There is a new Big Dip at Everett Community College.
And she’s proud of it.
Each year, the college sponsors a dip-tasting contest and proclaims a Big Dip winner. Graphic designer Manja Schultz won this year with her recipe, I Heart Bacon BLT Dip.
Two years ago, she entered a veggie Green Goddess dip.
It didn’t win.
Last year she submitted an artichoke cheese dip.
Nope.
“I went with the secret weapon this year — irresistible bacon — and finally saw a victory,” Schultz says. “I plan on entering every year and just love to cook and especially share with others.”
A generous winner, she’s sharing her winning recipe:
I Heart Bacon BLT Dip
- 1package cream cheese, softened (8 oz.)
- 1tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1tablespoon sour cream
- Garlic salt to taste
- 1tomato, peeled and chopped (or ½ cup pico de gallo)
- 10slices of bacon
- 1/4 cupgreen onion
- Pepper to taste
- Avocado (optional)
- Lettuce
In a bowl, blend cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Add garlic salt, pepper, avocado, green onion and tomato. Cook bacon until crispy; drain well and crumble. Add bacon to cream cheese mixture. Serve as a sandwich spread with lettuce, as an appetizer spread with bread rounds, or as a party dip.
A dozen dip cooks competed for the top prize, a $50 gift certificate at the campus bookstore.
Human resources consultant Zada Wheatley and EvCC electrician Steve Lyons took second place with their Steve &Z’s Hot Stuff dip. Karen Landry, EvCC director of continuing education, earned the third-place title with her Buffalo chicken dip.
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Mountlake Terrace celebrates Washington State Arbor Day Wednesday; Earth Day April 22; and National Arbor Day April 24. For Arbor Day, volunteers will plant a tree near the flagpole at Evergreen Ballfield. The tree was donated by the neighborhood parks improvement subcommittee.
The city is very forward-thinking about the environment.
So why are they yanking out a tree on Earth Day?
It’s all right. A Japanese maple will indeed be dug up, but it’s going to be taken from City Hall and replanted at the police station.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
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