If you’re planning a football watching party this fun and delicious Football Shaped Bread Bowl With Spinach Dip would be perfect to serve all your hungry guest.
And, your appetizer table will look amazing with this fun bread bowl sitting on top of it.
Best of all of the hungry football fans at your party will love the bread bowl with spinach dip.
Mostly the football watching parties I host at my house during football season is for my husband and his friends.
Food is usually my primary goal when hosting the parties and not which football team wins the game.
But, it is to my husband and his jersey-clad football fanatic friends that come over with their hearty appetites.
My primary focus is to make sure I prepare food for my husband and his friends they will enjoy.
That’s the reason one of the appetizers I always make is the Football Shaped Bread Bowl With Spinach Dip, it looks and tastes great, and it’s usually the first food to be eaten.
What’s in the Football Shaped Bread Bowl With Spinach Dip
- 1 package (10 oz.) Frozen Chopped Spinach, thawed
- Dry vegetable soup mix 1-package
- Cup mayonnaise -1 cup
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 loaves Italian Round Bakery Bread
- 1 red pepper
How to make the Spinach Dip
Drain spinach. Remove from the outer wrapper of the spinach and keep it in the paper box.
Squeeze the box tightly between the palms of your hands over the sink to remove as much water as you can.
Take the spinach from the box and place into a mixing bowl. Add dry soup mix, mayonnaise, and sour cream.
Stir well to combine. Refrigerate covered for 4 hours or overnight.
How to make a Football Bread Bowl
To make the bread bowl, you can freehand cut a football shape onto the bread, or create a small paper template as shown and cut around it.
Remove the bread in the center by cutting vertical slices then remove chunks of bread one at the time. Set the pieces of bread aside.
Spoon prepared spinach dip into the bread bowl. Top with one large sliced red pepper, and smaller pepper pieces to resemble football stitching.
Cut the reserved bread pieces with a bread knife, into 1″ dipping cubes.
Cut the other loaf of bread into 1″ cubes for dipping. Serve immediately.
If you decide to make the Bread Bowl with Spinach Dip I hope your guest love it!
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Football Shaped Bread Bowl With Spinach Dip
This Football Shaped Bread Bowl with Spinach Dip, would be perfect to serve at any football watching party.
Ingredients
- 1 package (10 oz) Frozen Chopped Spinach, thawed
- 1 package dry vegetable soup mix
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 loaves Italian Round Bakery Bread
- red pepper
Instructions
- Drain spinach. Remove the outer wrapper of the spinach and keep it in the paper box. Squeeze the box tightly between the palm of your hands over the sink to remove as much water as you can.
- Remove spinach from box and place into a mixing bowl. Add dry soup mix, mayonnaise and sour cream. Stir well to combine.
- Refrigerate, covered, for four hours or overnight.
- To make bread bowl, you can freehand cut a football shape onto the bread, or create a small paper template as shown and cut around it. To remove the bread in the center, cut vertical slices to remove chunks of bread at one time. Set chunks aside.
- Spoon prepared spinach dip into the bread bowl. Top with one large sliced red pepper,and smaller pepper pieces to resemble football stitching.
- Cut the reserved bread pieces with a bread knife, into 1″ dipping pieces. Cut the other loaf of bread into 1″ cubes for dipping.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 182Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 219mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 2g
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Rhonda Gales says
Hi Kim. I make this dip, and it’s always a hit. I’ll be adding your recipe to my Game Day Roundup. Thanks for sharing.
Kim Seghers says
Sounds perfect Rhonda. That dip is so easy to make and tastes great. Thanks for adding it to your Game Day Roundup. Have a great week, Kim