Sausage Dip (recipe 2 of 2 sausage dip recipes)

This is an incredibly simple, delicious, and inexpensive sausage dip recipe that a local grocery store was sampling. It's sure to be a hit at any gathering!!! (It was at our Thanksgiving party!)


Ingredients:
~ 1 package hot Jimmy Dean sausage
~ 1 package cream cheese
~ 1 jar sliced jalapenos (or whole, but sliced is easier)
milk

Directions:
Cook sausage. Meanwhile, finely slice jalapenos (as many as you'd like...the more the spicier.) Add cream cheese to pan with cooked sausage and stir together. Add just enough milk to make it "dipping" consistency. Add jalapenos, tasting as you add, until it's your perfect flavor. Enjoy with crackers or bread pieces.

Sausage Dip (recipe 1 of 2 sausage dip recipes)

Always a hit at parties!



Ingredients:
~ 1 regular sized package Jimmy Dean regular sausage
~ 1 regular sized package Jimmy Dean hot sausage
~ 1 pkg cream cheese
~ 1 can diced green chilies
~ 1 can diced tomatoes
~ 1 16oz container sour cream

Directions:
Cook sausage; add all ingredients to crock pot and heat. Serve in crock pot. Serve with tortilla chips or bread.

Recipe from: sister-in-laws, Crystal & Liz's ward cookbook

Heaven in a "bowl" appetizers/dip

These are SO good! You can use the filling by itself as a dip with crackers and it's amazing too!


Ingredients:
~ 1/2 lb sausage, cooked
~ 2 green onions
~ 1/2 each red & green peppers
~ 1 c. cheddar cheese
~ 1/4 c. ranch dressing
~ won ton wrappers (round if you can find them) YOU CAN MAKE AS A DIP W/OUT WON TONS

Directions:
~ Press won ton wrappers down muffin tins and bake for 5 minutes at 350 degrees. Mix all other ingredients together, fill baked wrappers and bake 5-7 min. more. Serve immediately. (If you can't find round won ton wrappers, fold in wrappers in half by opposite points, making a triangle, and round off the pointed ends.) IF MAKING DIP, MIX ALL INGREDIENTS & WARM IN MICROWAVE. Serve warm with chips, crackers or bread pieces.

Recipe from: mom

Chili Cheese Dip in a Flash!

This is a fast and easy, easy dip. We throw it in a mini crock pot for parties last minute or have it along side of a meal at lunch or dinner.



Ingredients:
~ 2 cans chili
~ 1 15oz jar of Tostitos Salsa Con Queso (in the chip section)
~ Tortilla Chips, Fritos, or whatever you like

Directions:
In medium sized mixing bowl mix chili and cheese. Microwave until warm throughout, stirring frequently OR combine chili and cheese in a small crock pot. Cook on low until warm and serve in crock pot. You can microwave until warm and place in a crock pot on low so that it stays warm also.

Cheese Ball/Dip

I love cheese balls and this is one of the best I've had yet. It's soft which makes it a great dip for any cracker.


Ingredients:
~ 2-8oz. pkgs cream cheese
~ 1/4 tsp. dry mustard (or 1 tsp. prepared mustard)
~ 2 1/2-3 tsp. Bon Appetit (It's a McCormick seasoning salt - in little seasoning bottles in the seasoning section)
~ tops of 2-3 green onions, minced

Directions:
Mix together all ingredients (your hands work fabulous for doing this :) and shape into 2 balls. Chill at least 24 hours before serving. Serve with crackers.

Recipe from: Friend, Shirley Cross

Cheesy Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Ingredients:
~ 1 can artichoke hearts, drained and finely chopped
~ 1 pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
~ 3/4 cups grated Parmesan
~ 3/4 c. light mayo
~ 1/2 c. cheese
~ 1/2 tsp. garlic powder

Directions:
~ Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
~ Mix all ingredients until well blended and spoon into a 9 inch square baking dish or pie plate. Bake 20 minutes or until heated through.

Chicken Fiesta Dip

This is a great dip for company. Shawn and I had it for dinner one night with homemade cheese taquitos and dipped them instead of chips. Yummy dinner, Shawn really liked it. (I posted the recipe for taquitos also)












Ingredients:
• 4 oz reduced fat cream cheese
• 1 cup light sour cream
• 1 cup reduced fat shredded Mexican style cheese, divided
• 1 pkt. taco seasoning mix
• 4 green onions, sliced
• 1 ½ cups chopped cooked chicken
• 1 small tomato, chopped
• ¼ cup sliced black olives
• Ritz Toasted Chips, original (or any cracker/chip would work)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix cream cheese, sour cream, ½ cup of the shredded cheese, the taco seasoning and onions in medium bowl. Stir in chicken.
Spoon into 9 inch pie plate or small baking dish. Bake 25 minutes or until heated through. Top with remaining ½ cup shredded cheese, the tomatoes and olives. Serve with the chips. (these also go great with my homemade taquito recipe, made simply by leaving out the meat in the taquitos).