I spent most of last night and almost all of today reorganizing and cleaning out my kitchen, my closet, and my cedar chest. I'm very proud of all that I accomplished and look forward to having things a little more organized for as long as they stay that way. It might not be very long, knowing us, ha!
After I finally felt I was at a stopping point with my total home overhaul tonight, I decided to make pita bread. I hadn't made any in a couple of weeks. As I was waiting for my dough to rise, I was overcome with the desire to try my hand at bread sticks. So, I sacrificed my pita bread and gave it a go.
It proved to be an easy task and was actually much less involved than making pita bread. As I was watching my bread sticks bake in the oven, I suddenly found myself driven to make dip to accompany my bread sticks. I thought that a version of the "alfredo" that I made a few days ago with a bit of wilted spinach added in would make an ideal dip. I was right. It made a splendid dip. But I realized I couldn't stop there. I needed a marinara as well!
"We'll have a dinner of dips!" I proclaimed.
I could have stopped there. But alas, a big bowl of peanut butter and blueberry preserves was mixed together in a delicious way to make a satisfying dessert dip.
So, tonight I served my family homemade bread sticks with spinach "alfredo" dip, marinara sauce, and peanut butter and jelly.
Everyone seemed to really enjoy it. It was a fun dinner, for sure.
The bread sticks went fast. This means we have marinara and spinach "alfredo" sauce leftover for pastas and a little container of pre-mixed peanut butter and jelly for sandwiches in a snap. SCORE!
Are you a fan of dip? What's your favorite?
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That is a fantastic idea you had there.
:D@Wait_by_Moonlight@xanga - thanks!
my "alfredo" dip is actually soft silken tofu blended with a little canola oil, a splash of rice milk, nutritional yeast, a little earth balance butter, sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, onion powder, and roasted garlic. it's pretty delicious. i actually made more of it last night and topped my veggie lasagna with it!
This is awesome.
mm, I love dips of all sorts. Homemade, store bought, etc. But, I'm really digging (ha.) tzatziki sauce/dip, it is sooo delicious and goes well with many things. x
Sounds delicious! Thanks for posting! :)
One time I was craving hummus so badly, i couldn't afford to keep buying the Sabra hummus nearly everyday. Made my own, went through like 6 cans of chick peas in a week and since i bought a huge amount of cheap costing tahini paste I can still make more. Hummus was in everything, sandwhiches, on crackers, by itself, on celery sticks, on pita bread. mmmm hummus.
Thank you for sharing. :) I wanna try this with friends.
@aliasgrl16@xanga - we love hummus here too. i make it every week or so and i keep us fairly well stocked on homemade pita bread too. mmm.
thanks everyone. you guys are making my day. i'm so flattered they asked to put my post on here!
Love this!! Very cool!!!!!!
Minced spinach,scallions with sourcream dip.......js
That looks so good. Reminds me of chutney a bit.
I love that song! :)
Hmmm...spinach artichoke dip...ranch dip...hummus...ikra (Armenian eggplant dip)...yogurt with onions or cucumbers....
Yes, I am a fan of dip.
I love spinach dip. (Whoa, did you know if you press Ctrl and then the letter 'i'
everything is italicized?Haha I accidentally did that and had to share.)
Wow, this sounds awesome. I love to dip, and I even dip the usually undippable (everything from pretzels & potato chips to English muffins & donuts). I am definitely going to try this recipe. If you ever make your own Queso or hummus, please post it too!
@JesyCole@xanga - LOL me too. the video is golden.
love dips! my favorite is a pineapple habanero dip. it sounds insane but i swear it's awesome
Spinach artichoke dip sounds so good right nowww. :[
my mom and I make buffalo chicken dip. well, we use morning star chicken, but we shred it, add some cream cheese, ranch or blue cheese dressing, cheddar cheese, and hotsauce. with crackers, mm. now i'm hungry.
I like stuff plain but dip can be good
that's a fantastic idea! i love it when there is dipping involved
I love dip