Lisa's Hot & Bubbly Artichoke Dip

A delicious, homemade appetizer that is so good it's sure to bring families together! This Artichoke Dip is great with vegetables, crackers, bread, or even Fritos.

Lisa's Hot & Bubbly Artichoke Dip

8 oz Cream Cheese, room temperature

1/3 cup sour cream

1/4 cup mayo

1 large can, non-marinated artichoke hearts

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Blend or roughly chop the artichoke hearts.  

In large bowl, combine the artichoke, cream cheese, 

sour cream and mayo and mix well until smooth.  

Stir in the 2 cheeses.   

Spread the dip in your baking dish coated with non-stick spray.  Bake at 425 degrees for 20-30 minutes until hot and bubbly.  

Serve with tortilla chips or crackers.

The cast of characters...

 Blending the artichokes...

Add the cream cheese, mayo and sour cream...

Stir in the cheeses...

Stir well...

and spread it in your baking dish...

Bake at 400 degrees for 20- 30 minutes...

 It's best when you can pull up your couch and watch it bake!

Oh, Grandma, I think we forgot the butter...

Ok, I'll put it back!

Yum! 

 We enjoyed ours with Fritos!  :)

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Sniff, sniff...

My bestest friend, Suzie, has retired and 

sold her house all in one fell swoop...

Well, I know it doesn't seem like it happened that quick for her, 

but it did for me!

After our cruise to the Bahamas...ahhh...

we tried to help them load the trucks and tie up the loose ends.

I wandered around for a while and reminisced about mine 

and my children's lives at her and Johnny's home...

This was the Schefflera plant that another friend and I got for Suzie when she was going through her cancer treatments...

It was so very tiny then...

The wonderful  deck where I could always sit on the swing 

and talk to my friend about everything....

she's the only one who knows me inside and out!!

My favorite amazing Magnolia tree...

My bedroom...where Suzie kept "scary doll"...

and I always had to have her move it 

before the lights were turned off :)

The guest bathroom that Jack and I painted this lovely shade of blue and added the border when Johnny and Suzie 

were out of town a few years back...

The solid oak cabinet that we painted white 

and almost gave Johnny a heart attack....

I still claim that Jack said it was ok....:)

The elephant we brought back from Jamaica on the airplane...

and when we opened the package, huge, 

incredible Amazon-sized ants crawled out!  

We frantically stomped them all to death on the porch and prayed that we got them all as to not start the next USA Movie saga....

"The Amazon Ants That Ate Pace, FL."  :)

This is the kitchen where we cooked so much good food!! 

And the living room, minus the comfy couches, pillows 

and blankets where I could relax at any time...and did! 

My favorite running rose bush that I loved 

growing on their fence by the driveway...

The graves of the dogs...Thundar, who I never got to meet; 

Jake...that silly, goofy dog that thought 

I only came over to play with him...

and sweet Gretchen, who shared with me 

an aversion to camping, heat and dirt...

they always had to pull her in a wagon 

when they went for a walk :) 

  The swing of laughs, tears and many, many conversations...

I'm glad I took the last tour that day...

Twin Creek Circle was  always my second home.  

But no matter what my bestest friends next adventures are, 

I know I'll always be part of them.