Spinach Dip (Popeye Would Be Proud)
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I’m going to tell y’all something today and I need this to stay just between us. You see, I love Alabama. I have lived in Alabama all of my life (except for a three month sabbatical to Georgia) and I plan on spending the rest of my days residing in this great state. If this secret gets out, though, I just might be deported.
~takes a deep breath~
Here goes: I don’t watch football.
~exhales~
Whew! That felt good to get off my chest! Not only do I not watch football, I don’t even care about football. Whats worse than that, I think of Alabama and Auburn as the school you go to if you want to be a lawyer/doctor and the school you go to if you want to be a Veterinarian/Engineer.
This drives my son stark raving mad. Just about everyone in Alabama follows football religiously and you’d have a hard time finding a house who didn’t support Bama or Auburn. The rivalry is legendary. My son wants so badly to know where we stand and whenever he asks which is the best, my reply is “Well, that depends on what you want to be when you grow up. They’re both good schools”.
Yeah, I know, I’m awful. Most of my family are Bama fans (Roll Tide! for y’all…) but I’m married to an engineer and and navy is my favorite color (War Eagle! for y’all…). I’m awful, I know. Trust me, I live with my shame (I have just been told to state that the two male beings residing in this house are Georgia fans. Well heck, I’m a Georgia fan, too. I love to go to Georgia. There is some awesome shopping in Atlanta and have any of y’all been to the North Georgia Premium Outlet mall? It sooo rocks…oh wait. I have just been told the “Georgia fan” thing was a reference to football. ~sighs~.)
I actually called my husband and asked him if the super bowl was this week because I had been seeing commercials and blog posts about it. I may not be a football fan, but I AM a football FOOD fan! So, in honor of the Super Bowl (which I am told is this Sunday), I am posting a recipe for classic spinach dip. For all you football fans, don’t ever second guess whether or not to invite me to a football party because I just look at this as another great occasion to make food for and show up loaded down with dishes! You watch the game, I’ll serve. Gosh, I love to feed people.
Oh, and I just broke my rule again of not discussing Politics, Religion, Football, or Pyramid marketing schemes on Southern Plate (cause either of those’ll gitcha good and kil’t in the south!). So far I’ve broken it twice and football was the cause each time. Maybe I’m more of a sports person than I thought…
You’ll need: Mayonnaise, Sour Cream, Green Onions, Spinach, and Knorr Vegetable Soup mix. That’s right, this recipe is right off the Knorr package. Hey, its good and its simple, and you know I’m all about not over complicating things!
The original recipe calls for water chestnuts but I shudder at the thought of ever eating a water chestnut so I always leave them out. A great substitution if you still want that crunch (and don’t like water chestnuts) is to add slivered almonds. YUM!
This is what your spinach is gonna look like in the box. Thaw it well. I place mine in a plastic bag and stick it in the fridge overnight to do this.
Now you’ve got to squeeze all of the juice out of your spinach. Its amazing how many tools we can do without in the kitchen if we just get in there and use our hands!
Once it is squeezed dry, you’ll have this.
Add sour cream.
and your green onions. To chop mine, I just use kitchen shears and cut them over the bowl.
Add mayonnaise.
and your vegetable soup mix.
Stir and you have spinach dip! Let this sit in the fridge for several hours to allow the flavors to blend. I like to make mine the day before. This can be served warm or cold. Those Great Value brand wheat crackers at Wally World are excellent with this!
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My brother’s sense of humor. He put this on the sign by his BBQ restaurant and has had folks stopping all week to have their picture made next to it! No, we don’t really eat possum in Alabama, but we do like to make folks wonder!
The dip looks yummy! As for your brother’s restraunt, it is right down from my house. He has some wonderful bar-b-que. My kids loved the sign and start laughing on the way to and from school every morning. They keep wanting to know we can go get some possum.
As as a note, his advertising for you is how I found your site, so it is working!
Thanks!
Tanya
Christy, I’ve lived in Alabama all my life (55 years) and I have absolutely no interest in football…so, you’re certainly not alone!! Oh, I get the look of total horror when I say that I’m neither an Alabama nor Auburn fan…nor football in general!!! I live in a “mixed” family…my brother (who lives in Tallahassee nowadays) is a HUGE Alabama fan and my daughter is a rabid Auburn fan, so much so that one of the very first thing she taught each of her daughters to say when they first started talking was “War Eagle!”…although, much to her horror, her older daughter (just turned 12), has defected to Alabama!!! So, my job in our family is to play the role of Switzerland…I have to remain neutral, in order to provide counseling on any given Saturday!!
Oh, and here’s a shocker…my husband, of 28 years, isn’t a football fan either!! Truly a match made in heaven!!
Anyway…I LOVE your site and all the awesomely delicious recipes I find. Oh, and my daughter loves this Spinach Dip SO much, she’s been known to kinda hide it so it doesn’t all get eaten up!!
Keep up the great work!!
Judy
Try adding fine shredded white cheese in this dip. It is my sister in laws favorite! We eat it at all events.
Gotta run I smell the bread burning! 🙂
Don’t feel too bad Christy … my best friend lives and works in Alabama, but she’s a HUGE LSU fan! Can you imagine what she goes through at work???
I love Atlanta too. I have a strong feelin’ that you and I could do some major credit card damage in Atlanta!! 🙂
This was my mommy’s favorite recipe to make at all of our big family gatherings. I have probably had it 100 times and it’s still one of my favorite things to eat. Served in a bread bowl and a sliced french baguette along side. Yum-O!!!
Thanks for bringing back such great memories, Christy!
Btw….”Foozball is da deb-il” quoted from “The Waterboy” I dislkie and know nothing about football either. LoL
LOL! and don’t forget Dick Clark.. he da deb-il too!
Hate football and water chestnut! WEll that looks good. I use that soup mix for a yummy shrimp and crab dip I make!! I agree it is best if you make it the night before.
Hi, just wanted to put my two cents worth in, I don’t like football either and neither does by husband………so we don’t watch it on TV at all. I am going to try the spinach dip, really looks yummy…I would like to try it in a bread bowl……also will get us some crackers too. Hope everyone has a great day…..