Recipe Box, Carrot Dip Garden
This little dish has it all, eye candy, flavor, veggies, easy peasy & a crowd pleaser! You can make this quickly, AND ahead of time, you will be a ROCK STAR once again!
Carrots, fresh spinach, artichokes, chives…a little seasoning, Parmesan and Mayo and you have an appetizer to knock their little cottontails off!
I’m all about carrots and bunnies these days so bear with me if I get carried away.
Carrots are the one vegetable that Super Boy will happily munch!
The bunnies at our house are Sooooooooo proud of their carrots…
Crunchy gold to them!
This is a simple artichoke dip, but this is a cold version, a nice change from the oh so common hot artichoke dip.
It gets a little kick from Ranch Dressing seasoning and fresh chives and Parmesan
I used a smallish rimmed glass cake stand and lined it with fresh spinach leaves
and put the dip in the center
Topped with snipped chives, it is ready to sprout baby carrots!
Radishes would be cute too, but I just thought of that and I don’t have any…
COLD ARTICHOKE DIP or CARROT GARDEN DIP
Ingredients
- 1 can artichoke hearts rinsed, drained and chopped about 10-14 artichoke hearts
- 2 T Ranch Dressing mix
- 1/2 cup light Mayo
- 1/2 cup freshly shaved Parmesan cheese*
- baby carrots
- fresh spinach
Instructions
- Mix together the dip ingredients and serve the dip in a spinach leaf line bowl with baby carrots for dipping. Dip can be made 24 hours in advance. Line bowl and insert carrots up to 6 hours before serving. Refrigerate. Serves 6-8
*try to ALWAYS use freshly grated or shaved Parmesan, it makes a HUGE flavor difference! My grocery {Publix} carries a good ready made store brand but beware of the popular commercial brands such as Kraft and Digornio, no flavor there.
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Love the presentation for this dip! You’re so creative. As for the Easter symbol, I too am a sucker for bunnies.
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Amelia
Easy, cute as can be, and delicious without a doubt! I’m going to have to pin this baby!!! (I’m old and forget things if I don’t!) Your displays are all so cute, and I really like those cocktail napkins under the glass stand!
That is actually a tile with carrots on it…but napkins would have been cute! I want to see photos of Geoffrey in his bunny ears please!
Love this presentation and dip idea. Thanks for sharing – using it to look like a rockstar!!
ha! You’re living in the right place!
Adorable idea!
This looks absolutely delicious and this is SUCH a cute presentation!! Thank you so much for sharing this on the FESTIVE FRIDAY FIESTA link party! Have a great night! =D
Too cute.
So cute, love it andi
Hello…came from The Home Girl party to check out your recipe! Wow…not only looks so pretty but it’s also delicious! Thank You for sharing! Pining to btw!
How cute! And how clever!
Love the presentation!
What a darling presentation! I’m hosting book club next weekend and I’m going to make this little carrot patch! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe at ON THE MENU MONDAY~!
Love this ever so adorable dip!….Thanks for this great idea!!…definitely making this!..
Jenna~ This is beautiful and oh so festive! I love your dip presented in the glass pedestal! Of course I love your bunnies, watering can and other gardening touches on the table! I’m predicting lots of pins and and carrot dip gardens for everyone this Easter 🙂
What an adorable snack sitting there in that pretty footed cloche! Love! Thanks for linking up to Monday Funday!