Best cold dip ideas?
 

Ok for some odd reason I have an itch to make a cold dip of some kind but am at a loss for what to make...

Thinking of a cold pizza dip or going the other direction and maybe something very light like a diced cucumber/feta with a vinaigrette base.

Just tossing ideas around now, if anyone has something really unique or ideas for how I should make either of these... let me know... otherwise I'll try to come up with a recipe of my own and you guys can tell me where I am going wrong...

Sour cream and onion. Always good.

Creamy spinach and artichoke dip.

Guacamole.

Dip them bastards in some cold gravy. Yum.

I could puree the B&G chips and eat that as a dip for the B&G chips!!!

I like french onion a lot.

I just had some of those a few hours ago. Not impressed.

Shoot. That's what I meant.

I've just watched Red reunite with Andy for the 93rd time.

Ouch. Hate artichokes and guac... and only like fresh spinach... you hit on almost all my "will not touch" foods right there

Creamy jalapeno dip. Pretty good.

http://www.food.com/recipe/chuys-cre...eno-dip-229104

If you've never made your own hummus...it's some amazing shit and way better than store bought.

ok, here is what i am thinking so far...


1 part diced cucumbers
4 parts crumbled feta
1 part diced green onion
1 part diced yellow(or red) bell pepper
1 part diced Hatch green chiles (hot or medium)
1 part diced tomatoes

Tossed in a lime vinaigrette then chilled. Served with pita wedges.

Other than salt and pepper, any suggestion for spices to use?

Does this sound like it would suck?

It would suck for me. Reads like a salad and I curse God for making cucumbers.

Nice one! I'll have to try that, I've been to Chuy's a bazillion times but have never had this.

I don't care for cucumbers much either but with feta they work for me. yeah, this is very salad-like but the point is to be a very CRISP cold dip.

I like French maids a lot

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Dill dip

Don't know if anyone said it but yeah dill dip

I like dill dip but I can just buy that

http://static.caloriecount.about.com...-dip-74004.jpg

I'm trying to expand into new stuff I haven't had before.

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Garlic or garlic salt. You could add in some black beans as well.

I briefly considered black eyed peas but then it is basically my texas caviar recipe with cucumber instead of jalapeno. So I'll prolly skip the beans entirely.

I think you are right, I'll skip the salt and use garlic salt.

Thinking of cheating and just using Greek seasoning.

I made this for another CP member.

I'm now very suspicious of you.

HA! great minds and all..

So seriously did you make something close to this and how'd it turn out? Give me the info!

Added a bit of yogurt so I'm told it was yummier after I left and it set.

But I usually left him either drunk or high so...

Nice. I think I'll do a test run and have one without sauce (just tossed in lime vinaigrette) and the other with a yogurt based sauce(Tzatziki)

Awesome! I think that is the plan. I'll let you guys know if it sucks or not.

This

Or if you have sour cream and sriracha mix together and your gold.

Artichoke/jalapeno dip for potato chips, quinoa salad+salsa for corn chips. For cold leftover pizza? Any shitty ranch dressing will do.

Sub dip. This isn't the exact one I had, but it's pretty damn close.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/m...ip-recipe.html

Corn dip. Mayo, sour cream, diced jalapeños and chiles, corn (drained, I prefer thawed frozen) and shredded cheddar.

Twice Baked Potato Dip

16 oz sour cream
1 pkg Hidden Valley Ranch Dip
Bacon Bits
Fine Cheddar Cheese

Texas Caviar FTW.

http://www.food.com/recipe/texas-caviar-181378

You just gave me a great idea for when I make french onion dip, which is just french onion soup mix and sour cream. Awesome!

Get some jalapeño jelly, throw it on some cream cheese, get wheat thins and engorge

My mom had the best shrimp dip but it's a family secret. So you're not getting it.:p

Smoked fish dip.

Banana dip. Before it's too late.

I had my doubts, but like this a lot; sounds similar to what you were going for...

Greek Goddess Dip
Ingredients:
1 cup hummus, (I used garlic flavor from Trader Joe’s)
1 cup English cucumber , diced
1 tomato, diced
Red onion, diced. ( I used about 1/8 cup. You can use as much or as little to your taste)
½ cup crumbled feta cheese
Salt & pepper, to taste sprinkled on tomatoes, before you place in dish
Tzatiki, (this is a cucumber yogurt dip, I found it pre made at my local Wegmans grocer, you can also find many recipes on-line)
Black olives, ½ cup (optional)
Directions:
Prepare all your ingredients per list, dicing veggies.
In a shallow bowl, Layer hummus, tzatziki sauce, cucumbers, onion, tomatoes (season them first). If you choose to use olives, add now, finally add feta.
Keep in fridge until ready to serve. Serve with pita chips.

Whatever, I'll stick to ketchup and horseradish sauce. :)

I like Philadelphia roasted pecans & sweet honey cream cheese. I suppose it would be easy enough to make mix roasted pecans and sweet honey into cream cheese melt it down and cool it off in the fridge.

Damn, I love me some hot pepper jelly. Can't usually find any.

Interdasting....

Lot's of good ideas here.

Ha, no it's a dip that tastes like pizza.. or so that is the idea. Lot's of hot versions but I found a warm/room temp version I may try.

Basically it's cream cheese, tomato paste, diced pepperoni, oregano, and basil all blended up then topped with shredded cheese and pepperoni and baked till shredded cheese melts.

No clue if that will be decent but sounds worth a shot, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a "cold" version.

Usually the Amish stores have it

To make it cold I would go with cream cheese, loose sausage, tomato paste, nacho cheese and the spices all blended together. Then mince the pepperoni and add it in while the mix is still warm. I would think about adding parmesan flavored bread crumbs as well but you may have to be careful to keep it thin enough to be dip-able when served cold or at room temp. Good old fat free Greek yogurt or sour cream works well for that. Should taste like pizza.

