We totally tailgated at the pool last weekend with dear friends. Let me tell you: this Skinny Spinach Ranch dip travels well and you can snack away guilt free!
If you are planning long summer days at the pool, keep this recipe handy! I wanted you to have it just in time for Memorial Day Weekend.
We swim pretty much year round in Florida thanks to heated pools. Growing up in Alabama, summertime officially kicked off when the neighborhood pools opened: Memorial Day Weekend! It was a really big deal. EVERYONE was there for opening weekend. In my hometown in north Alabama, families had seasonal memberships at neighborhood pools. My friends and I would head to the pool each morning on our bikes or big wheels for swim team practice. It was chilly and early and we loved it……we would go home for baloney sandwiches and then go right back to the pool. The days were long, and life was simple and good. It was the late 1970’s.
Fast forward to 2016.
Going to the pool for the day now necessitates more planning. AND parental supervision! 🙂
Most of us don’t live five houses down from the neighborhood pool and we certainly would never let our children ride unchaperoned on big wheels! So, we load up our SUV’s and mini vans with towels, sunscreen and enough sustenance to feed the entire cast of a WWII documentary.
(The picture above is the super cute tote my friend brought to our pool tailgate. It was so adorable I just had to show you…..she found it on Etsy. The fabric is water resistant and you can fit EVERYTHING in there!)
As you load a cooler for the little ones and the mamas, make sure you include this Skinny Spinach Ranch Dip – it is light, refreshing and a big hit!
Copa found a trio of Rubbermaid party platters and we are loving them for tailgates! They are top shelf dishwasher safe (thank you, Rubbermaid!) and stack nicely inside your cooler. Even better, the bowl in the center is removable and has a screw top lid. This makes entertaining a breeze! I made my Skinny Spinach Ranch Dip the day before and poured it into the serving bowl. It tucked neatly in my refrigerator until I was ready to place it in the serving platter. (Note: I was not compensated by Rubbermaid at all. I just really love this product and wanted to share it with you.)
Here is my vegetable platter featuring the Skinny Spinach Ranch Dip. I added a few handfuls of crackers in one compartment of the tray. Everything stayed nice and cool and crisp!
The flavor is rich, creamy but it won’t leave you feeling as if you have over indulged. Skinny Spinach Ranch Dip is true to it’s name! The ranch flavor gives it a little something special.Have a blast at the pool this summer!
We had such a fun day at the pool! Copa snapped this picture – it’s the ultra mom-at-the-pool picture. No make up, frizzy beach/pool hair and a bathing suit cover up that is supposed to double as a super chic tunic. As if. And, my smile clearly shows my enthusiasm at having my pic taken with no-make-up-beach/pool-hair. We moms can always rock the pool look! 🙂
Skinny Spinach Ranch Dip
Ingredients
- 1 ounce package ranch dip mix
- 1 16 ounce carton sour cream We used fat-free!
- 1 10 ounce package chopped, frozen spinach
- 1 tablespoon mayona We used fat-free!
Instructions
- Thaw chopped, frozen spinach according to package directions, removing all excess water.
- In a medium size bowl, mix spinach, sour cream, mayonnaise and ranch dip mix.
- Cover and refrigerate 4 hours.
this looks yummy! Thanks
Thanks so much, Lisa!