Rich And Creamy Spinach Vegetable Dip

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2-2 cups finely chopped spinach (i used fresh)
• 1/4 small zucchini or 1/4 medium zucchini, finely chopped
• 3 fresh garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 carrot, grated
• 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
• 3 -4 cauliflower florets, crumbled up
• 4 pieces eggplants, one inch cubes, finely chopped
• 2 -3 tablespoons capers
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese, of good quality (not from a bag or can)
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dill weed
• 1 dash chili powder
• 1/8-1/4 fluid ounce lemon juice
• 10 -15 cherry tomatoes (cut in half or sliced)
• 6 -8 pieces of crisply cooked bacon, crumbled

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 combine everything but the bacon in a bowl until well mixed.
• 3 note: for presentation, you can leave the cherry tomatoes aside when you are making the mixture and instead use them to line the edges of the serving dish.
• 4 spread mixture in baking dish and bake in oven for 20-30 minutes, sprinkling bacon cumbles over top of mixture at half way through baking time.