Roasted Garlic Spinach & Artichoke Dip with Garlic Pita Chips

By cindyandmojo

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp butter
• 2 Tbsp tapioca starch
• 2 cups unsweetened almond milk
• 1 cup non-fat cottage cheese
• 1 head garlic
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 4 oz low-fat cream cheese, cubed
• 1 1/2 cup shaved parmesan
• 16 oz frozen spinach, thawed and drained
• 1 (14.5 oz) can chopped artichokes
• 2 whole roasted red peppers (from a jar)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• Grated Parmesan, for garnish
• Pita Chips
• 6 whole pita rounds, cut into 4ths
• Pinch Salt
• Pinch garlic powder
• olive oil spray

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 70mins
Adapted from thehousewifeintrainingfiles.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Peel away the outer layers of the garlic bulb skin, leaving the skins of the individual cloves intact. Cut off ¼ to a ½ inch of the top of cloves, exposing the individual cloves of garlic.
Wrap garlic in foil, drizzle with olive oil and a pinch of salt. Close foil around garlic with a small opening remaining. Add to oven and roast for 45 minutes, or until garlic is soft and caramelized.
Remove from oven, and allow garlic to cool so you are able to handle it. Lower oven heat to 375 degrees F.
Meanwhile, spray pita with olive oil, salt and garlic powder. Add to baking sheet and bake in oven until crisp, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
While pita chips are baking, add milk, cottage cheese and 6 of the garlic cloves to a blender and puree.
In a large skillet, melt butter. Once fully melted, whisk in tapioca starch until clumps form. Add milk mixture and whisk well. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Let simmer for 10 minutes, or until mixture starts to thicken.
Once mixture is thickened, add cream cheese and parmesan. Whisk until completely melted.
Remove from heat and add spinach, artichokes, red peppers salt, pepper and garlic powder. (If artichokes are large, chop until small and bite size, if desired.) Stir mixture well until fully incorporated.
Add mixture to a greased 10 inch baking dish. Bake 15 minutes or until heated through.

Instructions