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One of my faves is very simple and easy. Just mix a packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix into a tub of sour cream. You can eat it right away if you want. But I like to leave it in the fridge for a few hours or even overnight to let the seasoning meld in. Not really sure if it matters. It seems like it's better if you wait a while. I like to eat it with Ruffles or those thick crunchy kettle chips. But you can dip anything in it like veggies. I suppose it would be good to put on nipples or other body parts and lick off too. Mmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!
I also like queso with cheese, chili & salsa and eat with tortilla chips. Best thing ever. Not the best for cholesterol level. But I figure once a month is okay. A treat to myself to celebrate not going insane or dying yet. : ) ( Sings Stayin' Alive to self )
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I also like queso with cheese, chili & salsa and eat with tortilla chips. Best thing ever. Not the best for cholesterol level. But I figure once a month is okay. A treat to myself to celebrate not going insane or dying yet. : ) ( Sings Stayin' Alive to self )
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Sat, June 27, 2009 - 2:21 AMHave tried this, I add some chives to my "mix" as well...... -
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Sat, June 27, 2009 - 4:55 AMsour cream & onion soup dip is a classic - and yummy :). Similar to it is the Knorr's Vegetable Soup & sour cream one...really good, and a nice change... -
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Sat, June 27, 2009 - 7:35 AMMy last roommate had never had it before I made it for her a couple months ago. She's 27 y/o. I was eating this since I was a little kid. It's like that greenbean casserole with the mushroom soup and the Durkee onions on top. Who hasnt had that?!!! lol Now she thinks it's great. I think I'll make some today and pig out and be a couch potato today. Solomon Azar can save the world. I'll just sit back and enjoy the show. lol CHOMP!!!
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Sat, June 27, 2009 - 6:44 AMAnd when you are feeling fancy, add a pack of thawed frozen chopped spinach and some chopped water-chestnuts to it and serve it in bread bowls. So good! -
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Sat, June 27, 2009 - 3:22 PMIf you want to feel a little more virtuous about chips and dips (hey! it has veggies in it!), here's a great one:
CURRIED VEGETABLE DIP
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
3 oz cream cheese at room temperature
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, or to taste
1 teaspoon curry powder (or more to taste)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1/3 cup finely chopped celery
1/3 cup finely chopped peeled and seeded cucumber
1 scallion, trimmed and finely chopped
Whisk together all ingredients except celery, cucumber, and scallion until smooth, then stir in vegetables.
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Sat, June 27, 2009 - 7:56 PMSometimes, when I feel like tuna salad but I don't feel like a sandwich, I'll just add extra mayo and use it as a dip.
My tuna salad/dip recipe:
- 1 can tuna of your choice
- 1 heaping tbsp (or 2 tbsp for dip) full-fat mayo
- Approx 1/3 c chopped celery
- 1 whole sweet pickle, chopped into itsy pieces
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Sun, June 28, 2009 - 12:30 AMI used to mix minced garlic in tuna with mayo and eat it with Wheat Thins.
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Sun, June 28, 2009 - 1:03 PMalong this same thread i also like mixing a package of taco seasoning with sour cream for a quick dip for tortilla chips.
that onion soup dip is actually known as California Dip and has its own following here, so if your friend is from another state that could be why she never heard of it... -
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Sun, June 28, 2009 - 1:15 PMActually she's lived her whole life here in CA. I'm from TX. She's Mong but very much an "American Woman." I'm sure there are things her family eats that I've never had before either. : )
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Mon, June 29, 2009 - 1:53 AMI've never heard it called California Dip - in Australia its just called French Onion Dip.
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Sun, June 28, 2009 - 1:46 PMi love dipping tortilla or potato chips in cottage cheese mixed with plenty of cholula (mexican hot sauce). mmmm.... soooo good! another good dip is mix ranch dip mix with cottage cheese. basically - all the ideas posted here with sour cream, just substitute with cottage cheese! i'm just more likely to cottage cheese than sour cream in the house, plus is healthier for you. -
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Sun, June 28, 2009 - 2:00 PMJust always remember everyone, a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips. : (
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Sun, June 28, 2009 - 7:13 PMI do mostly hummus, baba ghannoujj or roasted red pepper dip. -
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Sun, June 28, 2009 - 7:31 PMStrawberry yogurt with fresh fruit slices for dipping!
