09.08.09

Game Night Dips

Posted in appetizers, dips at 12:00 am

 

This is a collection of dips that I use for mine and Tim’s football get together’s. I hope you find something that you can use and that you give them a try and let me know what ya’ll think.

 

Low Fat Guacamole Dip:

1 cup low-fat cottage cheese

1 tablespoon grated sweet onion or 1-1/2 teaspoons dried onion flakes

1 clove garlic, minced, or 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon salt

Pinch of cayenne pepper

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1 ripe avocado, peeled and cut in chunks

1 tomato, peeled and chopped

 

Place cottage cheese, onion, garlic, salt, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, and avocado in a food processor or heavy-duty blender. Process until smooth. Pour into serving dish and fold in chopped tomato. Cover with plastic wrap, making sure the plastic touches the entire surface of the dip ( this is done to help prevent browning), and refrigerate for 2 hours.

 

Creamy Onion Dip:

1 cup dairy sour cream
8 ounces softened cream cheese
3tablespoon onion soup mix
2 tablespoons fresh, snipped parsley

Thoroughly combine sour cream, mayonnaise or salad dressing, onion soup mix and parsley. Cover; chill until serving time. Serve with your choice of chips or crackers.

06.18.08

Another Wonderful Crab Recipe

Posted in appetizers, dips at 6:02 pm

This is a recipe I just thought about to use the leftover crab meat that I have on hand at the moment. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Cream Cheese and Blue Crab Dip:

1 package cream cheese, softened (8 oz)

3 tablespoons milk

1 tablespoon finely chopped sweet onion

1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon Old Bay

crabmeat about 2 crabs picked ,picked over for shells, rinsed and drained

2 tablespoons grated fresh Parmesan cheese

Pre – heat the oven to 400 degrees.

Combine first 6 ingredients; fold in crabmeat.Spoon into a lightly greased 2 cup baking dish.Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Or until bubbly and lightly golden.

Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve with crackers,chips or toast points.

This is a very simple recipe to prepare especially when you have unexpected guest drop in just substitute the fresh crab with a 4 or 5 ounce can of crab meat.

I hope ya’ll will give this recipe a try and please get back to me with what you think. We love the feed back here.

See ya’ll soon.