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Spinach dip (sometimes casually spin dip) is a dip that uses the vegetable

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as a primary ingredient.Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3 – Todd Wilbur
pp. 188-189. Frozen spinach is often used in its preparation. Slow cookers may be used to prepare the dip, and it may be served warm, or there may be no cooking involved. Additional primary ingredients include

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, cream cheese, sour cream and

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.White Bean & Artichoke Spinach Dip - FOX 32 News Chicago
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, crackers and chips. The dip is commonly eaten as an ''

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'', appetizer, or party

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. Many

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chains offer spinach dip on their menus. Several commercially prepared, mass-produced spinach dips are sold in grocery stores and

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s. Some commercial powdered mixes, such as Knorr, are available to flavor the dip.

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The dip is well-suited to a simple presentation: being served in a small bowl or large ramekin. A bread bowl prepared using hollowed-out bread that is filled with spinach dip is another method of presentation.Working Mother
p. 164. Spinach dips are sometimes served warm.

Variations

Spinach-artichoke dip is one common variation, with artichoke hearts utilized as the other primary ingredient. Ingredient additions may include

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s. Some recipes use spinach dip as a filling within other foods, like bread rolls.

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