Cheesy Spicy Crab and Spinach dip

I love spicy crab and spinach dip when I'm at a party!  Ok, I should clarify...I LOVE crab and spinach dip!  I'm "that person" who stands dangerously close to the dip table at a party, secretly annoyed when someone else comes over and breaks my concentration on THE DIP!    This is the best Spicy Crab and Spinach dip I have ever made! Until now, I have never had much luck making crab dip.  I mean, it always tastes great (how could it not?) I just have some memories tied to this dip.  My favorite parties are where you have just appetizers.  Don't you love to walk around, talk to people, and have finger food to eat?

Cocktail Parties versus Dinner Parties

Many years ago, in a different life, we would have dinner parties almost once a week. I'm not sure how I balanced Kids, work, and parties. It was fun cooking all kinds of nice dinners.  Then, everyone would arrive, have a few drinks, and maybe an appetizer or two.

Funniest dinner party ever!!!

I tried very hard not to have stuffy dinner parties.  Usually, by serving a few Martinis or Manhattans beforehand and appetizers.  My favorite party was when we invited three couples.  Yes, we made a crab and spinach dip for the appetizer.   We knew everyone from work, well, at least one of the spouses from work.  What we didn't know was that two of the wives did not get along.  It was so silly.  I remember my closest friend arrived right on time, and she asked me, "Who else was invited?"  I told her and she immediately said  I don't care what she says I didn't get my hair colored at that salon.

Oh boy, I should have known not to serve any additional drinks!  It was a night to remember.  The best part was when my friend got up and started to sing "I feel good uh-huh".  Then the two ladies got into a major discussion about whose dog could go the longest without going to the bathroom.  Oh, good times!!!  (Every few minutes I had to run out to the kitchen to giggle.)  Well, that was the last time I served Crab and Spinach dip at a party!!!  I know it wasn't the Martinis, Manhattans, and Red Wine!!!  It had to be the dip.

New revised Spicy Crab and Spinach Dip

So, I had to revise the dip just because it might have been the problem at that party.  We had fun coming up with this recipe and actually cut a ton of calories by using non-fat sour cream, whipped cream cheese, and fresh herbs.

This is a fun dip- we used fresh spinach, green onions, Serrano peppers (our pepper of choice!), and Lemons.  We would have used fresh artichokes but canned was a lot easier!!!

This dip takes about 10 minutes to put together and 30 to 40 minutes to bake.  We serve it with a loaf of crusty bread, but it would be good with your favorite cracker.

TIPS:

• Serve with Lemon Slices
• Top with chopped Cilantro, Parsley, or green onions
• Use Light or non-fat Sour Cream

Do you have any "dinner parties" that you will never forget?  Please share your fun dinner party times with us.

Here are a few of our other fun appetizers: Sesame Chicken Wings, Buffalo chicken meatballs, Feta Cheese meatballs, Bacon Cheese Burger meatballs, Cheeseburger meatball pizza knots, Tabasco Popcorn, Cheesy meatball pizza knots, or one of my favorite  Mashed potato Martini Bar