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Mon, June 29, 2009 - 10:16 PMI cant eat it anymore but used to looooove making hummus. I miss it as much as I miss garlic, pesto, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, etc...... Foods high in vitamin K. I just say no and stay away. Supposedly you can eat anything if you eat it regularly and they can work your coumadin dose around your diet. But I dont eat anything regularly so I just stear clear. The things I eat regularly are gyoza and salads without lettuce or green leafy thingys. And BEER!!! Supposedly I shouldnt drink. I always tell the doc, "DUDE!!! We've had this conversation a million times. I've been drinking regularly for over seven years and havent died yet." He always says "Youre on the highest dose of anyone I've even known and are living dangerously." I always say "Life's a killer." or "Life sucks and then you die." He just shakes his head. Then I shake mine. If alcohol was gonna kill me I'd been dead long ago.
I like cream cheese with salsa over it. A friend made it once with a raspberry sauce over it. I thought it would be gross but was pleasantly surprised. -
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Tue, June 30, 2009 - 7:51 AM"And BEER!!! Supposedly I shouldnt drink. I always tell the doc, "DUDE!!! We've had this conversation a million times. I've been drinking regularly for over seven years and havent died yet." He always says "Youre on the highest dose of anyone I've even known and are living dangerously." I always say "Life's a killer." or "Life sucks and then you die." He just shakes his head. Then I shake mine. If alcohol was gonna kill me I'd been dead long ago. "
Deja vu . . . maybe the next time I go see the Doc, I'll take some dip as a peace offering...
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Fri, July 3, 2009 - 10:38 AMEven better is raspberry salsa over it! Also, I've done a roasted red pepper and jalapeno (sp?) jelly over it - goes great with wheat crackers or whatever you have on hand.
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Mon, July 13, 2009 - 3:38 PMYour doc is all wrong...alcohol preserves people, everyone knows that;) -
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Mon, July 13, 2009 - 7:02 PMI'm very well preserved. Practically embalmed. j/k I figure if I've made it this far I've got it under control. Or I'm just really fuckin' lucky. Or there is some God helping me. Or I am the Messiah or something. HA!!! Maybe there's a reason for everything. Maybe there isnt. But I do like a nice dip.
I was going to buy sour creme and chips yesterday but all the different chips were ON SALE for around four dollars? I hardly go to the store anymore and WHEN THE FUCK did the price of everything skyrocket again. Daaaaaaaaaamn!!! I got my basics and left the fun stuff. Guess I'll have to wait till someone has a party and buys all the food to enjoy snacks again. Who new Ruffles would one day be worth their weight in gold? lol JFC!!! -
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Fri, July 17, 2009 - 2:32 PMYeah, even the generic or store brand chips run $3+ in my area. Do you guys have Aldi stores out there? It's a German owned company that has stores internationally. The brands there are not advertised, so you pay less even though the products are made by regular brands - like the laundry soap is Tide (I think) and the cereal is Malt-o-Meal. Their chips are pretty good and usually under $2 around here.
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Fri, July 17, 2009 - 4:48 PMThank goodness I'm not hallucinating these food prices. I went a few years without cooking (that whole single phenomenon again) and I'm in total sticker shock at the grocery store. I still think it's fun to make chips at home, if a bit messy. Get a big stack of tortillas and cut them into wedges or whatnot, fry in oil, drain on paper towels (an old roommate used newspaper & old phone books!), salt liberally, and viola! Chewy, salty, greasy, homemade chips. Nothin' like it.
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Thu, July 2, 2009 - 7:57 PMTonight's hummus (it's 85 in Seattle tonight)
A 14oz can of chickpeas (garbanzos, ceci beans, whatever)
1/4 C. almond paste
1/4 C. olive relish
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 T. lime juice
1 t. cumin
3/4 t. salt
virgin olive oil
paprika
Put everything from the chickpeas to the salt in a food processor and puree. Add the olive oil until you have your preferred texture.
Place in a bowl and sprinkle with paprika and drizzle with a little more olive oil. Chill and serve with pita bread or tortilla chips.
