Spinach Dip All Grown Up

Published: 01/12/2022 | Updated: 04/03/2024

Spinach dip has been a staple on the house party circuit for as long as I can remember. It has its positives: nice colours, fairly filling, easy to put together, but let’s face it…it’s gotten to be a bit boring!

People try to put their own spin on their spinach dips by adding bits of carrot or radish or even bacon, but the base of the dip remains essentially the same.

I thought I would take this classic appetizer and bring it into the 21st century. The result was a dip that will blow your taste buds away!

This is unlike any spinach dip you’ve stood around the island sampling at a Baby Shower or birthday party before.

The spinach dip has grown up and is ready for a party of its own!

I had been wanting to update the spinach dip concept for a while. The idea for this actually came to me while I was sitting in church last Sunday (the irony that I got the idea for putting wine in spinach dip while sitting in the church pew is not lost on me!).

I was so excited to see if it would work that the kids and I stopped off at the grocery store on the way home to pick up the ingredients and I quickly whipped it up.

While it was in the oven, I was a bit nervous about what it would taste like, but I needn’t have been worried. This is hands-down THE BEST bread bowl spinach dip I’ve ever made or eaten!

Grown-Up Spinach Dip:

10 oz. package of chopped frozen spinach, thawed and drained
1/2 cup sour cream
1/8 cup white wine
1/4 cup Gruyere cheese, shredded
1-2 tsp. hot sauce
3 waterchestnuts, sliced
1/4 cup purple onion, chopped
sourdough bread, round or long

I mixed together drained frozen spinach, sour cream, white wine, some grated Gruyere cheese, a few chopped waterchestnuts, and some hot sauce and spooned it into a long loaf of sourdough that I had cut the middle out of.

I popped the whole thing into the oven. When it was done, I sprinkled it with chopped purple onion.

You could stir the onion in before baking it if you want, but I was really wanting the crunch of the raw onions, so I opted to add them after baking. I also like the contrasting colours of purple against green.

I served mine on a platter with bread chunks (cut from what I had taken out to create my “bread bowl”) and green, yellow, and red peppers. I loved the look of all the colours on the tray, but the taste far exceeded the look!

When my husband got home, he asked if there was anything to eat. I replied that there was only spinach dip. I know that he doesn’t like spinach dip, but he agreed to give this one a try and apparently, it won him over! This is what my beautiful platter looked like a few minutes after he agreed to sample it:

I would say that it met with his approval! This classic party dip has just been given a world of new possibilities!

Also, if you are looking for some delicious Christmas party appetizers and recipes? Check out these great appetizers and recipes. So get cooking and have a merry Christmas!