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I enjoy following your posts. As a former personal chef, this is the type of cooking I did for my clients. I would cook several meals at one time for them in their homes; package them in portions for two or four; and store them in their fridge or freezer for them to eat throughout the week. Having homemade food ready to go on a work night is great for you both, and you have the bonus of spending time together. Sounds like fun.

I used one packet and 16oz of sour cream, it seemed a little more diluted then when I usually make it...(I stupidly threw the box away and left the packet in my cupboard so I didn't have the recipe) I don't know if I did something wrong...

Have never used Lipton Onion soup as a dip mix and definitely have never used a mix for Guac - WTF is in a Guac Mix?! I'll pass on both... I love fresh, homemade Guac and I just made Carmalized Onion Dip (http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/caramelized-onion-dip-recipe.html) which was AWESOME!!! Go for the "real thing" people! :)

My son, now 34, really loved the Lipton Onion soup dip with Frittos as a kid, he has moved on but when ever he comes home for a visit Mom still makes it for him, only dip he would eat as a kid. Still use it for Pot Roast. Love it! Will try making my own avocado dip this weekend for the Super bowl, but with no Patriots in the game it will not be the same!

that lipton dip is the bomb. hubby and i often mix it up with reduced fat sour cream and chop up a pile of veggies and have it for dinner, esp good on celery, broccoli, radishes and asparagus. as junk food goes you could do much worse.

on the guac mix - I never understand this concept - if I am going to have to chop up avoacados anyway, why wouldn't I do the rest with fresh ingredients? we always make ours from scratch with avocados, tomatoes, garlic, cilantro, lemon/lime juice, garlic, scallions, cayenne, red pepper flakes, sometimes a little red onion - another dinner favorite of ours (for a treat)

My favorite with the Lipton dip is BBQ potato chips - YUM!

Chris- when I make non mix onion dip, I carmelize the onions and mix them with equal parts cream cheese, mayo and sour cream plus salt, pepper, hotsauce. I like it so much better than the packaged stuff, to my tastes it's way too salty.

My mother likes to use the onion mix for her brisket though.

joan--is your recipe for the mushroom dip posted somewhere?

cook's illustrated has some great creamy dips that i have made multiple times. one is a green goddess, one has avocado and chipotle, and one is with smoked salmon--they all appeared together, and they have become go-to for party dips for me.

A "refined" football party sounds like zero fun.

Though hummus seems to have made its way into the mainstream as a tasty snack.

Also seconding the Good Eats "california dip"/ onion dip recipe. Very good.

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Blueberries please!

For some reason, I'm always craving fresh bananas.