Each new mix can be made with four ingredients or fewer and offers home cooks several preparation options for meals or entertaining. Five dips have been renamed to highlight their adaptability as easy meal makers.

WAUKEGAN, Ill, May 6, 2010 – Frontier Soups™ is adding three new flavors to its line of Party Starter Mix™ dips and renaming five dips to let consumers know their versatility as easy meal makers.

dips-on-spinner.jpgThe new Party Starter Mix dips are being introduced for the NASFT 2010 Summer Fancy Food Show, Booth 4426. Each may be served hot or cold and features an inventive variation recipe giving home cooks the ability to create several options from one packet of dried seasoning ingredients, according to Trisha Anderson, Frontier Soups’ founder. The mixes are all natural with no added salt, preservatives or MSG and will be available June 1. A sturdy metal spinner display rack for the dips is available for $25.

The new dips include:

Roasted Garlic Spinach Dip, a sophisticated version of the classic dip, updated with roasted garlic, tarragon and dry mustard for a spicy nip. Cottage cheese, substituted for sour cream, and a package of frozen chopped spinach make this a more figure friendly version of the classic while an optional variation without the spinach makes for quicker preparation and a creamier dip.

Horseradish Shrimp Dip, whose silky base of mayonnaise, sour cream and cream cheese is introduced to a bit of fiery horseradish and mellowed with roasted red peppers and black olives. For a heartier version, shredded deli-sliced corned beef can be substituted for the shrimp.

Curried Cheddar Chutney Dip with piquant flavors that are rounded out by chutney and shredded cheddar. For even more flavor, crumble in four slices of crispy bacon. Mixing sliced chicken breast with ¼ cup of the dip makes and easy, and flavorful, Panini.

The Party Starter Mix line also includes a meaty Taco Dip Mix. The renamed mixes are Chipotle Fajita and Dip Mix, Lemony Dill Fish Bake and Dip Mix, Green Onion Chicken Bake and Dip Mix, Autumn Pumpkin Soup and Nut Spice Mix, and Pesto Tomato Pasta Seasoning and Dip Mix. The .5-ounce to .75-ounce mixes come in clear cello packets to showcase the beauty of the all natural ingredients and have a suggested retail price of $3.50.

“Each of our simple recipes and inventive variations can be made with four ingredients or fewer, which saves time at the grocery store and in the kitchen,” Anderson said. “Hot and cold options and inventive variations in one convenient package give today’s busy home cooks a selection of easy, flavorful options right at their fingertips.”