Roasted Red Pepper and Herb Spread

Ingredients:
1 medium red pepper
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
1 small garlic clove, coarsely chopped
1/2 c. loosely packed fresh parsely leaves, chopped
1/4 cup snipped chives or green onion
1 tsp. fresh thyme leaves

Preparation:
1. To roast pepper: Preheat broiler. Line broiling pan (without rack) with foil. Cut pepper lengthwise in half, discard stem and seeds. Arrange halves, cut side down, in broiling pan. Place broiling pan in broiler 5 to 6 inches from source of heat and broil pepper until it's blackened and blistered, about 6 to 8 minutes. Wrap foil around pepper and allow to steam at room temperature 15 minutes or until cool enough to handle.

2. Remove pepper from foil. Peel off skin and discard. Cut each pepper half into 4 pieces.

3. To prepare dip: In food processor with knife blade attached, blend roasted pepper with cream cheese, milk, salt, pepper, and garlic until smooth. Transfer mixture to medium bowl, stuil in parsley, chives, and thyme. Cover and refrigerate if not serving right away.

Serve with baguette slices toasted and butter.  From Jill Kramer

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

8-12 medium sized tomatillos-husked, rinsed and roasted until tender
1 serrano pepper roasted until tender
3 roma tomatoes
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2-1/2 white onion
2-3 TBS. minced garlic
sea salt and pepper
cilantro leaves
1/4 c. frozen corn

Finely chop tomatillos, tomatoes (skin on), onion and serrano pepper (use only 1/2 and add more at end to taste). Add lemon juice, garlic, sea salt, and pepper. Last add chopped cilantro leaves and chopped frozen corn and add more salt to taste.

Easy Homemade Torilla Chips

corn tortillas
vegetable oil
sea salt

Cut the corn tortillas into 6 sections, separate and fry in 350 degree oil until light amber. Drain on paper towel and salt while hot.

Fruit Dip

This recipe is very complicated, I know.

1 8 oz. package of cream cheese
1 7 oz. jar of marshmallow cream.

Let cream cheese soften at room temperature then blend marshmallow cream in with hand mixer. Blend until smoth then add a couple of squirts of lime juice. Serve with fruit.

Veggie Dip

Veggie Dip

1 cup mayo
1 cup sour cream
2 tsp. dill weed
2 tsp. bon appetit (seasoned salt)
1 Tbs. dried minced onion

Stir together and chill.

Toffee Chip Apple Dip

Toffee Apple Dip

8 oz. cream cheese
2/3 c. brown sugar
1/3 c. white sugar
1/2 c. toffee chips

Blend together and let set for a few hours--preferably overnight. Serve with apple wedges.