Aiken Home Show Fans and some Savory Halloween Pumpkin Dip Yum Yum

 

Savory Pumpkin Dip

 

1 can pure Pumpkin

 

1 Onion, diced

4 Cloves Garlic, minced

1 tsp. Salt

1/2 tsp. Black Pepper

3 TBSP Sugar

1 tsp. Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Nutmeg

1 Bay Leaf

1 tsp. Mrs's Dashes

1 Packet Ranch Dressing Dip

2 TBSP Sherry

1 cup Sour Cream

 1 cup Half and half

1 cup Cheddar Cheese

3 tbsp Butter

1 cup French Fried Onions

2 diced Green Onions

 

Heat the butter in a pan on low heat.  Add the onion and garlic, cook till clear in color.  Then add the pumpkin and all the spices.  Then add the sour cream, half and half and cheese.  Stir in the ranch dressing packet and sugar to the mix and blend well on low heat.  Add the Sherry to the pot and stir, stir, stir.  Cool your mixture down and now you are ready to plate.  This by the way would make a great Halloween treat for your guest.  Place dip in a bowl and top with the onions and fried french onions.  Serve with some Bread cubes toasted or pita chips.

 

Hello to my foodies friends out in web land its MadJon again and want to say Happy Halloween to each of you.  I hope you have loads of fun.  This recipe was made up for the Aiken Home show last weekend and they wanted a Christmas theme to go along with Sears so this was the pick of the season. You know a lot of the fans that came by said they had never tasted a Savory Pumpkin Dip, they had always had a Sweet type of dip made from pumpkin.  When I started looking at recipes that is what I say as well so I decided that a savory dip would be just what the doctor ordered.  So off to my test kitchen I went and ended up with this recipe which by the way I had tons of ladies asking for it while I was there little did they know I had to go back and remember what I did to make the recipe.  So I hope that you all enjoy this dip though the holidays.  Let em know what you think and please email me at madjon51@aol.com and watch the TV show at aikenstandard.tv. If you are a fan of face book please come like my fan page at Cooking With MadJon & Friends.  I wanted to say thanks to all the fans who stopped by and vendors to say Hi and taste the foods I made.  On the menu was the Pumpkin dip, Chicken Salad with Cranberries and Pecans.  Lasagna Bites made with Me Me's Pasta Gravy, Christmas Cranberry Sauce served over Cream Cheese and I threw in some MadJon's Salsa over cream cheese as well.  We served Cookies and Cherry Pecan Brownie Mini Bites that I made up.  Fun was had by all for everyone in the VIP with the Aiken Standard.  I also wanted to thank the nice lady at the Cold Creek booth that said her kids enjoy watching the TV show and enjoy learning how to do some cooking.  Happy trails to you until we meet again.