Fast Fix: Two Cheese Snacking Dip

I’ve been struggling over the last couple of weeks with whether or not to entertain some friends over the holiday weekend. It’s not that I don’t enjoy my friends, or that I don’t enjoy having my friends over. The problem actually has more to do with “Ugh! I really don’t want to have to clean the house! Weed the garden! Mow the grass!”

I want to be selfish lazy and enjoy my holiday weekend by lounging. But, when it got right down to it I knew that there was no way a 4th of July could come and go without seeing some of our friends.

Unfortunately, waiting until the last minute didn’t leave a lot of time for menu planning, shopping for gourmet ingredients, or any extensive party planning.  I have a few recipes that are perfect for this type of situation. You know, the scenario where I wait until the very last minute before saying “Shhhhure! Come on over, I’ll make some goodies and we’ll have a Margarita or two!”

This dip is one of them since it fits into all of the following categories:

Simple

Fast

Tasty

Crowd Pleaser

Start with a cup of sour cream. It’s o.k. to use a low calorie or low fat version. I’ve been trying to trim a few inches off my hips, so this is “Light Sour Cream”

Then, grate and mix in 4 ounces of white cheddar cheese. Extra sharp is very good in this recipe, but other versions will work too. This, by the way, is not “Light Cheddar Cheese”.

Once I’ve shredded this, 4 ounces works out to just under a loosely packed cup. Perhaps shredding it made the calories jump out. Hmm. I know, not likely.

Add a tablespoon of grated Parmesan. I keep a blend of Parmesan, Asagio and Romano in the fridge, so that’s what I use.

Add some kosher salt. I skipped this step once – I wouldn’t recommend that you skip it. I mean, feel free to skip it if you like totally bland food, but otherwise add the salt.  Add some black pepper

. . . and

That’s IT! Seriously!! Store it in the fridge for up to two days.

One of the other great things about this dip is that it is FANTASTIC on lots of stuff! Of course you’ll want to eat it with crackers and the normal dipping veggies. But, one of my favorite uses for this dip is to plop some right on top of my baked potato. I mean, afterall, it is just cheese and sour cream, right? But, for some reason this particular combination of cheeses and sour cream are outstanding. Don’t forget the butter!

Hubba hubba. So much for trimming up my hips, eh?

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