Spinach Artichoke Dip

 

Hello everyone! Today I bring you an appetizer that will not leave anyone indifferent, a very special spinach and artichoke dip.

I love sharing recipes like this Spinach Artichoke Dip, I like being able to help other people who when they enter the kitchen to prepare a menu can find themselves lost, many times because they have little time, work, daily chores, family.

 

Spinach and artichoke dip is a healthy, light and refreshing appetizer.

 

Sometimes it is due to inexperience, generally when you are young and have not messed around enough with stews and are also not aware of how important it is to make right decisions.

In these cases, you need help, whatever your situation, these types of dishes, simple and with few ingredients, will give you ideas. When I think about how hard it has been for me to get here and what I still have to learn, I realize that sharing information is essential (it happens in all areas) and today, thanks to the Internet, we have the possibility of communicating fluidly, so let’s take advantage of this circumstance and work together to improve things.

 

Nutritionally speaking, appetizers are an important part of a menu and we don’t usually pay much attention to them.

 

The idea of ​​​​preparing easy and healthy appetizers always attracts me. Appetizers are an important part of a menu. It often happens that we don’t pay much attention to them and we end up snacking on anything because we’re hungry. squeeze and the food is not ready.

The funny thing is that when we think about what we have eaten later, our memory, in a somewhat mischievous way, minimizes the appetizer or even eliminates it from the total, not to mention that it usually contains a lot of calories and carbohydrates, especially if we have been carried away by a bowl full of potato chips, or by the more modern vegetable chips that although they seem healthier, in reality they are not.

If you add vermouth, beer or wine to that, the accounts do not add up.

 

 

Recipes like this Spinach Artichoke Dip can help make that part of the meal lighter and above all, healthier. If you accompany it with some carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes, cucumber cut into sticks, or even some cauliflower florets, you’ll love it.

Obviously you can also have it with your favorite chips or nachos, it’s up to you, but with crudités you’ll win. Personally, I think that its flavor combines perfectly with that of the tomato, with the cherry tomatoes it is delicious.

 

This appetizer is inspired by the classic american hot dip made with spinach, artichokes, and cheese (much more caloric)

 

The inspiration to prepare this recipe comes from my trips to the USA, there the Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip is a common appetizer, but the original recipe that is usually found in restaurants and cafes is very different from my version.

The American recipe is prepared with cream and cheeses and results in a sticky and quite greasy texture, it is usually served hot and I have to say that it is very appetizing and tasty, it is that type of dish that you know when you start to eat them, but you don’t know when you’ll finish, it’s addictive!

It’s also a calorie bomb, the feeling you get after eating it is of infinite heaviness, at least for me, so it’s not worth it.

Since I tried it for the first time I thought about making my light and healthy version and here it is.

My dip is a cold appetizer, which gives you a sensation totally opposite to the original, it is fresh and easily digested, if you like easy and healthy appetizers, this is perfect for you.

 

Plan your meals and prepare the spinach and artichoke dip in advance, after resting it is even richer.

 

Preparing this dip is very easy, I have already shared it on my social networks and you have been able to see that it only takes a few minutes to have it ready and you can also keep it in the refrigerator from one day to the next, I would say that it is even better when it has rested, the flavors mix and it acquires another point.

You only need a food processor or a powerful blender, mix and add to the container the spinach, the previously soaked cashews, the artichoke hearts, the spring onion, the garlic and if you dare the chili, add water, season and blend everything well, at the end you can add a splash of extra virgin olive oil, but it is not necessary.

Below you can see the video-recipe:

 

 

Why I like this recipe so much:

• It is very easy to make.
• It has very few ingredients.
• I can prepare it in advance.
• It is a light appetizer, but it also works with other dishes.
• Low price, it goes a long way.
• It is dairy-free and still very creamy.
• It is gluten-free.

You can add the spinach dip and artichokes as a sauce in other dishes, enriches your presentations.

 

Other uses:

The spinach and artichoke dip can work perfectly as a sauce to accompany other dishes, as it is very fresh it goes well with any type of meat, especially pork, it combines great with fish, with blue fish it is ideal because it gives them a refreshing counterpoint.

If there is a combination that seems almost perfect to me, it is with tomato, a good idea is to prepare a tomato salad with fresh buffalo mozzarella, that is, a caprese salad, and dress it with extra virgin olive oil and the spinach and artichoke dip, added in small piles throughout the plate, if you love basil, you can finish the dish with some fresh leaves, mint also goes Great.

I hope you’re encouraged to try it. If you’re going to have a get-together with family or friends, don’t hesitate; prepare this recipe because it will surprise them. Make sure you get the full recipe below. Cheers! 😉