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These easy cold appetizers are delicious recipe ideas you can make in advance and refrigerate for your next party! No oven needed.

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Top 15 Easy Cold Appetizers: Cold Spinach Dip & More!

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This easy spinach dip comes together in just a few minutes and tastes incredible! It’s perfect for parties and no-fuss entertaining.

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 6 to 8 1x
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Method: Cold
  • Cuisine: Cold
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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  • 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach*
  • ¼ cup minced shallot
  • 2 green onions
  • 1 ½ cups Greek yogurt
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • ¼ teaspoon dried dill
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • For serving: pita chips, crostini or bread bowl

Instructions

  1. Thaw the spinach. Then use a strainer to squeeze out as much moisture as possible.
  2. Mince the shallot. Thinly slice the green onions.
  3. In a medium bowl, mix together the spinach, shallot and green onions with Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, dried dill, garlic powder (more or less, depending on your garlic taste), salt and pepper. Taste and add a few pinches kosher salt. Serve immediately with pita chips, or chill until serving.

Notes

*Optional variation: Make it spinach artichoke dip by adding chopped artichokes from 1 14 ounce (8.5 ounce dry weight) can artichoke quarters

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About the authors

Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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  1. Sonja Overhiser says:

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