We have a bunch of spinach that needs to be used up in the next few days, so I decided to give this recipe for spinach dip a try.  Oh my!  I just found a new favorite appetizer.

In fact I think I’m going to have to plant some more spinach seeds here pretty soon just so I can make this recipe again. It was totally delicious, and well worth the $1.99 I had to spend on cream cheese to make it.  Yum-O!

Ingredients

8 cups fresh spinach, chopped
8oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup milk {I used 2%}
2 tablespoons garlic, minced
1/8 teaspoon salt
dash of hot pepper sauce {I used Frank’s hot sauce}
Hawaiian bread or crackers or dipping {I didn’t have Hawaiian bread so I chopped up Hawaiian buns}

Directions

Saute garlic for 1 minute.  Add spinach and saute until wilted {about 2 minutes}.  Place spinach and garlic mixture into a blender, add milk, salt, creamed cheese and hot pepper sauce and pulse and few times until your dip is somewhat smooth.

Serve warm or cold.

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