Baked Spinach Artichoke Dip

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese (softened to room temperature)
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup grated mozzarella (plus extra for topping)
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese (plus extra for topping)
• 1 clove garlic (finely minced)
• 14 ounces can artichoke hearts (well drained, excess liquid squeezed out and roughly chopped)
• 1/2 cup frozen spinach (thawed, well drained and excess liquid squeezed out)
• pinch red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper (optional)
• zest of one lemon (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a small baking dish with cooking spray, set aside.
2. In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise until combined. Stir in the mozzarella , parmesan, garlic, artichoke hearts, spinach, pepper flakes and lemon zest., mix until well combined.
3. Transfer the mixture to the baking dish, spread to make the top even, sprinkle top with 1-2 tablespoons each of parmesan and mozzarella.
4. Transfer baking dish to oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, until bubbly and starting to brown on top. If the top isn't browning as much as you would like, place it under the broiler for 1-2 minutes, but watch closely.
5. Remove from oven and serve right away with tortilla chips, veggies sticks, crackers or toasted bread.