I have to go grocery shopping soon. Maybe I'll throw some shit together and see what happens.

OK, I'm going to make the cold pizza dip. I just got back from the grocery store. I forgot it was Sunday. Holy shit, I was wading through a **** ton of Catholics and the aisles were packed. I grabbed most of what I needed with mounting frustration then finally announced in a loud voice that I thought I saw the Virgin Mary in the bread section. Taking advantage of the confusion I quickly grabbed some canned pizza sauce and headed to check out. So I won't be seasoning it myself but otherwise it will be just as I said. As soon as the boy is done washing his dishes and out of the kitchen I'll start making it.

AWESOME!

My favorite dip ever. Cream cheese, horseradish and diced green olives. Eat with Fritos.

AH-MAZING

Awesome

It worked perfectly. I used a canned pizza sauce instead of making my own and I used Italian style bread crumbs because they didn't have Parmesan. It looks like it will be the consistency of a creamy bean dip at room temp. The Greek yogurt worked well to thin it out but it was already starting to throw the flavor off a touch, I would recommend using plenty of pizza sauce to get the consistency you want.

You are the man! I'll give it a shot this week!

Cool. Here's a half assed recipe to do it in one pan:

Cook 1 pound of loose sausage. Lightly brown it in a nonstick pan. Drain completely and continue to cook it until it is seared evenly throughout.

Add in 8 ounces of cream cheese and fold it into the sausage on low heat.

Add about 5 ounces of nacho cheese and fold it in on low heat.

Add in 3 ounces of minced pepperoni. You can buy sliced pepperoni, it is easier to mince. You may want to add more pepperoni than this. You could double it or triple it if you really love pepperoni. I got lazy and settled for 3 ounces because it already has plenty of sausage.

Continue to fold those ingredients on low heat until evenly mixed, turn off the heat.

Add in 15 ounces of canned pizza sauce and blend it in. Or make your own, it will taste better.

*** I used 3 ounces of fat free Greek yogurt to thin it out and make it creamier. I would recommend using more pizza sauce instead. Maybe double the sauce.***

Add in 2 to 3 ounces of flavored bread crumbs and blend. I used Italian because Parmesan wasn't available.

You may want to add salt to taste.

I haven't made this in quite a while, but it is always a big hit. You can add some chopped jalapenos to spice it up if you like.

Monterey Jack Salsa

Ingredients
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
5 green onions, chopped
1 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced
1 tomato, chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 (4 ounce) can diced green chiles
1 (6 ounce) can chopped black olives
1 cup zesty Italian dressing

Directions
In a medium bowl, mix together cheese, onions, avocado, tomato, cilantro, chile peppers, olives and dressing. Serve.

Proportions, my good man?

Decide how much you want to make and buy your cream cheese accordingly. Horseradish to taste (I like a very healthy amount myself). Olives also to personal preference.

My mom has made it for years and she has never had actual proportions. So this is the only way I know to do it

The cold pizza dip has cooled in the fridge. It tastes like those microwave pizza rolls but fresher. Not bad at all. I'm going to let it sit in the fridge overnight before we give it the final taste test.

Perfect! What are you using to dip in them? I was thinking Pita chips... only because that would look like tiny slices of pizza.

http://www.junkfoodguy.com/wp-conten...hinpita-01.png

I grabbed some light corn chips but I am thinking pita chips will be great. I'll be trying those and pretzels after it sits in the fridge overnight.

Oh-the pepperoni flavor is getting stronger over time. It has a very nice combo pizza vibe to it.

I make this stuff for parties sometimes... It's a bit of effort to put together but it crushes it every time. Grilled corn, creme fraiche, green onions, and a bunch of other yummy stuff. Sour cream will work in place of the creme fresca, but get the real shit if you can find it. Best place to get it in salt lake is whole foods.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/e...ps-recipe.html

We make the Famous Dave's knockoff bleu cheese dressing for wings, but it makes so much, we have loads leftover.

Throw some Frank's RedHot in that shit and dip Tostitos mini tortilla chips in it.

The bomb.

Nice...

Only better way to be left is laid...and even that's debatable.

We do that with red pepper. Not sure what you dip, but we use the big Fritos Scoops Corn Chips.

We thought it was an odd pairing the first time we were introduced to it, but damn...

Copenhagen

It's the next day and the dip is completely done. I should say was completely done. We wolfed that shit down like it was manna from Heaven. I am going to say go ahead and double the amount of pizza sauce and omit the Greek yogurt or use a sturdy object to dip with. It was quite thick at fridge temp.

7 layer dip is a good choice I usually make.

We make a buffalo chicken dip with that shitty shredded chicken from a can but it comes out really awesome when mixed with the other stuff in a dip. People love it at parties.

It's been said in this thread, but I make a corn dip for tailgating that is a hit. Mayo, sour cream, canned mexi-corn, chopped olives, green onion, shredded cheddar cheese, spices to your liking. I add a little cayenne, salt and pepper.

Fritos large scoop chips to eat it with. It's a fatty food and you feel like a glutton shoving this mayo/corn abortion into your face, but it's still delicious.

You are my hero... sounds like it turned out how i was imagining it... I'll use your revamped recipe and give it a shot.

Buy the pita chips (or whatever you plan to use) ahead of time because you are going to wolf this shit down. I am trying to remember the name of these chips I had gotten that looked like little pieces of rye bread. Very crispy and sturdy with a lot of crunch. I think those would be perfect.

Here they are but I don't know how the rye will change the flavor:

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