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Mon, June 29, 2009 - 3:06 PMHm, never heard this called California dip - I've lived in Wisconsin all my life and as Mr. M says, it's as much a "staple" as the green bean casserole. A lot of people I know just call it chip dip and we seem to all know what they mean. When I want it to be a bit richer, I use 1/2 sour cream, and 1/2 softened cream cheese. -
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Mon, June 29, 2009 - 3:16 PMmashed avacado, sourcream and lime!
anyone have a clam dip recipe? -
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Mon, June 29, 2009 - 4:44 PMI love clam dip. Even tackier, as a kid I used to love the Humpty Dumpty clam dip flavored chips, which I don't think they even make any more... -
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Mon, June 29, 2009 - 9:22 PMWe mix pesto and cream cheese with some extra salt
maybe a little sour cream-
so fast and easy and it disappears instantly wherever we go!
Which reminds me, I had some deviled eggs the other day that seemed to be just pesto mixed with the yolks.
Reallllllly good.
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Wed, July 1, 2009 - 4:36 PMmy favorite is 8 oz. cream cheese, a can of minced clams and fresh lemon juice to taste - served with good old fashioned ruffles potato chips. when i'm being bad i can eat almost the whole thing in one sitting. have to push away... -
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Wed, July 1, 2009 - 7:44 PMMy Dad used to mix pimento cheese with salsa and toss in a little Tobasco and eat with tortilla chips. Sounds weird but I actually liked it. Havent had that for yeeeeeears. -
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Thu, July 2, 2009 - 4:31 PMthere are a lot of things that sound perfectly delicious to me that others would turn their noses up at. we love what we love though!
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Tue, June 30, 2009 - 12:56 AMI made a caramelized onion dip for a party yesterday, and it was pretty excellent.
Chop two onions. Caramelize them. When they're done, stir in a teaspoon or so of garam masala, then let cool. Mix with one cup of sour cream. Refrigerate for a few hours, or overnight. -
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Fri, July 3, 2009 - 10:44 AMPatti, that sounds similar to a dip I've made a couple of times - but it doesn't call for the masala (but does call for white cooking wine). I'll have to give that a shot. Caramelizing the onions seems to give the dip the perfect flavor. My recipe calls for a little garlic and some white pepper added to the onions.
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Tue, June 30, 2009 - 3:34 AMI like the one where you turn out a tub of softened Philadelphia, pour sweet chilli sauce over it and then totally coat it in chopped cilantro. Or is that a particularly Australian thing? -
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Tue, June 30, 2009 - 6:32 AMding ding ding....that's three excellent ideas , thank you ! Now I want to have a dip party ! -
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Tue, June 30, 2009 - 7:04 AMThere's a lady in Sausalito that had a party and she had over 40 different dips. My friends nicknamed her "The Dip Queen." -
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Tue, June 30, 2009 - 1:13 PMThe Dip Queen?
There's a joke in there somewhere.
Dunno about what is Australian, but a similar appetizer I've seen lately is an intact block of cream cheese coated entirely with sesame seeds and then splashed with soy sauce/tamari. It looks so lazy, but sort of exotic- and is surprisingly addictive.
I LOVE caramelized onions! I sweeten them a little with maple syrup.
Will have to try that dip idea.
I may well have a dip party myself, after reading all of this.
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Thu, July 2, 2009 - 10:03 AMAnd then of course there is the pure joy that is sour cream, dark brown sugar and a slosh of rum. With strawberries, with cherries, with bananas (with chocolate cookies...) -
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Thu, July 2, 2009 - 10:26 AMAn easy fruit dip that I've made many times is a jar of Marshmallow Fluff, and a block of softened cream cheese blended together. grapes, strawberries and bananas particularly go well with it.
