Yesterday afternoon we went to a barbecue at Adam’s co-worker’s house and I brought dip.
Everyone loves dip!
This is a revamp of a popular 90′s favorite—-remember dumping the dry packet of onion dip into a big container of sour cream? Then eating pop rocks and washing the whole thing down with some nice, fresh Tang? I do. I think I wore a slap bracelet while I did it, too. And played with my pogs. I had a pretty sweet slammer back then, not going to lie. The worst move of my life was selling that thing for fifty cents in an old garage sale. What was I thinking?!
Today though, let’s bring back sour cream and onion dip. Though if you are the person who bought my slammer back in ’98 and would like to sell it back to me at a fair price, we can talk about that, too.*
I love garlic salt. It’s pure magic. I mean, what DOESN’T garlic salt make better? Nothing.
Including this dip. It’s the ingredient that puts it right over the edge, making it reminiscent of pogs and pringles and everything good in this life.
The other special ingredient is Greek yogurt!
There are a million different kinds out there, but my favorite will always be the first kind I ever tried—Fage (pronounced FA-YAY!). It’s superrrrrrrrr thick and I eat the little 2% yogurts with strawberry every day for a snack around three o’clock. I used to be the type that always steered towards the nonfat yogurt at the store, but I made the switch to 2% about two years ago and have never looked back. It’s just so much better than nonfat…that extra 2% really makes a difference, man.
2%. Just do it.
The rest is simple: juicy sweet onions and reduced fat sour cream. It’s incredibly easy to make and always a hit at whatever party comes your way (football tailgating? yes, please).
I like to serve this dip with ruffly chips (love the salt & pepper ruffles from Trader Joe’s) and/or baby carrots. It’d also be great with other raw veggies as part of a veggie + dip platter. Give ranch a break for a change. Your tastebuds (and party guests) will thank you.
*who am I kidding? I’d pay hundreds for that old slammer. It was the light of my life.
Lightened Up Sour Cream and Onion Dip
serves a crowd
Ingredients:
2 large yellow onions, small diced
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp water
1 17-oz container Greek yogurt, whole or 2% for best flavor and texture
1 16-oz container reduced fat sour cream
1 tsp garlic salt (additional to taste)
1/4 tsp black pepper
Directions:
Heat the oil over medium-low heat in a large non-stick pan. Add the onion and saute for about 30 minutes, stirring frequently and adding the water later during the cooking process if and when onions seem a bit dry. You want the onions to be VERY soft and translucent, but not quite to the caramelized stage.
After onions are cooked, let cool completely.
Mix together the Greek yogurt and sour cream in a large bowl. Add the cooled onions, the garlic salt and the pepper. Combine well and place in the fridge for an hour to let the flavors develop.
Serve with ruffly chips and veggies!
Time:
active time: 30 minutes
total time: 2 hours
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Um, yum. Def trying this!! And I loved pogs!!!
Great recipe, and just googled the Oreo pog slammer, the person that bought it has made 4.50. 5.00 on eBay.
Thanks for the tip–I just googled “oreo slammer” to see what it was and my, god! I know that’s not what she was referring to…(thanks Urban Dictionary!)
AHHHHHHHHH my mind…my heart…my soul. That is not the oreo slammer of my youth. hold me.
haha I do this too, but I just dump an onion dip packet into a container of greek yogurt.
This sounds delicious! I love dips
wil. Definitely be trying this soon!!
Yep- had all those things. Pogs, slap bracelets, eating pop rocks. Those bring back so many memories.
This dip looks great! I bet it’s a real crowd-pleaser. Pinning so I remember for football season!
Hahaha! I totally forgot about pogs! I used to love those things!
I’ve never met a container of dip or a big bowl of salsa, spread, sauce, chutney or similar that I didn’t love – this looks great!
love sour cream and onion dip! and this recipe definitely looks better than the pre-made packets of dip.
Hmmm, this makes me want some Ruffled Lays potato chips!
I love sour cream and onion anything! It’s one of my favorite flavors. This dip looks a lot healthier then the package kind and better too.
Soooo lightened up means I can eat the whole bowl right? Awesome… because I SO WILL and the entire bag of Ruffles too!
Ps I love how they bring back the fads… my girls were like “Mom look these {holding up a slap bracelet} are called slap bracelets… can we get one?” And when I tell them that they were around when I was a kid they are astonished… and I’m not even old! But I’m keeping an eye out for pogs and Trapper Keepers! Good times
Ahhh, Trapper Keepers!! I had the ugliest one it had a rainbow parrot on the front, but I found it at a discount store and I begged my mom to buy it! I treasured that ugly binder
I LOVED onion chip dip as a kid, too (especially with Ruffles chips or a local brand, Ballreich’s). I was also into pogs & slap bracelets
My favorite slap bracelet was one made to look like a $500 bill.
Just remembered I had one of those POG makers! Did you have one?
Sounds wonderful Jenna! I have a cookbook called Skinny Dips by Diane Morgan, you would probably like. Here is a link to Amazon if you’re interested. Great book for inspiration too!
http://www.amazon.com/Skinny-Dips-Diane-Morgan/dp/0811871428/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344267418&sr=1-1&keywords=Skinny+Dips
I used to house a container of ranch dip with Nacho Cheese Doritos as an after school snack back in the day. Gosh, I miss my 14 year old metabolism! Recipe looks awesome and I totally feel ya on the 2% thing. You wouldn’t think 2% would be so life altering, but it definitely is.
if you love the 2%, you’ve gotta try the full fat version. holy heaven on a spoon! its so thick and creamy and delicious, you only need a few scoops to be satisfied.
