Hey, everyone! I first made this recipe about four years ago now, which I can’t believe, but I sort of hid it in a larger themed post about Scarlet coming with us to see Trey Anastasio at the Academy of Music, and he played her request! She was only seven then, lest she think such occurrences happen to everyone. Ok, so a year ago this week she ALSO saw Bruce Hornsby live and HE played her request as well, and read her cute note aloud on stage. I think what I’m saying is that there’s some Luck of the Irish there. I swear I came here to talk about food, and this is one of our favorite recipes. Personally I love St. Patrick’s Day recipes, and this awesome lighter spinach dip with baked chips is so excellent and just what we need this year; all year!
Lighter Spinach Dip with Baked Shamrock Chips:
What You Need:
INGREDIENTS FOR SHAMROCK CHIPS:
Spinach tortillas (I used the Aldi’s brand)
Non-stick coating spray
Coarse salt or sea salt
Shamrock cookie cutter
INGREDIENTS FOR DIP:
9 oz. frozen chopped spinach – thawed and drained
17.6 oz container plain Greek yogurt (I used Fage brand)
1/4 cup low fat mayonnaise
1 envelope Knorr vegetable recipe mix
3 Tablespoons chopped chives
2 garlic cloves – peeled and minced
Dash cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
What You Do:
DIRECTIONS FOR SHAMROCK CHIPS:
1 – First, preheat oven to 350° and then line a large baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.
2 – Place the shamrock cookie cutter on top of the spinach tortilla and cut out 3-4 shamrocks per tortilla for 12 total.
3 – Place the spinach shamrocks on the baking pan and lightly spray with the non-coated vegetable spray.
4 – And then, sprinkle sea salt on top of each shamrock.
5 – Bake for 7-8 minutes or until they just start to turn brown on the edges.
6 – Cool on the pan for 10 minutes.
DIRECTIONS TO MAKE DIP:
1 – Add all of the ingredients in a bowl and stir to mix well.
2 – Cover and chill for 2-3 hours.
3 – Garnish with parsley sprigs or chopped chives and serve with shamrock chips and/or baby carrots.
4 – ENJOY!!
So, would you love this Lighter Spinach Dip with Baked Shamrock Chips?
Totally making this snack for our family now. Thanks seriously for sharing as looks delicious and perfect for St. Patrick’s Day now 🙂
Okay I am going to be all over this with a spoon! Yum!
These are just too cute for St. Patrick’s day! We are all about celebrating – Pinned!
What a great idea! I will totally make this with the greek yogurt. It is so full of protein that it makes a meal. Great idea!
Oh yum, I am sooo down with this. Thank you for sharing. Pinned, shared…. and plans to make (even better right) 🙂