Tastefully Simple Warm the Oven Savory Cheese Dip Mix Review

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AnnaBanana
Oak Park, IL

Magically delicious!

health conscious, into trying new things, loving this product

Pros

a little goes a long way, refrigerates beautifully for later use, available by mail, Delicious, versatile, great for economical light suppers

Cons

Not available in stores

SEP

2009

I voiced my opinion the other day about how I feel about cream cheese. As you might guess, I had ended up with almost a whole tub of Kraft Philadelphia Reduced Fat You-Know-What which tasted almost like the original, alas. My taste tip was that cream cheese tasted okay (I guess) spread on warm whole grain toast and topped with a thin layer of Smucker's Sugar-Free Jam. I could see that it was going to take forever to use it all up that way (and I could hardly give it away with some of it gone). Fortunately for me, upon closer inspection of my private kitchen stock, I found a better idea for using cream cheese -- Warm The Oven! Savory Cheese Dip Mix.

This is another great product from the kitchens of Tastefully Simple which consists of two .75 oz. packets of a dehydrated seasoning containing onion, tomato, garlic and spices. You mix a packet with 8 ounces of cream cheese (or a little less which is what I had) and chill for a couple hours. Heating it in the microwave for a minute or two magically transforms it into a warm fluffy dip which is perfect for dipping chips, small crackers or pieces of bread.

STATS:

A serving size is considered to be one tsp. dry mix with 16 servings to a container. The stats apparently are given for the mix before anything is added to it. In each serving of mix there are ten calories with zero calories from fat, 5 mg. Sodium, 2 grams Total Carbs and zero Protein. (See my review for Kraft Philadelphia Reduced Fat Cream Cheese for nutritional stats for that product.)

TASTE TIP:

Although Tastefully Simple's Warm the Oven Savory Cheese Dip Mix is delicious used as a dip or spread, it also made a wonderful supper when spread over a hot baked potato, topped with a thin layer of Prego Pasta Sauce and canned chopped mushrooms and returned to the microwave for 30 seconds. (A little of this delicious mix goes a long way and refrigerates beautifully for another day. My baked potato supper was very filling, economical and tasty as well!)

WHERE TO BUY:

Tastefully Simple's Warm the Oven Savory Cheese Dip Mix is not available in stores. I bought mine from This2ShallPass19, who included a catalog with my order.

Last edited on Sep 02, 2009

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Comments about AnnaBanana’s Review

In response to AnnaBanana's comment from Sep 3, 2009 at 3:01AM:

Yes you did and you're are welcome!

In response to this2shallpass19's comment from Sep 2, 2009 at 8:09PM:

Incidentally, I hope I thanked you for the recipes. They are real "keepers".

This sounds pretty good. Now I'm hungry!

In response to AnnaBanana's comment from Sep 2, 2009 at 4:44PM:

You are right about the baked potato meal. Like that e-mail I sent you yesterday with recipes. I believe one of those was to add on top of a baked potato. It is filling AND cheap!

In response to this2shallpass19's comment from Sep 2, 2009 at 9:47AM:

I'm going to read your review now.

In response to this2shallpass19's comment from Sep 2, 2009 at 9:47AM:

Well, I was really careful, I've got to say. When I saw you had done a review of the Warm The Oven mix, I did my review before looking at yours - which was silly, of course, because when I did look at yours, it turned out I had read it before but OH WELL! I've got to tell you that that stuff is GOOD. It doesn't take a whole lot of it to satisfy either. I've been experimenting with ideas for baked potatoes because they are such economical meals and I think that's important to everyone now.

It's funny you just reviewed this because just last night, I reviewed one of our brand-new dips. We both must have been in dip mode :)

Nice review! I like to stuff this dip in hollowed out mushrooms, top it with panko bread crumbs and then bake it. The dip inside gets all melted and the crumbs on top get crunchy. It's a yummy and texturally pleasing appetizer. So glad you liked the dip!