Daily Archives: 02 January 2010

Hot Spinach-Artichoke Dip

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Ingredients

  • 4-6 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 14 oz can artichoke hearts, chopped
  • 1 lb frozen cut leaf spinach, thawed and drained
  • 8 oz fancy mixed Italian cheeses
  • 1 T salt
  • 1/4 - 1 ts cayenne pepper

Procedure

  1. Sauté garlic in olive oil until golden; immediately remove from heat and add cream cheese to the pot. Stir until melted, then add artichoke, spinach, and Italian cheeses. Salt and pepper to taste, and stir to combine. Adjust seasoning as needed.
  2. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.

Serving suggestions

Serve with carrot and celery sticks if you are naughty, chips or crostini if you are nice. Top with buttered panko and parmesan and broil for a few minutes at the end if you're exceptionally awesome.

01 January 2010

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Yesterday…

  • I converted most of http://bajada.net/ from Textile to Markdown. Certain behaviors in Textile were giving me conniptions, like enclosing perfectly fine <div>s with <p>s just for the heck of it. I was in the midst of recoding shortcodes as filters to avoid this behavior when I threw in the towel. (Yes, I know about notextile... No, it was not sufficient.)
  • I made Mongolian Beef for dinner. Zakk came over, we remarked on how Kenny vs. Spenny has totally jumped the shark.
  • I resolved some issues with my tab shortcode. It just needs some JavaScript tweaking and for me to sort out how to do nice ids.
  • Madeline and I watched Alma together. Sweet and horrifying at the same time.

02 January 2010

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Yesterday…

  • The house heat broke. Then Matthew fixed it. (Because, actually, he broke it in the first place. Minor detail.)
  • I picked up some LED Christmas lights from the hardware store for $2 per string. Madeline and Becca now have colored crystals all over their bunk bed; Marcus used his to decorate the Nerf gun hanging on his wall. (I totally want to go back for more on Monday.)
  • Chinese food did not agree with Abigail at all. More laundry. Lots and lots of laundry.
  • I made guacamole. Mmm, guacamole.