The best thing about this recipe is that you can customize all the ingredients to your liking with the exception of sour cream and cream cheese. Do you love Spinach?.. add a little extra. Do you love artichokes?… put in another jar. Do you love cheese, try adding Gruyere. This recipe you can’t go wrong. You may have noticed I didn’t mention mayonnaise. I don’t like how it makes the dip taste — so I just don’t add it and frankly, it tastes 100% better.

So for this recipe, you will obviously need spinach, I’m a fan of chopped frozen spinach. I use it in many dishes. You would have to buy 3 bags of spinach just to get the amount of spinach you get in frozen spinach. So it’s just easy and much easier to dry.  I see so many recipes suggesting using artichokes in water, but I love marinated artichokes. On their own, they are one of my favorite snacks and so I think they add a little extra to the dip. Cheese, cheese, and MORE cheese. I simplified this recipe by using only mozzarella and parmesan, but I wouldn’t turn down adding gruyere or fontina. I chose to add white onions and garlic to this dish – it gives additional flavor to this dip that is a party in your mouth.