I absolutely love spinach dip! I bought some at Walmart the other day (the Tostitos brand creamy spinach dip - on the chip aisle). Yesterday I used it to make chicken salad, instead of mayo and it was wonderful! The spinach dip has 50 cal, 4g fat, 2 carbs for 2 tbsp. Mayo has 180 cal, 20g fat, and 0 carbs for 2 tbsp. It's much lower in calories and fat, and it gives a lot of flavor.

I used canned chicken, added a few tbsp. of spinach dip (as much or as little as you like) and a little salt and pepper, very tasty lunch!! I love the texture it gave the chicken salad. The dip has diced veggies, so it adds a little crunch, which I love. Hope you all like it!

I loved your idea and made a mexican version. I took the jarred tostitos white queso dip and added some to shredded rotisserie chicken, chopped frozen spinach, canned black beans (drained) and chopped sweet onion. Tastes like the inside of a scrumptious enchilada.

kc~ that sounds really good!! Thanks for sharing!

Georgia girl, I just have to tell you again how great your Creamy Chicken Salad is. I have had to stock up on this stuff, because my husband is making sandwiches out of it. He loves it!!! I find myself looking for all your posts for your receipes. I told my husband about your slow cooker meatloaf. He wants me to make it this weekend. So I'm making a grocery list. I noticed your age, same as my daughter. She used to live in Hinesville,Georgia. Her twins were born in Savanna. Georgia is a beautiful state, love it there. (Still waiting for my insurance to approve me. I'm hanging in there.)

Georgia girl, I just have to tell you again how great your Creamy chicken salad is. I have had to stock up on this stuff, because my husband is making sandwiches out of it. He loves it!!! I find myself looking for all your posts for your receipes. I told my husband about your slow cooker meatloaf. He wants me to make it this weekend. So I'm making a grocery list. I noticed your age, same as my daughter. She used to live in Hinesville,Georgia. Her twins were born in Savanna. Georgia is a beautiful state, love it there. (Still waiting for my insurance to approve me. I'm hanging in there.)

Hey Jo Anne! I'm glad you like the recipe. I stock up on the dip too! Before I got good restriction I made sandwiches with it too. I use it A LOT! Let me know how you like the meatloaf.

Georgia is a beautiful state. I've never been to Savanna but I've always wanted to vistit.

Hope you get approved soon! Good luck!

OK people - stop hoarding!!! I had to go to 4 stores this weekend to find the dip - Walmart and my local grocery stores were all out of it! Of course, I then took the last 4 jars that the one store had...

Since

OK people - stop hoarding!!!

I had to go to 4 stores this weekend to find the dip - Walmart and my local grocery stores were all out of it! Of course, I then took the last 4 jars that the one store had...

Use it so many ways and it tastes soooooo good!

yeah here also. I have been buying the big jar and leaving it at my office with can chicken there as a quick lunch if i don't pack one. Well the dip keeps disappearing everyone at the office loves it banded or not.

thanks

beth

I've been adding different things to this salad to give it a little variety. Sometimes all, sometimes a couple of the following, depending on my mood:

-green onion

-pineapple (I prefer crushed, juice drained so as not to make the salad too soggy)

-cranberries (I've discovered orange flavored which is nice)

-almonds (dry roasted in a pan)

-walnuts (as above)

-celery (very finely sliced)

When I'm making this salad for myself I'll just add a tablespoon or so of a couple of the above. If my family wants to share I just add more until there's enough for all of us. :thumbup:

The added ingredients ensure there's a surprise in every mouthful. I have to be careful though; it can quickly become very addictive. :drool::cool2:

Oh Georgia Girl, this pizza receipe will be next. Your crockpot meatloaf was sooo good!!! My husband loved it, I only had a little since I'm still trying to lose some more weight before surgery. We froze half of it, for later. My lapband coordinator just got my papers faxed to my insurance today, she has been waiting on my Primary Drs. office to send them. She said it shouldn't be too long now. I was thinking maybe you should write a cookbook, I would buy one!!!!!

Oh Georgia Girl, this pizza receipe will be next. Your crockpot meatloaf was sooo good!!! My husband loved it, I only had a little since I'm still trying to lose some more weight before surgery. We froze half of it, for later. My lapband coordinator just got my papers faxed to my insurance today, she has been waiting on my Primary Drs. office to send them. She said it shouldn't be too long now. I was thinking maybe you should write a cookbook, I would buy one!!!!!

LOL, Jo Anne! I'm glad you liked the recipes, but I don't think I would be very good writing a cook book. I just love to play around with food. Sometimes my "playing around" turns out pretty bad....just ask my hubby, lol. If I make something that turns out bad, I usually play with it until it's good. I can't leave it alone! I guess it's the perfectionist in me, lol.

I've been adding different things to this salad to give it a little variety. Sometimes all, sometimes a couple of the following, depending on my mood:

-green onion

-pineapple (I prefer crushed, juice drained so as not to make the salad too soggy)

-cranberries (I've discovered orange flavored which is nice)

-almonds (dry roasted in a pan)

-walnuts (as above)

-celery (very finely sliced)

When I'm making this salad for myself I'll just add a tablespoon or so of a couple of the above. If my family wants to share I just add more until there's enough for all of us.

The added ingredients ensure there's a surprise in every mouthful. I have to be careful though; it can quickly become very addictive. :tongue2::drool::cool2:

Frustrated~ I like almonds in mine too. I've tried dried cranberries and they're good too. I haven't thought about pineapple though....I bet that's really good. I'll have to give it a try!

I will be trying this this weekend. Sounds delicious. I love coming up with new recipes. Ever since getting banded, I've been on a soup kick. Really fast and great tasting, and low calorie. Taco soup, white chili, shrimp veggie stew, cioppino (basically broth based)

I've also been making seafood salad, I'm going to try mixing it with the dip..crab, shrimp, dip, lemon juice, cilantro, green onions, and salsa

You are a genius, that was delicious! While I was there I picked up some Tostitos creamy salsa and mixed it with some canned chicken, also very yummy!

Can someone tell me which brand of canned chicken you used? I bought some seal-packaged chicken and tried it with the spinach dip and the chicken had a funny smell (i was NOT out of date). Neither my husband or I liked it (the chicken).

Any suggestions?

~~anne