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Chilpotle cheese dip

Erin @ One Particular Kitchen — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:32:01 +0000

I’ve been doing a bit of desperation cooking around One Particular Kitchen.

In the initial thick of things with the flood we were trying to stay out of the way, stay home, and leave the available gas, water (oh the irony), roads and groceries for those who needed them far more than we did.

We figured since life gave us limes, we’d make margaritas. And margaritas call for chips and dip! A quick inventory of the pantry revealed no Rotel. How is that possible? I did, however, have:

1 can diced tomatoes
1 can chiles chilpotles
1 lb. Velveeta

Works for me!

Pour can of tomatoes (undrained) into a large bowl
Dice chilpotles and add to bowl
Cut Velveeta into cubes and add to bowl
Now melt this either in the microwave, stirring every minute or so, or by setting the bowl over a pan of boiling water, double-boiler style
After it’s all melted either serve as-is or use an immersion blender (carefully! This stuff is hot) to make it totally smooth
Serve with chips and mucho margaritas

Before I let you go make this, a note on my fair city: the water is going down. Nashville is open for business. We’d love to see you! Amazing things are happening here. The flood? We got this. Please come visit and see why I’m so proud to live here and why there’s no other place like this in the world. We are Nashville.

Queso fiesta dip

Erin @ One Particular Kitchen — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:29:16 +0000

It’s another LuLu Buffett recipe! This was every so slightly modified from LuLu’s Crazy Cheesy Queso Dip. I love it especially right now because the red and green peppers look all Christmasey. Aww!

Here’s what I used:

1/4 cup butter
1/2 sweet yellow onion
1/2 red bell pepper
1/2 green bell pepper
1 can (4 oz) diced green chiles
1 pound Velveeta or other melty cheese
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon pepper (white pepper if you have it)
Salt to taste

To make the cheesy goodness:

Slice cheese into 1″ chunks and put it and milk in top of double boiler, or in a large glass or metal bowl put over a pan of boiling water to start melting
Finely dice onion and peppers in the food processor
Melt butter in heavy saucepan and add diced veggies; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until veggies are soft
When cheese/milk mixture is melted, stir in cooked veggies and add cumin, pepper and salt
Serve immediately with chips, or keep warm in a crockpot for your fiesta

Cheesy chili dip

Mama — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:04:15 +0000

Hi, it’s ridiculously simple week on One Particular Kitchen. Care to join me?

This dip calls for exactly four ingredients:

A block of cream cheese
A can of chili
An 8 oz bag of shredded cheese
A bag of chips

When my alma mater is losing playing, I don’t want to spend all day in the kitchen! This is so quick and easy to throw together that I can serve a crowd (recipe is easily doubled) and keep everyone full without missing a Crompton interception play.

So here’s what you do:

Using the foil from the package, press the cream cheese into the bottom of a pie plate or baking dish
Pour over the chili (I use Vietti, or leftover homemade chili)
Sprinkle on the cheese (I used colby jack; cheddar is also great)
Bake at 350F till everything is melty and bubbly. Serve with chips!

Whatever you do, please do not use reduced fat sprinkling cheese — it just doesn’t melt right, and meltiness (uh, it’s a word) is a key trait of this dish.

Now. How easy is that?