Sun dried tomato, Red pepper, and Feta dip

A few months ago I attended my friend Christen's engagement party. There was an orange dip. I fell in love with it. I then spent the next month or so attempting to get ahold of the recipe from her, and after various emails amongst her aunts, I finally received a copy.



To save you the trouble of having to email her aunts, I'm going to share it with you.

3-5 cloves garlic
1 8oz. jar roasted red peppers, drained
1 8oz. jar sun dried tomatoes in oil, drained
¼ cup pepperocini, drained and stem removed
½ lb. feta cheese, block not crumbled
8oz. cream cheese, softened
¼ tsp. Worchestershire sauce
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. black pepper
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves
1 cup loosely packed fresh parsley



In a large food processor blend garlic, roasted peppers, tomatoes, and pepperoncini until finely chopped.




Add feta, cream cheese, Worchestershire sauce, salt and pepper; blend until smooth, about 1 minute


With motor running, gradually add olive oil and blend until incorporated.

Add basil and parsley and pulse until smooth


Makes 4 cups; serve with pita bread, chips or crackers, celery or cucumber slices.

To make pita chips, brush pita bread or flat bread with olive oil. Using pizza cutter, make small triangles. Bake in 350 degree oven for 7-8 minutes.


Then eat it with your friends, and share the recipe.


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Pasta for Dummies - Rose Sauce

Remember when I had you put two jars of sauce in a pot and heat them up? Remember that? Yeah, well we're going to do that again.

Behold! Super easy rose sauce! It is called rose sauce because we mix a red sauce with white sauce, which in color wheel land would equal a pink sauce...but in real life it's actually rather orange.


We'll start with our two jars of sauce!

Since I wasn't sure how it would turn out, I didn't use the entire jars. However, the proportions would be right I think. I didn't use equal parts of each sauce, but I used equal parts of the jars. As in, I used 2/3 of the jar of alfredo sauce, and 2/3 of the jar of spaghetti sauce, so using the entire jar of each would work out as well. Alfredo sauce tends to come in slightly smaller jars than spaghetti sauces so I think in most cases these proportions would be right. Although you could just mix the two until you get the color you want.

You're aiming for this color, I guess.


If you're really cool you can wear a tomato themed apron while you do this.


Now for chicken slices! (I had the chicken breasts marinating in Italian salad dressing)


Multitasking! I'm cooking a whole wheat shell pasta for this experiment.


I plated it on a blue plate because orange and blue are complementary colors and I like to prove to my mother that I am using my art degree.


I think it came out pretty yummy. I don't think it's as great as the alfredo/pesto mix, but it's still pretty good. At least it gives you something different to do. I actually think I might mix the rest of the sauce together and make a lasagna with it.

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