{"id":403,"date":"2012-11-28T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/?p=403"},"modified":"2015-10-06T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T22:02:12","slug":"artichoke-and-spinach-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/artichoke-and-spinach-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Artichoke and Spinach Dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4544\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4544\" data-attachment-id=\"4544\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/artichoke-and-spinach-dip\/spinach-artichoke-dip-life-at-spring-meadows\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/spinach-artichoke-dip-fb.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,628\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;SandiHerronGraphics.com&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Spinach Artichoke Dip | Life at Spring Meadows -  Gardening Living Creating&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1444146185&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Sandi Herron, Chelsea, Alabama 2015&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Spinach Artichoke Dip | Life at Spring Meadows&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spinach Artichoke Dip | Life at Spring Meadows\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Spinach Artichoke Dip | Life at Spring Meadows &amp;#8211;  Gardening Living Creating&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Spinach Artichoke Dip | Life at Spring Meadows &amp;#8211;  Gardening Living Creating&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/spinach-artichoke-dip-fb-800x419.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"367\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4544\" alt=\"Spinach Artichoke Dip | Life at Spring Meadows - Gardening Living Creating\" src=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/spinach-artichoke-dip-fb-800x419.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/spinach-artichoke-dip-fb-800x419.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/spinach-artichoke-dip-fb-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/spinach-artichoke-dip-fb.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spinach Artichoke Dip | Life at Spring Meadows &#8211; Gardening Living Creating<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Serves 12<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n4 cloves garlic<\/p>\n<p>1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained<\/p>\n<p>1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped<\/p>\n<p>1 (10 ounce) container Alfredo-style pasta sauce (* I use Classico Four Cheese)<\/p>\n<p>1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese<\/p>\n<p>1\/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 (8 ounce) package cream cheese,softened<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.<\/p>\n<p>Place garlic in a small baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven 20 to 30 minutes, until soft. Remove from heat. When cool enough to touch, squeeze softened garlic from skins.<\/p>\n<p>Mix together all ingredients. Pour into an 8&#215;8 inch baking dish.<\/p>\n<p>Cover and bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until cheeses are melted and bubbly. Serve warm with crackers.<\/p>\n<p>* I think most of the prepared Alfredo sauces have a strange taste (some ingredient that I don&#8217;t like. So, I did a taste test and found that the Classico Four Cheese doesn&#8217;t seem to have that taste to it and I like the cheesiness (real word?) of it for this recipe.<\/p>\n<p>I use multigrain crackers, another good choice is the rosemary and olive oil crackers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spinach Artichoke Dip is a cheesy, hot dip for your next get together withs friends. 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