is one of those foods that if I do not severely limit myself on, I will get fat-gain weight.
I love spinach artichoke dip. This fact is truly miraculous when you consider that as a child I could have been crowned the “World’s Pickiest Eater”. If you had tried to feed this to me when I was a kid, I would have thought you were trying to kill me.
I now know better.
On the rare occasion we eat out, my husband and I are always tempted to order the spinach artichoke dip-which seems to be all the rage these days. So I wanted to learn to make my own of course.
After looking at several recipes online, I decided to just make up my own. I do not like mayonnaise and nothing will convince me otherwise. I object to sour cream and pre-made Alfredo sauce on several levels. So the only thing I could do of course was use yoghurt.
Yoghurt, how I love thee.
This dip was so good that even my friend Eileen loved it. This is saying a lot because she is 10 times the cook I am.
Spinach Artichoke Dip
Saute:
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
in 1/4 c butter
Stir in:
1 tsp of sea salt
3/4 tsp of pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Add:
10 ounce bag of frozen chopped spinach
14 ounce can of artichokes, drained and chopped
cook until tender (about 5 minutes)
Add:
8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 cup of plain yoghurt
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 cup mozzarella cheese (or romano etc), shredded
Cook until thickened, about 10 plus minutes
Serve warm. Eating this with artisan bread is my favorite but you can also eat it with tortilla chips or pitas.
One Comment
You don’t like sour cream? I find that heartbreaking.
I love spinach and artichoke dip. Are you shocked? Apparently, if you drown vegetables in enough fat, I will crave them. Go figure.
We’ll have to try this. I
P.S. I have some recipes I need to send you to post on here.