Ranch Bacon Awesomeness Dip

Ingredients:
1 pkg of Hidden Valley Ranch dry mix
1 pkg of cream cheese softened
8 oz sour cream
1/2-3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
6 strips of bacon crumbled (save some to put on top)

Mix all the ingredients until mixed well. Put some of the reserved bacon on top. Serve with veggies or crackers.

I made this dip for my small group last night. Everyone loved it! I had something similar at the football game, but I came up with my own recipe. Denver named the dip for me.... isn't it a funny name? He wouldn't let me change it.

Fruit Dip

I am not sure where this recipe was from, but it is something I make if I need a fruit dip.

Take one jar of marshmellow creme and one package of cream cheese and blend together. I use my mixer and it makes it light and fluffy! I made it the night before and it is good for several days.

Olive Dip

This is another favorite dip from my favorite Friendship Club cookbook.

Here is the recipe for the dip. It is perfect if you let it sit over night and the flavors blend together.

1 cup green olives (with pimentos)
1/2 cup mayo
8 oz cream cheese
1 to 3 tsp olive juice
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional and I don't use)

Mix all in food processor 12 to 24 hours before serving. Store in refrigerator.

Serve with wheat thins.

As a side note, I use all reduced fat ingredients and it still comes out yummy!

These are horrible pictures from my phone, but it is great I promise!

Beef Bread Bowl Dip

I recently bought a Junior League cookbook "Add Another Place Setting" and in it they had a Beef Bread Bowl Dip and I tried it for my Premier Jewelry Party, and everyone ate it up.

Here is the recipe:
2 oz jar dried beef, chopped
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 c sour cream
4 oz can chopped green chilies
2 c shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 round loaf Hawaiian bread or sourdough bread

Combine the beef, cream cheese, sour cream, green chilies, and cheese in a bowl and mix well. Cut the top of the bread and reserve. Hollow out the bread to make a bowl, reserving the bread chunks. Spoon the beef mixture in the bread bowl and replace the top. Place on a baking sheet and bake at 325 degrees for one hour. Serve the reserved bread with the dip.

It was pretty easy to make up the night before and cover it in a bowl. The following day of the party, I threw it in the bread bowl and baked it!

I hope you enjoy it, and this is the cookbook it came from! If you don't have one, you should get one!

Spinach Dip

I stole this Spinach Dip from Kelly's Recipes Blog and have found it to be my new favorite kind!

Spinach Dip

1 pkg frozen spinach

8 oz cream cheese

8 oz Monterrey jack cheese

6 oz Parmesan cheese

1 can Rotel

Cook the spinach according to package. Add cheeses and melt in microwave for 3-5 minutes until liquid form. Add rotel and mix together. Serve with crackers or bagel chips or melbatoasts.

Dried Beef Dip

Some of our family friends always made this and I finally got my hands on the recipe! This stuff is so addictive!

Dried Beef Dip
1. Cut up six medium to large green onions

2. Chop two jars of dried beef

3. Soften two 8oz boxes of Phil. cream cheese (not melt)

4. Thoroughly mix (1) 8oz sour cream with the cream cheese

5. Mix in 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce

6. Add a dash to 1/4 teaspoon of garlic salt

7. Add green onions and dried beef. Stir and mix until
green onion begins to separate.

Lenora's Homemade Salsa

Lenora's Homemade Salsa

My sister makes great homemade salsa, and this is her recipe!
1 can whole tomatoes
1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles
1 jalapeno/serrano (depending on the hottness)
1/2 onion
1 tsp garlic powder, cumin, sugardash of salt and pepper
1/2 to 1 juice of a limecilantro

I do all this in my food processor! Hope you love it!

Arkansas Caviar aka Hog Caviar

This is a weird combo, and I promise, mix it all up and let it chill in the fridge for the flavors to mix. It tastes so much better the next day! I always thought the girls at work who made this was crazy, until I tried it. After that I couldn't keep from sneaking a bite!

1 Can of Rotel, drained
1 Small can of Shoepeg Corn, drained
8 oz Zesty Italian Dressing or what you think it needs to cover it all in it
2 tbsp Garlic minced
1 Onion Chopped
1 Bell Pepper Chopped
2 Cans Blackeyed Peas, drained
Salt and Pepper to taste

Serve it up with some big scoop fritos! Please give it a shot and tell me what you think! The good thing about the recipe is you can adjust to your tastes!