Category: Dips, Spreads & Salsas

Spicy Red Pesto That Steals the Show (Ready in 10 Minutes)

Spicy Red Pesto That Steals the Show (Ready in 10 Minutes)

Spicy Red Pesto made with serrano peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, and toasted nuts. Ready in 10 minutes and perfect for focaccia, pasta, and grilled meats.

Megan’s Guacamole: A Simple but Fab Recipe

Megan’s Guacamole: A Simple but Fab Recipe

This simple, crowd-pleasing guacamole recipe from my daughter-in-law Megan is everything you want in a classic dip—creamy, fresh, and restaurant-worthy. Great with chips, tacos, or Trash Can Nachos!

Meaty Chile Con Queso: a Fabulous Recipe

Meaty Chile Con Queso: a Fabulous Recipe

This queso is comfort food – recognizable, memory-conjuring, soul-satisfying, amazingly good. Dip a chip and revisit your childhood!

New Recipe! Confetti Pepper Jelly

New Recipe! Confetti Pepper Jelly

This is a glorious recipe for pepper jelly, both beautiful and zestily tasty. Bonus track: a kitchen disaster story!

New Recipe: Tangy-Creamy Horseradish Dip (or is it a spread?)

New Recipe: Tangy-Creamy Horseradish Dip (or is it a spread?)

This versatile dip/spread recipe pairs the tanginess of Greek yogurt and lemon to perfectly complement the sharpness of horseradish.

Recipe Time: Roasted Red Salsa for the Win!

Recipe Time: Roasted Red Salsa for the Win!

With a vibrant array of flavors, this roasted salsa is perfect for dipping or as a topping, leaving a lingering, crave-worthy taste that’s both bold and refreshing.

Chimichurri and Greek Yogurt Make a Great Throw-Down Dip

Chimichurri and Greek Yogurt Make a Great Throw-Down Dip

The tanginess of Greek yogurt is the perfect balance for bright, unctuous chimichurri, and our Zippy Sicilian spice mix adds just the right kick – and you can make this dip recipe in two minutes!

Try Our Zippy Sicilian White Bean Spread

Try Our Zippy Sicilian White Bean Spread

Bright green herbs with lemon juice and zest make this white bean spread a very fresh-tasting condiment that goes perfectly on a vegetable grazing board and can be used in a myriad of other ways.

You Need the Glover Gardens Nutty Pesto Recipe This Fall

You Need the Glover Gardens Nutty Pesto Recipe This Fall

Pesto is a wonder condiment, and the Glover Gardens recipe features extra nuttiness with a combination of roasted mixed nuts along with fresh walnuts or pecans.

Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Goat Cheese are a Match Made in Heaven: Try This Easy Spread

Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Goat Cheese are a Match Made in Heaven: Try This Easy Spread

A simple but delightful recipe for a piquant and savory spread.

Give It Up for Cilantro Pesto, a Bright Green Flavor Machine!

Give It Up for Cilantro Pesto, a Bright Green Flavor Machine!

A quick and easy recipe for cilantro pesto, with 26 ways to use it.

Avocado-Dill Spread, a Multi-Purpose Condiment

Avocado-Dill Spread, a Multi-Purpose Condiment

Avocado-dill spread is a super-simple, creamy, tangy condiment that stands up to spicy food and holds its own. In other words, it’s a keeper!

Pico de Gallo for Cinco de Mayo

Pico de Gallo for Cinco de Mayo

Simple, bright and fresh, Pico de Gallo brings a liveliness to any dish it accompanies. And it doesn’t need a “quick mix”!

Party Recipe: Golden Onion Dip

Party Recipe: Golden Onion Dip

The flavor is reminiscent of the onion dip in the plastic container served alongside potato chips at backyard barbecues, but it also has a jazzy, sophisticated taste and mouth-feel from the fresh yellow onions simmered to golden perfection and a dash of vermouth.

Found Recipe:  Smoked Salmon 7-Layer Dip

Found Recipe: Smoked Salmon 7-Layer Dip

This Smoked Salmon 7-Layer dip from Bon Appetit is very festive and just right for a holiday party.

Creamy Jalapeño Dip, AKA Stephanie’s Green Dip – Great for Game Day

Creamy Jalapeño Dip, AKA Stephanie’s Green Dip – Great for Game Day

My colleague and friend Stephanie makes the most marvelous dip, and we pester her to bring a batch to us at least monthly.  It’s ‘formal’ name is Creamy Jalapeño Dip, but we mostly refer to it as Green Dip.  And sometimes, Crack Dip (because it’s addictive).…

Found Recipe: Churrasco’s Chimichurri

Found Recipe: Churrasco’s Chimichurri

Churrasco’s chimichurri sauce is sooooo good: foodie-worthy and simple to make.

Found Recipe: McCormick’s Remoulade

Found Recipe: McCormick’s Remoulade

My Aunt-Mom turned me on to this terrific and easy recipe for remoulade a few years ago. The recipe on the McCormick’s web site suggests serving it with boiled shrimp, which is how I first encountered it, but it is good in many, many other ways.

Smoked Salmon Spread: Deceptively Simple, Yet Rich and Sophisticated

Smoked Salmon Spread: Deceptively Simple, Yet Rich and Sophisticated

We love salmon at Glover Gardens.  Smoked, baked, grilled – you name it.  Occasionally, there are leftovers, which we regard with glee, because that means we can make this salmon spread.  We prefer to make it with Tom’s Smoked Salmon, but any smoked or cooked…

Glover Gardens Salsa, an All-Purpose, Wonderful Recipe

Glover Gardens Salsa, an All-Purpose, Wonderful Recipe

I might be a Condiment-aholic.  I love-love-love condiments. Especially those with southwest flavors.  One of the simplest, oldest and best of the southwest condiments is salsa. I found a wonderful fresh salsa recipe years ago in a cookbook called Jane Butel’s Southwestern Kitchen, her Garden…