sister in law tina gave me this recipe long ago, & i love her for it. it's been a couple years since i've made it, but i'm bringin it back as soon as an opportunity presents itself, most likely for a holiday thing with co-workers. the combination of ingredients may sound strange (ie., jar of salsa with spinach), but it's wonderful. the part that takes the most time & makes it a little messy, or maybe more annoying, is cutting the cream cheese into cubes. but it's worth the effort & minor mess. enjoy!
Tina's Spinach Dip
Ingredients:
1 (16-oz) jar salsa
1 (10-oz) package chopped spinach
2 c. shredded monterrey jack cheese
1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, softened
1 c. evaporated milk (or half n half)
1 T. red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegrette
salt n pepper to taste
Directions: preheat oven to 400. in a medium baking dish, mix together salsa, spinach, cheese, cream cheese (cut into cubes), evaporated milk, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper. bake 12 to 15 minutes, or until bubbly. serve with chips or crackers of choice (personal preference is frito scoops :)
...& some food for thought while it bakes- had some challenging discussion last night at small group. it was about the affections. how we cling to things other than Jesus. it reminded me of the verse in ecclesiastes about eternity being placed in our hearts. and about c.s. lewis's thoughts re: the "things temporal" vying for our attention/affection despite knowing, intellectually, that He's better, truer & more beautiful (see october 29th post). thought you might like to see a little more of his insights:
"when we try to keep within us an area that's our own, we try to keep an area of death. therefore, in love, He claims all. ...the fatal choice is the permitted, regularised presence of an area in ourselves which we still claim for our own. we may never, this side of death, drive the invader out of our territory. but we must be in the resistance."
thank you, awesome Father! You are for us in the fray!
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