Delicious Low Fat Spinach Dip

I bought a spinach dip and absolutely loved until I looked at all the salt, fat grams and preservatives. I tried my own version and it was fantastic. I would eat spinach but I never really liked it. This I love!

8 oz. frozen Spinach rinsed well and pressed in a strainer

I small carton small curd no or low fat cottage cheese

(This is your main liquid so don’t drain it)

I pk no fat cream cheese that has been left out to soften

Spin the cottage cheese and spinach first in blender

Then use softened creme cheese to go easier on blades

Blend all this together just a couple of minutes

Try the dip to see if the spinach consistency is to your

liking>Blend a little more if not, this is a very quick dish

to make>Scrape into a container you have a lid for and will

hold about a quart or close

1 or 2 chopped fire roasted red peppers (from jar soaked in water

awhile if containing much salt or even overnight then rinse

(if you are salt conscious as I am - no if not)

or fresh raw which is better for you in either case

and naturally all fresh ingredients always best

1-8 oz. can Water Chestnuts drained

chop, add to dip

Add another pk.cream cheese chopped, cubed however you like

those bits and bites of the cream cheese makes it really good and

maybe you wouldn’t want to add the second carton stirred in with

chestnut and peppers but to me it helps make it a dip I can have about

all I want of and that is something over the years I have had to deny

myself being so crazy about dips

Refrigerate a couple hours for best results

I used UTZ no salt BBQ chips but it does have some fat so now on

I have decided to use lightly salted rice cakes and sprinkle one or two

BBQ crushed chips on top dip I don’t think the 2 to four chips would

really add so much fat if you have say 2 rice cakes loaded with dip

I will be trying this in some different ways. Maybe on celery?

Believe me it is fantastic and you can add

Your own ideas and for kids who don’t have to watch salt they

will get plenty of Spinach- loving every bit and it is something they

can learn to make if you want to make double and freeze half just

freeze the part you blended because adding the water chestnuts, cream

cheese and roasted pepper after thawing will make it taste

fresh made and only take a minute to stir in those ingredients but

remember you have to add

To make double and freeze half

16 oz Spinach, large carton cottage cheese (the new Kraft is fantastic!) but just the one cream cheese before freezing adding another to each after thawing with peppers and chestnuts.

Each of these ingredients just pop flavors in your mouth so delicious and

I have always wondered why it is so hard for anyone to come up with a frozen

product low or no fat without adding a ton of salt, they would get rich. Frozen food does not

need to be loaded with salt! I am sure the more we make this and try different things the more

ideas we will get.

Now look at this!!!!>>> An added Wow to this great treat>>>

Health benefits of spinach are because of minerals, vitamins, manganese, zinc, magnesium, iron and calcium.

Health benefits of spinach are for eyesight, blood pressure, strengthens muscles, cataract, heart attack, bone mineralization, skin protection, protein rich. It is rich in minerals and vitamins. Spinach for eyes, the nervous system, cardiovascular disorders, skin, bones and helps fight cancer! I could go on and this does not take into the consideration benefits of the low or no fat cheeses. I think this is going to be number one on my new diet! I think I am going to plant peppers in pots this week. The jar peppers are fine maybe for kids or people salt doesn't hurt but I want this recipe absolutely safe to eat to my heart's (or stomach's) content.