The dish you're looking at began as a Weight Watchers recipe. Cheese, cream cheese and...well...more cheese are the players in a recipe that someone handed my mother and said "Look! 2 points per serving!"
Now, I doubt this dip is 2 points per serving when you eat it heaping spoon after heaping spoon. And you will. People don't just eat a taste of this. Because why would you merely sample piping hot, creamy spinach dip (spinach! vegetables! healthy!).
This is a great dish to make during a sporting event because you can make a big batch of it and serve it with crusty bread or crackers. With football season in full swing and the baseball World Series set to takeover prime time television, you can never have too many game day recipes. Whether you're partial to baked brie, fresh hummus or traditional football fare like buffalo wings and pizza, you'll be hard pressed not to enjoy this.
Unless you don't like spinach. Or artichokes. Or you're lactose intolerant. But for everyone else, no excuses.
Hot Spinach & Artichoke Dip
Ingredients:
8 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
8 ounces fat-free cream cheese, softened
2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup far-free or reduced-fat sour cream
1 15-ounce can artichoke hearts, rinsed and roughly quartered
10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained of excess moisture
1/2 cup parmigiana reggiano cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine first six ingredients by hand (with a wooden spoon, although mixing with clean hands can be efficient too. Not that I've um...done that. No).
2. Add 1/4 cup of parmigiana cheese and spread dip into a baking dish. I usually use a Pyrex baking dish but an oven-safe bowl or dutch oven works too. Top with the rest of the parmigiana. Bake 40-45 minutes or until cheese on top is brown and bubbly.
3. Serve with crackers, crusty bread or crudite.
Looks fabulous and super addicting, I definitely wouldn't be able to stop at 2 spoonfuls :)
Posted by: Kerstin | October 28, 2009 at 11:53 PM
I'm going to a party this week-end, that would be the perfect dip.
Posted by: Hélène | October 28, 2009 at 05:14 PM
Yeah there's no way I could eat just one serving of this! But the whole 2 points for serving thing DOES sound good. But really, this looks like a perfect artichoke dip!
Posted by: Sues | October 28, 2009 at 12:12 AM
I agree, how can you just eat a tiny serving of this? I can finish a bag of chips and a dip in one sitting.
Ugh...Maris, I want some of this stat!
Posted by: Joy | October 27, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Mmmmmm I love spinach artichoke dip!
Posted by: Nutmeg Nanny | October 27, 2009 at 09:42 PM
Wow this looks really good and I love artichoke dip. Question though, why do you have both reduced-fat and fat-free cream cheese? Can we use only one?
Posted by: Jessica | October 27, 2009 at 09:06 PM
I can eat entire bowls full of that kind of thing. So, it's still really good with all the reduced fat stuff? I usually go full fat with my artichoke dip, but would certainly give it a try if you think it's good.
Posted by: Dana | October 27, 2009 at 07:51 PM
Yum! I have never had a spinach-artichoke dip that I didn't love and this one looks as good as the rest!
Posted by: Tonya Thomas | October 27, 2009 at 07:21 PM
Ha! I wonder what they considered to be a serving...a spoonful?
If I have to be subjected to game day at someone's house (or at home), I always look forward to the dips. I appreciate a good spinach dip and love love love hummus of any flavor.
Posted by: thatShortChick | October 27, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Oh this sounds so yummy & cheesy
Posted by: kat | October 27, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I love spinach and artichoke dip. I only make it when there is a housefull of family or friends. That way it disappears quickly. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: mandy | October 27, 2009 at 09:05 AM
I can attest to the fact that this is spectacular!
Posted by: Daryl Callahan | October 27, 2009 at 07:43 AM