{"id":6229,"date":"2026-06-26T22:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=6229"},"modified":"2026-06-26T22:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:53:13","slug":"olive-lovers-dream-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/olive-lovers-dream-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Olive Lover&#8217;s Dream Dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Olive Lover&#8217;s Dream Dip<\/h1>\n<p>A creamy, savory dip loaded with olives, cheese, and herbs\u2014perfect for parties, crackers, toasted bread, or fresh vegetables.<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup sour cream<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup mayonnaise<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chopped green olives, drained<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup chopped black olives, drained<\/li>\n<li>1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup grated Parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<li>2 green onions, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>1 clove garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon Italian seasoning<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon black pepper<\/li>\n<li>Chopped fresh parsley (optional, for garnish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to <strong>375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sour cream, and mayonnaise until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in the green olives, black olives, mozzarella, Parmesan, green onions, garlic, Italian seasoning, and black pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the mixture to a lightly greased baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>20\u201325 minutes<\/strong>, or until hot, bubbly, and lightly golden on top.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with chopped parsley if desired.<\/li>\n<li>Serve warm with crackers, toasted baguette slices, pita chips, or fresh vegetables.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> You can add chopped roasted red peppers or a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes for extra flavor and a little heat.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The text about high cholesterol is unrelated to this dip recipe. While managing cholesterol is important, no single food or recipe can prevent or cure high cholesterol on its own. A balanced diet and medical advice are the best approaches.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olive Lover&#8217;s Dream Dip A creamy, savory dip loaded with olives, cheese, and herbs\u2014perfect for parties, crackers, toasted bread, or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6231,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6229\/revisions\/6231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}