My crowd pleasing spinach dip.. make ahead too.

This spinach dip is so easy, and I always make it a day ahead. I serve it hot, but you can serve it cold just as well. I use chips, but feel free to go with crackers, veggies, bread, whatever you you feel like.

1 family sized pack of frozen chopped spinach $3.50
1 8 oz pk cream cheese (room temperature)$1.50
1 small can of cream of celery soup $1.00
1/2 c. mayonnaise*
1 cup shredded mozzarella $1.25
1 tsp lemon juice (I just use some squirts from my plastic lemon)*
1/2-1tsp salt (dependig on your prefference)*
1/2 tsp. lemon pepper seasoning*
1/2 c. shredded parmesan $1.50


Place the frozen pack of spinach in a large bowl of water, still in the package, microwave 4mts. Flip, then microwave another 2mts. Poke a whole in the bag, and squeeze out as much water as you can. then open the package, and ball up the spinach in your hand, and continue to squeeze out the water. Place spinach in large bowl. Add cream cheese, soup, mozzarella, lemon juice, salt, and lemon pepper seasoning. Mix with an electric hand mixer if you can. Once finished, place mixture in a disposable aluminum pan or glass ware safe to bake in. Top with shredded parmesan and then foil if you plan on putting n the fridge before baking. Once ready to back, preheat oven to 375. Bake covered with foil for 30 mts, then remove foil and bake another 15 mts.

so 4 steps:
defrost spinach
squeeze out water from spinach
mix ingredients with an electric hand mixer
bake