Making Radish Dip

If there is anything easier than growing radishes, I haven't found it.  The trouble with radish growing,  is how many different things can you do with all the radishes you grow?  I mean, they are okay in a salad, but what else can you do with your bumper crop of radishes?  I'll show you in just a minute.

Intermixed with the random assortment of winter weeds is a nice, healthy crop of radishes.  I'll get around to weeding the radish plot later.  They are young and tender - about the size of your thumb.

I ventured out in the misting rain and picked a nice little handful of some of the biggest ones, cleaned them up in the rainwater barrel and fed the radish greens to the cows.  The radishes were brilliant red with white bottoms.

I had plans for these little radishes.  In our 'snack drawer,' I spotted a box of Ritz crackers that Tricia bought and it gave me an idea to make some radish dip.  We love this stuff and haven't found anyone who doesn't.  It is the simplest thing to put together.  You need the following ingredients:

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
6 radishes (I added a couple more since these were small)
4 cloves garlic, peeled
salt and pepper to taste
chili powder (optional)

First thing you want to do is to mince your radishes and garlic in a food processor.  Don't puree it, just mince it up.

Then, simply pour the minced garlic and radishes into a bowl that contains your softened cream cheese and stir with a spoon.  You might think about putting this in the food processor to mix, but don't do it!  We tried that and found that it makes the dip too much of a liquid consistency that we didn't like.  Just stir it all with a spoon, adding salt and pepper to taste and a dash of chili powder, if desired.

Put it in the refrigerator to chill and then bust open a sleeve of Ritz crackers and scoop up some dip with a cracker.  I promise you'll enjoy it!

You may want to ration it, though...

Radish dip disappears quickly.  Fortunately, we have more radishes growing in the garden!