Italian Veggie Dip:

I love sweet snacks and a good dessert, but I also LOVE fresh veggies and dip!!!!! Especially a homemade dip. We had a bunch of fresh veggies recently, and my sister and I were so excited to make a big batch of homemade ranch dip to go with all the veggies we were planning on devouring! Unfortunately, we found out we were out of Ranch Dressing Mix. We grabbed the next best thing, and just hoped it would work!

And it did! Really well, actually! The Italian Seasoning was not overpower at all, but went so well with the vegetables! Just talking about it, makes me want a big bowl of veggies and dip right now!!

This is also perfect if you have lots of produce coming from your garden!

I hope you'll try it out!

1 (16 oz.) container Sour Cream

2 packets Zesty Italian dressing mix

Raw vegetables of your choice

Place sour cream in medium size bowl. Add dressing mix and mix until thoroughly combined.

Serve immediately, or chill until ready to serve!

Note:

-This was also very good as a chip dip!

-Click HERE to view on MyRecipe Magic, where you can find the nutritional information for this recipe!

Dill Pickle Dip:

 My birthday was last week, and like most people, my family kept asking me what I wanted for dessert, and things like that. I really just enjoy all kinds of food - a lot! So it's hard for me to pick one thing!! I seriously thought about it for days! We had a lot going on that weekend, and would already be having lots of desserts, so I thought that Chips/Veggies and dip and Chex mix would be fun! And it was a good choice!! Everything was so yummy, and it was so fun to just relax, have some finger foods, and watch one of my favorite movies - Princess Diaries2! And another good part, was that I could pick more than 1 thing!! I love Dill Pickle chips, but they are hard to find where I live, so when I saw this dip recipe, I wanted to try it! And it was so, so good! I actually like it far better than the dill pickle chips! So, even if it's not your birthday or any special occasion, I hope if you like dill pickles, you'll give this super easy recipe a try!!

 

 

1 (8 oz.) block cream cheese, room temperature

1/2 - 1 cup chopped dill pickles, depending on how much you like pickles!

1 tblsp. Worcestershire sauce

Pickle Juice

 

Using a hand mixer, cream together the cheese, pickles and Worcestershire sauce, until well combined. If it's too stiff for you, than you can pour in a small amount of pickle juice from the jar, until it reaches desired consistency. Serve or chill until ready to serve!

 

Note:

-You can use any size pickle. I used the pickle slices, and chopped them about as small as I could get them.

-It's actually a lot better served the next day! The flavors have a chance to blend I guess, and it's just really super yummy!

-I served it with Potato Chips, but it's actually good with tortilla chips too, and I'm sure you could serve it with crackers as well!

 It's just good, no matter how you serve it!!!

 

Peanut Butter Dip

We just tried this last weekend and it was amazing! Everyone absolutely loved it! It's so quick and easy. I hope you give it a try and like it as much as we did! It was SO good, that my dad ate this with apples on Sunday night after church instead of Brownies a la mode!!!!

1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup milk

Cream together all ingredients with a hand mixer and pour into a serving dish. Serve with whatever you can think of! We tried it with apple slices, carrot sticks, celery sticks, pretzels and brownies.

Note:
-We only had spreadable cream cheese, so that's what we used and it worked just fine. I'm sure either way would be fine.