Mallory's Tasty Spinach-Artichoke Dip in a Cinch

So my husband called me from work one day, and the conversation went something like this:

Him: "So, D and G invited us over to watch the game tonight."

Me: "Oh, cool!"

Him: "So I told them we'd bring chips and dip--or ya know, some kind of appetizer."

Me: "Oh..."

Him: "Is that cool?"

Me: "Yeah, I'm sure we have something."

Let me make it clear that if there are two things you probably wont find in our apartment, they're chips and dip. But I knew I must--must--have something for making a dip. I jumped online and searched around and then I remembered those marinated artichokes I had bought for a pizza that we never made last week. Then I remembered the spinach-artichoke dip we had the last time we visited some of my husband's family--one of his cousins had just gotten a job working at a local market (he's in high school) and he was the salsa boy! (No bright costumes required. He made salsa and dips, etc.) And I thought, "Hmmmmm...I bet I can recreate that!" So I dug into my fridge and thus was born Mallory's Tasty Spinach-Artichoke Dip in a Cinch!

Ingredients:

8 oz. cream cheese, slightly softened

2 handfuls of baby spinach, chopped

1 green onion (including white), chopped fine

1 (6.5 oz) jar marinated artichokes, chopped coarse

some of the marinade

1/4 c. parmesan cheese 

2 cloves garlic

Directions:

1. With a hand beater, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add all other ingredients and beat until well mixed. Adjust as needed. Serve with crackers.

Grammy Haskins' Blue Cheese Dip

Another dip from Gram Haskins. You could dip chips or (better yet) buffalo wings in this!

1 tub sour cream

1 tub cottage cheese

1 pkg. blue cheese crumbles

Mix. Dip. Done.

Grammy Haskins' Onion Dip

Really easy and really good for ruffled chips (or any chips really!)

1 pkg. onion soup mix

1 tub of sour cream

Mix. Dip. Done.

Chilean Pevre

This makes A TON! My mum, who still has five kids at home, cuts it in half when she makes it for our family, so you can adjust it accordingly. This is really a party-sized amount, but it's the recipe Vero gave us.

NOTE: Pevre is kind of like a salsa, which means you can chop the ingredients as big or as small as you want. Vero keeps them fairly small, but they're still definitely chunks.

Ingredients:
2 white onions, chopped
10 tomatoes, peeled and chopped (again, adjust according to your family)
fresh cilantro - rinse in cold water; twist off stems; twist to tear in half; chop
2 lemons, juiced
1/4 c. olive oil
1/2 c. salt - I know it's a lot. You'll really use it to taste
Mexican style tomato sauce, to taste (typically between 1/4 and 1/2 cup

Directions:
1. Combine onions with salt (to taste). Mix and let set for 10 minutes.
2. Peel tomatoes, chop cilantro, mix together.
3. Squeeze out excess moisture in onions. Mix with tomatoes and cilantro.
4. Add rest of ingredients and mix together.

It's really good on chips, french bread, or you could even toast the bread a little to make a sort of bruschetta. Tasty!