When the kids were little and I didn't feel like cooking I'd announce a 'Dip Dinner' night. Refried beans with melted cheese and guacamole for use with white corn chips, sometimes clam dip too, and a cut up melon or other fruit salad. -
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Thu, July 2, 2009 - 11:46 AMMy mother actually takes the tiny canned shrimp, drained and rinsed and mixes them with cocktail sauce. She then puts the mixture over cream cheese. I'm not a fan, but my parents love it... -
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Tue, July 7, 2009 - 7:31 PMI never make it myself but will eat it if someone else makes it. That is good stuff. It's really difficult for me to be bothered too much anymore with anything besides just opening a 40 oz Budweiser. Liquid dinner again tonight. Maybe a few handfulls of crunchy chow mein noodles just before I hit the sack. Nothing like being single and not giving a fuck or having anyone else give a fuck about me. Maybe one day I will eat healthy more regularly. Like in my next life. Hmm. -
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Wed, July 8, 2009 - 11:32 AM< Nothing like being single and not giving a fuck or having anyone else give a fuck about me.>
Off topic, but please let me say that I care. I know that I'm nobody to you, but I'm just someone who cares about pretty much everyone. We all deserve to have someone care about us, and it sucks to feel like there isn't someone who does. -
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Wed, July 8, 2009 - 8:04 PMOh I know there are people that care about me. But ultimately I come home and spend my time alone. I eat alone. I sleep alone. I AM very alone. It can be nice and I probably prefer it and that is probably why I am alone. But it would be nice to be in love and live with the person. I think. I'm highly fucking irritable these days. The person would probably always be upset with me because I dont spend enough time with them. Just because I'm online or reading or writing doesnt mean I'm not with them. Just that I'm really fuckin' bizay. lol I mean really. You can't just sit there and stare into each others eyes forever can you? : )
PS - Still single and available. lol
PS2 - Youre not nobody to me. You are Donna. And thank you. : )
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Fri, July 3, 2009 - 9:16 PMOne of my favorite dip combos is creme fraiche blended with a little bit of honey or sugar to sweeten, with slices of persimmon dipped in it.
Other fruits work too, but crispy persimmon is definitely the best.
Hot artichoke dip with bacon is also yum - but so totally bad for you.
2 cans artichokes (non-marinated), chopped
1 c mayo
1 c parmesan or asiago or similiar cheese
a few slices of crisp bacon, chopped into little bits
Mix together and bake in an oven at 350 until top is golden.
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Sat, July 4, 2009 - 1:21 PMHot artichoke dip? Wow what a fantastic idea! I have noticed that in the USA there are a lot of hot dips, and it really isn't something I have come across before. -
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Mon, July 6, 2009 - 4:24 PMOhhh YEAH!!
It's the only way my kids will eat anything green right now.
Sautee plenty of garlic in butter, then add
Spinach
Artichokes
when hot, mash a bit with a potato masher and melt in:
Cheddar
Cream Cheese
Salt & Pepper
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Tue, July 14, 2009 - 5:30 PMa really good dip is a "hot wing" dip i got out of a magazine awhile ago.
1/2lb shredded chicken (i've used canned chicken in a pinch and it worked fine)
1 package cream cheese
6tblspoons franks hot sauce
1 cup ranch (or blue cheese)
1 cup shredded cheese
heat shredded chicken with hot suace. Cube cream cheese and add to pan with ranch; stirring frequently. once all is blended add grated cheese.
I used to toast everything bagels and spread this on top. its not healthy i'm sure but it really very yummy.
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Fri, July 17, 2009 - 3:58 PMI'm making this tomorrow for a party I'm throwing. Can't wait to try it - it's super easy.
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Sat, July 18, 2009 - 4:34 AMTri that sounds good! I love jalapeno poppers, but I don't like frying stuff so I don't make them myself. All the popper flavour without the frying! -
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Sat, July 18, 2009 - 2:41 PMI'm talking to my mom and she just told me to mix cream cheese and mushroom soup. She says not to tell people what's in it. Because if you do they might say they dont like mushrooms. But even if they dont like mushrooms they will like the dip. So get them hooked on it first then tell them. : ) -
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Sat, July 25, 2009 - 4:04 PMJust be sure to ask about allergies. There are some people allergic to mushrooms. Sounds good though - what do you dip in it? Veggies? Crackers? Chips? Do you serve it hot or cold? -
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Sun, July 26, 2009 - 8:15 AMRoom temp to cooler side. Chips, veggies, crackers. Ritz.
People with food allergies shouldnt be eating things if they dont know what's in it. If someone with a food allergy asked I would tell them. : )
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Sun, July 26, 2009 - 12:23 PM>>All the popper flavour without the frying! <<
Alicia - that was exactly people's reaction! It was gobbled up, luckily it makes quite a bit so it lasted for a while, but there wasn't a bite left at the end of the night. I served it with tortilla chips and it was maybe 5 minutes of prep. The only "hard" part was remembering to leave the cream cheese on the counter in the morning so it would soften in time for my party, which doesn't matter than much cuz you could just zap it in the microwave if you forget.
I asked a friend what her favorite dish was at the party and she said it was this dip only because she kept finding her self back at the bowl. Heee.. and that's after I made mini crab cakes, foie gras canapes with pear, lox canapes, balsamic and honey chicken skewers, and goat cheese terrine.
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