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My favorite dip is the spinach, green onion, parsley with some mayonnaise and sour cream. You can stir in a bit of Parmesan if that is your preference. With no cheese, be sure to add a tablespoon of lemon juice. I love that stuff.
I like the Knorr veggie dip too, but I sort of OD'd on it in the last couple of years.
My twist on it is to double the green onion and water chestnuts.
Does anybody have a fresh herb (not bottled ranch yet ranch-like) dip recipe they rely on? My attempts at homemade ranch over the years have been only somewhat successful.
If you don't like anchovies, don't use them. If you'd prefer dill, use it rather than basil.
That's why I like the spinach, green onion, parsley dip. It's very basic and easy to change or add to. When I make it, I use equal amounts of fresh parsley and dill, but maybe more dill, reduce the amount of green onion called for and add spinach for bulk. Sometimes I use garlic and sometimes I don't, but never more than one small clove.
15 oz can black beans
15 oz can black eyed peas
15 oz can corn
4 oz can green chiles
Dry the canned ingredients as well as you can and combine with
FINELY CHOPPED FRESH VEGGIES:
1 red bell pepper
1/2 green bell pepper
1-2 jalapeños (I remove seeds)
1 large shallot or small red onion (optional: soak slices in water for 10 minutes before chopping to take the edge off)
Fresh herbs such as cilantro, parsley, or basil
DRESSING
Combine in saucepan:
1/3 c. Sugar
1/3 c. Olive oil
1/3 c. Rice vinegar
2 T Dijon mustard
1 tsp Mexican oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
Bring dressing to boil, turn off saucepan, and let cool a little before you pour over "caviar."
Cilantro is traditional, but I went with the dried Mexican oregano because I don't care for cilantro. This is best made the night before so flavor have time to marry.
Serve with tortilla chips. I think this would make a good vegetarian taco filling as well.
"This is a favorite for family get-togethers. It goes back over 20 years because our mother, now deceased, made it way back when. You can make it light by using all low fat ingredients or use full fat versions. We have a large family and usually have to double or triple the recipe."
Ingredients
1 cup cottage cheese ( small curd preferred)
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup green onion, minced
1/4 cup radish, minced
1/4 cup cucumber, seeded and minced
1/4 cup green pepper, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
Directions
Combine cottage cheese, sour cream, and mayonnaise. Add in sugar (if using), salt, minced garlic, and all the veggies. Stir well and refrigerate for at least an hour to blend flavors.
Serve with celery sticks, carrot sticks, or any other veggie dippers -- great with potato chips too!
In my family, this was called Spring Salad, and the vegetables were left in larger chunks. Forgot to make it this year because the weather still seems like March.
Here are a couple of quick and easy recipes than most everyone seems to like:
Spread a block of cream cheese with a small can of devilled ham and top with your favorite barbeque sauce. DH just mixes them all together. Good with onion crackers.
Top a block of cream cheese with jalapeno jelly.
My sister-in-law mixes equal parts of sour cream and braunschweiger and seasons it with Lipton's dry onion soup mix.
2 boxes frozen spinach, completely thawed, drained.
1 can sliced water chesnuts.
1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup.
1 envelope Lipton Vegtable Soup.
2 cups lite sour cream.
1 cup light Dukes mayo.
Unwrap spinach and drain in a collander.
Mix soup, sour cream, mayo in metal bowl and refridgerate while spinach is draining and drying out. Chop and drain water chesnuts and add.
Wrap spinach in paper towel squeezing out all moisture.
Add spinach to mix and serve.
The longer it sits the better it is.
I made this on Saturday evening for a Confirmation luncheon on Sunday - it was a hit. Thank you!!
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