Spicy Cheddar-Jack Cauliflower Dip

JasiBella

Serves 12
Cooked cauliflower is pureed and combined with cheese, spinach, garlic and jalapeño in this tasty and different dip. Serve with pita chips or toasted baguette.

Ingredients
Florets from 1/2 head cauliflower (about 2 1/2 cups), steamed until very soft and cooled
4 ounces 365 Everyday Value® Neufchâtel cheese
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 to 2 fresh jalapeño peppers, seeded and finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3/4 teaspoon salt
12 ounces (about 3 1/2 cups) 365 Everyday Value® Cheddar-Jack Shreds
3 lightly packed cups (about 5 ounces) baby spinach leaves

Method
Heat oven to 375°F. Pulse cauliflower in a food processor until very smooth. Add Neufchâtel, mayonnaise, jalapeño, garlic, salt and all but 1/2 cup of the cheese shreds and pulse until very smooth. Add spinach and pulse until chopped. Scrape into a 1-quart ovenproof baking dish or casserole, sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake until hot and bubbling, about 35 minutes.

Nutrition
Per serving (about 3oz/73g-wt.): 180 calories (130 from fat), 15g total fat, 9g saturated fat, 40mg cholesterol, 420mg sodium, 3g total carbohydrate (1g dietary fiber, 1g sugar), 8g protein

JasiBella

Serves 12
Cooked cauliflower is pureed and combined with cheese, spinach, garlic and jalapeño in this tasty and different dip. Serve with pita chips or toasted baguette.

Ingredients
Florets from 1/2 head cauliflower (about 2 1/2 cups), steamed until very soft and cooled
4 ounces 365 Everyday Value® Neufchâtel cheese
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 to 2 fresh jalapeño peppers, seeded and finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3/4 teaspoon salt
12 ounces (about 3 1/2 cups) 365 Everyday Value® Cheddar-Jack Shreds
3 lightly packed cups (about 5 ounces) baby spinach leaves

Method
Heat oven to 375°F. Pulse cauliflower in a food processor until very smooth. Add Neufchâtel, mayonnaise, jalapeño, garlic, salt and all but 1/2 cup of the cheese shreds and pulse until very smooth. Add spinach and pulse until chopped. Scrape into a 1-quart ovenproof baking dish or casserole, sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake until hot and bubbling, about 35 minutes.

Nutrition
Per serving (about 3oz/73g-wt.): 180 calories (130 from fat), 15g total fat, 9g saturated fat, 40mg cholesterol, 420mg sodium, 3g total carbohydrate (1g dietary fiber, 1g sugar), 8g protein

Lyn_Matthews

wow this one looks delicious too.
May I ask where you find these?

JasiBella

Here are the sites I go to:

3fatchicks.com
hungry-girl.com
foodnetwork.com (Ellie Krieger's recipes)
aimeesadventures.com
eatingwell.com
recipes.sparkpeople.com
delish.com
healthylivingonline.com
BellyBytes.com
wholefoodsmarket.com
recipezaar.com/
eatbetteramerica.com
anitasrecipes.com
recipegoldmine.com

keiko

Skip the chips and give me a spoon! This looks good!

JasiBella

:laugh: :laugh:

LuckyLeprechaun

I bet you could save even more calories if you use low-fat mayo. The Best Food's (aka Helmann's in the East) is the best lowfat mayo I have tried. Unless you are eating it straight, you really cannot detect a difference, and it saves SOOOOO many calories. (90 cals for real mayo, 15 cals for lowfat.)

and what if you sub low fat cheese?
hmmm. need to try it out. Superbowl snack idea?

JasiBella

I bet you could save even more calories if you use low-fat mayo. The Best Food's (aka Helmann's in the East) is the best lowfat mayo I have tried. Unless you are eating it straight, you really cannot detect a difference, and it saves SOOOOO many calories. (90 cals for real mayo, 15 cals for lowfat.)

and what if you sub low fat cheese?
hmmm. need to try it out. Superbowl snack idea?

Great idea!

LuckyLeprechaun

according to my calculations, by subbing lowfat mayo and lowfat cheese, the cals per serving drops to 116. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I'd wager you cannot taste the difference!

I'm making this for superbowl.

Thanks Jasi!

JasiBella

according to my calculations, by subbing lowfat mayo and lowfat cheese, the cals per serving drops to 116. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I'd wager you cannot taste the difference!

I'm making this for superbowl.

Thanks Jasi!

Holy cow!
That's awesome!

You are very welcome.. Enjoy:drinker:

Lyn_Matthews

Here are the sites I go to:

3fatchicks.com
hungry-girl.com
foodnetwork.com (Ellie Krieger's recipes)
aimeesadventures.com
eatingwell.com
recipes.sparkpeople.com
delish.com
healthylivingonline.com
BellyBytes.com
wholefoodsmarket.com
recipezaar.com/
eatbetteramerica.com
anitasrecipes.com
recipegoldmine.com

Thank you for sharing the websites! can't wait to browse all of them.

Juliebean_1027

I bet this would be really good as a topping for a baked potato or something. Yumm-o! Thanks for sharing!

JasiBella

You are very welcome:bigsmile: