Canadian Cheese Spinach Dip Recipes

BAKED CREAMY SPINACH DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place spinach in a colander over a bowl; squeeze dry, reserving 1 cup spinach liquid., In a large saucepan, heat butter over medium heat. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Stir in flour until blended; gradually whisk in milk and reserved spinach liquid. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until thickened. Stir in 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, seasonings and spinach; cook and stir until blended., Transfer to a 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Bake 25-30 minutes or until bubbly and top is lightly browned. Remove from oven; top with remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake 4-5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Serve with bagel chips.

CREAMY CHEESY SPINACH DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish with 1 teaspoon olive oil.
• Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until lightly browned, 4 to 7 minutes. Add spinach and simmer until spinach is hot, about 5 minutes. Drain any liquid from the mixture and transfer to a bowl.
• Pour milk into pot and return pot to medium heat. Melt cream cheese into the milk; cook and stir together about 3 minutes. Return spinach mixture to pot with 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and Cheddar cheese; stir to combine. Season the mixture with Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish and top with 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until bubbly and golden brown on top, 20 to 25 minutes.

CANADIAN BLUE CHEESE AND SPINACH DIP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat; add onions and cook, stirring frequently for 5 minutes or until onions are tender.
• Cover; reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Increase heat to medium; add spinach and stir 2 to 3 minutes; remove from heat.
• In a medium bowl, combine Canadian Blue Cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise; mash with back of wooden spoon until cheese pieces are desired consistency.
• Stir in onion mixture, salt and pepper.
• Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 1 day.

SPINACH-RICOTTA DIP

Steps:

• In a large frying pan, heat oil over medium heat. When oil shimmers, add pine nuts and cook until they make a popping noise and start to brown, about 1 minute. Stir in garlic and onion and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is golden brown, about 3 minutes. Transfer onion mixture to a food processor fitted with a blade, add in remaining ingredients, and process until smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning, as necessary. Serve with flatbread, toasted pita wedges, or lavash crackers for dipping.

SPINACH BLEU CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Combine cottage cheese, yogurt and skim milk in a blender or food processor.
• Process until smooth.
• Add the remaining ingredients (except bread) and process until thoroughly combined.
• Taste, and adjust amount of bleu cheese and worcestershire sauce to your preference.
• Pour into a bowl and chill in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight to allow dip to thicken and flavors to mellow.
• Hollow out a round loaf of pumpernickel bread (making a"bowl"), leaving at least 1/2 inch thick on bottom and sides of loaf.
• Cut up the bread"insides" that you removed from the loaf into cubes/chunks for dipping.
• Fill the bread"bowl" with the chilled dip to serve.
• *You can add more bleu cheese and/or worcestershire sauce to your taste.

CANADIAN CHEESE SPINACH DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Lightly grease a small baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, Jack cheese, garlic, basil, garlic salt, salt and pepper. Gently stir in the spinach.
• Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish. Top with white cheddar.
• Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned.

SPINACH DIP WITH CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Steam frozen spinach in the microwave according to package instructions and drain excess liquid.
• In a small bowl, warm cream cheese in the microwave for 1 minute to soften.
• Combine spinach, cream cheese, mayo, sour cream, onion flakes, garlic, red pepper, parmesan, shredded jack and stir well.
• Bake uncovered for 10 minutes, stir and serve.

PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE SPINACH DIP

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, sour cream and dressing mix in medium bowl until blended.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.