One more recipe to the lineup of appetizers using cream cheese for me. This time it is for hot spinach cream cheese dip with parmesan and garlic.

Good choice if you are looking to increase the amount of leafy greens in your diet.

It is pretty easy to do and you can get a bowl full of goodness ready for your party or gathering literally in minutes.

Serve hot with tortilla chips or veggies.

Ingredients:

  • 12oz of spinach sliced
  • 1 pack of cream cheese (8oz)
  • 1/3 cup of grated parmesan
  • Small garlic clove
  • Ground black pepper
  • Salt
  • Olive oil

How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients: rinse and slice spinach, clean garlic:
    Spinach Cheese Dip: Step 1
  2. Warm up deep skillet with a bit of oil, add spinach in (work in portions if skillet is not large enough, spinach will reduce in volume significantly while cooking), stir from time to time:
    Spinach Cheese Dip: Step 2

  3. After spinach wilts, add pressed garlic and cook until fragrant:
    Spinach Cheese Dip: Step 3
  4. Add cream cheese, wait for it to soften and mix:
    Spinach Cheese Dip: Step 4
  5. Season with salt and ground black pepper to taste:
    Spinach Cheese Dip: Step 5
  6. Add shredded parmesan:
    Spinach Cheese Dip: Step 6
  7. Mix everything and cook for 10 mins over very slow simmer:
    Spinach Cheese Dip: Step 7
  8. Transfer to a dipping bowl, cool down a bit and serve with tortilla chips or veggies:
    Spinach Cheese Dip

Enjoy!