SOOOOOOOOO dangerous! and i love the 2% the most too…so creamy and you just feel FULL afterwards. yum
Love the simplicity of easy swaps. I also put garlic salt on everything and anything including veggies! Great idea Jenna.
My husband and I made a batch of chip dip yesterday too! One of my friends just let me in on a secret that she’s been making her chip dip with Greek yogurt and Lawry’s seasoned salt. It’s delicious, and I can’t wait to try this variation as well!
100% agreed on the 2% Greek yogurt – it’s so much better!
And I’m all over anything Sour Cream and Onion. Aka – I want this at my next event.
I love dips and don’t have then nearly enough. You are so right when you say everyone loves dip. I first saw this one on Pinterest. It had my mouth drooling before I even got to the post.
Your introduction to this recipe made me smile – the combination of onion packet + sour cream and washing it all down with Tang perfectly encapsulates ‘90s child snacking!
You always have a way of making me crave whatever you post! I’m lucky that all of the ingredients are ones I normally have on hand!
I LOVED pogs! And I think I still have them all, somewhere in my parent’s house
. Wish I had some of those chips and dip in front of me right now.
I love Greek Yogurt too, and agree with you about the 2%. It’s also quite good with melted peanut butter in it… just sayin
This is going to be perfect for football season!!
I loved growing up in the 90s and wouldnt change it for the world, I miss everything you just mentioned!
this dip looks great & fage is the only brand of greek yogurt i use. i just haven’t found anything with a better taste or texture!
I make lightened up sour cream and onion dip all the time with the 0% Fage and one of the Lipton soup packets! I should probably switch to your version though and avoid all of the crazy processed ingredients that those packets surely have. This looks great!
Oh man, I love the 90s! Also love the fact that I’ve been saying “fay-ge” all these years. whoops.
I’m trying to think up and excuse to make this dip ASAP. Onion dip is my husband’s absolute favorite! Maybe, just maybe that’s reason enough
Yum. That is all!
Can’t wait to make this!! I just bought a container of reduced fat sour cream by accident (I meant to buy the full fat to use in an ice cream recipe), and I was looking for a good dip recipe!
Pogs were SO popular in Hawaii when I was growing up! Blast from the past
The recipe is from the 1950s. It is called “California Dip.”
Oh my gosh, I use to love my pogs! This dip looks fantastic, starring it in my google reader
This sounds fabulous! I’m such a sucker for chip dips.
Mmmm garlic salt. Also known as the best condiment known to mankind
Cute story! Of course the dip is much older than that but I had it in the ’90s too despite not wasting my time on pogs etc:)
Great idea with the Greek yogurt, and I’ve never heard the name Fage spoken, and always assumed it was “Faaaje” or something. Now I know!
But, you’re showing your age.
You may remember consuming dip made with onion soup mix back in the ’90s, but this is not a ’90s favorite. It’s been around at least since the ’70s (as far back as I can remember) and probably before. I imagine it’s from the ’50s, which seems to be the origin of most quick recipes made with processed ingredients.
I’m already obsessed and I haven’t even tried this yet! Ekk! Can’t wait!
Ha! My husband still busts out the Lipton french onion soup mix and full-fat sour cream on special occasions (holidays, Super Bowl, opening ceremonies of Olympics…). Pretty tasty stuff.
Oh pogs and slap bracelets.. I miss the 90′s!
This looks awesome! I don’t really like potato chips on their own, but paired with sour cream and onion dip, I could eat a whole bag! Now I can at least feel slightly better about it.
pongs! seriously, just made me have a flashback.. loved my oreo slammer!
great recipe, going to try it on my husband who loves the old school packet & tub dip.
Pogs! Blast from the past! Brings me back to the days when I used to house Sour Cream and Onion chips but THIS – this is even better. Love that it has greek yogurt for added healthification.
Yes, garlic makes everything better!
I may not know what pogs are but I know that I’ll be making this dip soon. Love the yogurt substitution.
I love anything with subbed-in greek yoghurt! Try it in potato salad as a sub for half the light mayo – amazing! Thanks for this idea. I’ll be using it post my next half marathon!
Sour cream and onion dip is one of my favorite things ever but I never eat it because it’s just loaded with bad stuff. I cannot wait to make this!!!!
looks great!! I have a special place in my heart for those powdered dip mixes though
Fage is definitely my favorite greek yogurt too!
I have been know to eat my body wait in Sour Cream and Onion Dip. No joke. I can’t be trusted with a bowl. I will have to try your lighter version. That way, I will not feel so bad eating all of it:)
Love reading your posts and love the shoes !
This looks really good. Funny but I always use garlic-pepper, didn’t even know it existed in a salt version but will now be on the lookout for that!
Ooooh my. I can’t wait to make this.
Full confession, I wasn’t able to sleep the other night, so I read this post at 2 am and I very nearly made this dip at 2 am.
So cute… Love the Greek yogurt idea too
Yum! I am making this and I have never had a pog.
YUM! I’m hosting a cookout this weekend and may just have to make this dip. I’m not going to lie…I was totally going to use the packet with sour cream kind but this looks much, much better!
I had an OJ Simpson slammer…pretty clever;)
Just made this tonight and it turned out fabulously! Can’t wait to taste it tomorrow when the flavors have melded.
I could probably eat a whole bowl of this dip myself, so thank you for lightening it up a bit!! And I also totally agree that 2% Greek yogurt is the way to go… so much better!
Making this for our Fantasy Football draft tonight! Can’t wait
Not much better than a creamy dip with salty chips! Love how you lightened this up!
How do you cook onion for 30 minutes and not carmelize them?
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