My theme for the week is Tailgating and Football! On Monday we had a Oh So Good and portable Cocktail, Spiked Tea. Now today we have a tasty and healthy dip and chip to nosh on! My husband is cringing that I used MY team The Titans and NOT his team The Patriots. I am so bored with Teams that stay on top for years on end. Move over and let someone else win a game every now and then Brady! I am sure that would fall on deaf ears. Not only is Tennessee home, but I always root for an underdog! Seriously my team has had its share of drama and trouble lately. The dumbest thing they did was to get rid of Jeff Fisher! So now I am a Ram’s fan too! That works as I live in Missouri now. But I do not like The Chief’s. Has anyone in their publicity team taken a look at how hideous their colors and uniforms are? Really it is like they are playing for Ronald Mc Donald! The best part of Football is to wear cute clothes to Cheer your team on!! I mean really ladies at the end of the Football party does it really matter who won or lost? As long as we look good? There is no way to look good in bright yellow and fire engine red!
Ok I hope I did not just lose any of My KC foodie friends! I do hope that the QB Matt Cassel is doing well. It was really bad form when they cheered when he had to leave the game due to an injury. These guys go out and risk their health and safety just for our entertainment. I know they are paid grotesque amounts of money, but still no one should ever be happy when a player is injured.
So I am sure you did not come to a food blog to discuss sports! Let’s get down to the business at hand. I love this dip! I took it to work for lunch for 3 days and I never got tired of it! It is light and healthy and full of energy boosting foods and it tastes great!!! It is super easy to throw together and you can add or leave ingredients out. It is definitely a crowd pleaser and would fit right in at any Tailgating event!
This recipe was adapted from Phyllis Hoffman Celebrate Autumn 2012
Ingredients
- 1 bag of cubed cheddar cheese (I use mild but you can use sharp if you prefer)
- 1 bag of cubed monterey jack Cheese (pepper jack would be good also)
- 1 can of black beans drained and rinsed (that yucky sauce canned beans come has to go!)
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 cup corn (frozen and thawed, or fresh or canned)
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup sliced green olives
- 1/2 cup sliced kalmata olives
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 limes juiced and zezted
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 tbs taco seasoning
Instructions
- In small mixing bowl coming the lime juice, zezt, olive oil and and taco seasoning.
- Whisk briskly
- In a large mixing bowl combine all the other ingredients
- Pour the dressing over the top and toss gently to combine
- cover and chill
- Serve with chips, pita bread, crackers
- This is so good you will find all sorts of things to top it with!
- I even put it on top of a Baked Potato!
Hee, you know me, I totally care who wins at the end of the game! Either way, this dip looks soooooo good. You know I’m sucker for dips.
Well I should have put a disclaimer in that says As long as KState wins we don’t care who else loses… hee hee