Spinach Triangles

On Friday we got together with friends for a Belated Birthday BBQ, pour moi! =) We always have BBQ's in the summer with the neighbors that are always a great time. I was grabbing some vegetables out of the freezer and saw  had left over phyllo pastry....well!! I decided I was going to make us a little appie, here's what it turned out to be! PS They were Delicious! 

Took about 15 minutes to throw these together, great last minute snack or appetizer! I didn't really measure the stuff I just threw it together, so here's an estimate for the amount of triangles I made...Its cooking...doesn't need to be exact. If you want more bacon add more bacon...if you want more dill....well you get the point!  These are a pretty popular appetizer, this is just my version.

Spinach Triangles

4 sheets phyllo pastry, thawed

1/2 c Cream Cheese, softened

2 tbsp onion, finely chopped

1 tsp dill weed

3 oz frozen spinach (*)

1 tbsp Bacon Bits

melted butter 

(*) When you buy frozen spinach it comes frozen in those little balls, each one while still frozen is 1 oz. So you need 3 of them, thaw them in the microwave and then using a kitchen towel, squeeze out all the water.

Mixed Cream Cheese, onion, dill, bacon bits and thawed spinach together in a bowl. Brush one sheet of phyllo with melted butter, place another sheet on top. Using a sharp knife cut the layered phyllo into 5 strips and spoon some filling onto one end.

Fold phyllo into a triangle...here's a little diagram to help you along.

Folding Phyllo into a triangle

Brush with melted butter. Place onto a parchment lined tray and bake in a 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes, or until browned, checking every 10 minutes.

Come out of the oven looking like this....

I suggest that everyone try making these once! They look great, are easy and SO SO good! 


Of course every BBQ needs dessert aka cupcakes...So I made some vanilla cupcakes and used the chocolate icing from the Chocolate Salted Caramel Cupcake recipe that I had tucked away in the freezer. Took it out, let it thaw...it was perfect! Just like the day I made it. I had grabbed a printable Easter topper freebie a little while ago (I apologize, I completely forgot about it otherwise I would have shared) so I printed those and threw together a couple toppers. Voila! 

I made sure to make enough  for tea for our Easter visitors