Spinach And Garlic Dip With Pita Triangles And Vegetables Recipes

Steps:

• Rinse the spinach well in cold water to make sure it's very clean. Spin it dry in a salad spinner, leaving just a little water clinging to the leaves.
• In a very large pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil and saute the garlic over medium heat for about 1 minute, but not until it's browned. Add all the spinach, the salt, and pepper to the pot, toss it with the garlic and oil, cover the pot, and cook it for 2 minutes. Uncover the pot, turn the heat on high, and cook the spinach for another minute, stirring with a wooden spoon, until all the spinach is wilted. Using a slotted spoon, lift the spinach to a serving bowl and top with the butter, a squeeze of lemon, and a sprinkling of sea or kosher salt. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic; cook and stir until the garlic is fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the spinach a few handfuls at a time, stirring until wilted before adding more, about 5 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice, and season with garlic salt.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients; cover.
• Refrigerate at least 3 hours or up to 3 days.
• Serve with cut-up fresh vegetables.

Steps:

• Place spinach in a colander; squeeze out excess liquid.
• Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add scallions and garlic; cook, stirring often, until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer to a large bowl. Add spinach, sour cream, cheese, lemon juice, hot sauce, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; stir well. Serve with Pita Crisps.

Steps:

• Blanch the spinach for 20 to 30 seconds or steam for 2 to 3 minutes. Rinse and squeeze out excess water and chop coarsely.
• Pound the garlic to a paste with salt in a mortar and pestle. Stir into the yogurt and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a wide, heavy skillet and add the spices. Cook, stirring, until they begin to sizzle, and add the spinach. Cook, stirring, until heated through and coated with the oil and spices, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a food processor and pulse to a puree. Add the yogurt and blend together. Transfer to a bowl or platter. Serve on croutons or with crudités such as red pepper squares, or with pita triangles. Garnish with chopped walnuts if desired. Serve with pita bread.

Steps:

• Peel away outer leaves from head of garlic, leaving skin of garlic cloves intact.
• Cut off pointed top portion of head (about 1/4 inch) with a knife, leaving the bulb intact.
• Place on a double-thick, 12-inch square of foil.
• Drizzle garlic with the oil.
• Fold foil to enclose garlic.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for 20 minutes or until garlic is soft.
• Cool.
• Cook spinach according to package directions, except omit salt.
• Drain well; press out excess liquid.
• Squeeze pulp from garlic cloves into food processor bowl, discarding skins.
• Add the drained spinach, milk, hot pepper sauce, and 0.125 teaspoon salt.
• Cover and process until well combined.
• Add cream cheese.
• Cover; process until nearly smooth.
• Transfer mixture to saucepan.
• Cook and stir over medium-low heat until heated through.

Steps:

• For the dip: Drain spinach and press out as much water as possible.
• Combine the spinach, jalapenos, onions, tomatoes, cream cheese, Monterey Jack cheese and half and half in a medium bowl and mix well.
• Spoon into a buttered baking dish and bake at 400º for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Serve with pita toasts.
• For pita toasts:.
• Combine the butter, lemon pepper and cumin in a shallow dish and mix well.
• Slit each pita bread round in half so you have 2 rounds.
• Cut each round into triangles (using a pizza cutter makes this very easy).
• Dip each piece into butter mixture and place on a cookie and put under the broiler until crisp.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise, sour cream, dry leek soup mix, water chestnuts and chopped spinach. Chill in the refrigerator 6 hours, or overnight.
• Remove top and interior of sourdough bread. Fill with mayonnaise mixture. Tear removed bread chunks into pieces for dipping.

Steps:

• If using fresh spinach, put it in a colander in the sink. Bring a kettle of water to a boil and pour it over the spinach to wilt it. Let the spinach cool completely, then use your hands to squeeze it very dry. Coarsely chop spinach and set it aside. If using frozen chopped spinach, just squeeze it out until it's very dry, then set aside.
• In a blender or food processor, combine scallions, yogurt, cream cheese, dill, parsley, garlic, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, zest, cumin, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. With the motor running, drizzle in olive oil and blend, scraping down the sides as needed, until the mixture is very smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl and fold in the chopped spinach until evenly distributed. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Dip will keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
• Just before serving, taste and add more salt, pepper and lemon juice, if you like. To serve, scrape dip into a serving bowl, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with Urfa or Aleppo pepper flakes, if desired.

Steps:

• Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil in large nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add garlic saute 10 seconds (be carful not to burn). Add spinach and saute until wilted and tender about 2 minutes. Cool.
• Puree cooled spinach and green onions in food processors.
• In a bowl mix spinach onion mixture, sour cream and lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
• Preheat broiler. Slice each pita bread horizontally in half, forming 2 circles. Cut each cirle into 4 triangles.
• Place triangles in single layer on baking sheet. Lightly brush with remaing 2 tablespoons of olive oil. (optional you can season with pepper, grlic or flavor of your choice).
• Broil untl golden watching closely to avoid burning and moving for even browning. Takes about 2 minutes. Cool.