warm spinach garlic spread

january's recipe of the month ... completed. on new year's eve we had some crackers and cheese at our little celebration. the box of club crackers had a recipe on it, so i decided to try it. here's my review.

it tasted good. i'm not entirely sure what the milk, oil, salt, and hot pepper sauce added to the recipe, but it obviously didn't hurt anything. however, i only put in 2 teaspoons of garlic, and it could definitely use more. in the end, especially when it started to cool off, it returned to a cream cheese consistency. so, while i thought it was okay as a dip/cracker spread last night, this morning it was seriously delicious on my bagel and turkey breakfast sandwich.

*side note, i used fat free cream cheese and would probably eliminate the oil next time, just to have a low calorie, high-ish protein, zero fat spread. yum.

here's the recipe:

warm spinach garlic spread

1 package chopped frozen spinach (10 oz)
1/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon olive oil
2-3 teaspoons bottled roasted garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
12 oz cream cheese cut up
club crackers (original flavor)

1. cook spinach according to package directions. drain in colander, pressing spinach with back of spoon to remove excess moisture.

2. in medium saucepan stir together milk, oil, garlic, salt and hot pepper sauce. cook and stir over low heat until warm. gradually add cream cheese, stirring until melted. stir in spinach. heat through.

3. serve warm or chilled with crackers.