LAST-MINUTE MEDITERRANEAN FETA CHEESE DIP

Here is an impressive, last-minute appetizer: Mediterranean feta cheese dip with contemporary basil, chives and sun-dried tomatoes! A fast cheese dip it is equipped in much now not up to 15 minutes.



INGREDIENTS

  • 8–10 oz feta cheese, crumbled
  • 3 oz cream cheese, softened at room temperature
  • olive oil
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 Persian cucumber or 1/4 English cucumber, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
  • 1 jalapeno, chopped
  • 3/4 cup sun-dried tomato bits
  • 10 contemporary basil leaves, torn
  • 1 1/2 tbsp chopped chives

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Place the feta, cream cheese, 1 tbsp olive oil and the honey in a enormous blending bowl. With the again of a spoon, press till the cheeses are softened and well-combined.
  • Add the remainder ingredients, 2 tbsp olive oil and gently combine.
  • Transfer the feta cheese dip right into a serving bowl. Serve together with your favourite bread or pita chips. Enjoy!



A small plate of feta cheese generally graced the dinner desk at my fogeys house. Not just any feta, this was an incredibly creamy feta that traveled all of the method from Upper Egypt, compliments of my dad’s “southern” family.

I all of the time concept the feta plate needed to be protected simply due to the fact we had buckets upon buckets of the creamy stuff, and we merely needed to end all of it up.  In truth, it was my father’s addiction–mine as well–that pressured the feta plate into each meal.



Today’s last-minute feta cheese dip is a step up from the humble feta plate of my childhood, but this recipe nonetheless may now not be easier. You just blend the feta with the chopped veggies, sun-dried tomato and contemporary herbs, and serve it together with your favourite bread or pita chips.

Whenever I’m in a pinch for  a fast anything to busy my visitors with, this cheese dip is my go-to.

Consider yourselves warned though, one chunk of this herbed, flavor-bursting dip, and also you may want to be hooked!


Place the feta, cream cheese, 1 tbsp olive oil and the honey in a enormous blending bowl. With the again of a spoon, press till the cheeses are softened and well-combined.


Add the remainder meals of chopped cucumbers, jalapeno (optional), sun-dried tomato bits, contemporary basil, chives and 2 tbsp olive oil. Mix gently with a spoon.

All contents of feta cheese dip blended collectively in a bowl

Transfer the feta cheese dip right into a serving bowl. Serve together with your favourite bread or pita chips. Enjoy!



NOTES
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