Patriotic Layered Bean Dip – Super Healthy Kids

This festive and scrumptious dip is just like a 7 layer bean dip recipe, with a number of modifications that flip it right into a Patriotic Layered Bean Dip. This can be a actually enjoyable recipe for a 4th of July celebration making even your meals desk look festive!

Layered Bean Dip

When you’re throwing a celebration or celebration for a bigger group, one thing that’s all the time fashionable and feeds lots of people is a layered bean dip.  Plus you’ll be able to pack within the veggies!  We particularly selected the layers of this dip as a result of we wished it to appear to be an American flag, however if you would like your dip to resemble one thing completely different, there are such a lot of choices.

Methods to Make Layered Bean Dip

Start by spreading refried beans as your first layer.  We love beans as our base as a result of they supply protein, fiber, and many B nutritional vitamins.  The quantity you employ, will rely upon the scale of crowd you might be feeding.  I used 2 cans of refried beans for this recipe, and it made a 12×18″ tray.

Subsequent is guacamole.  The recipe we love to make use of is from my meal plans.   You will have about 1 1/2 – 2 cups relying on how thick you want your guacamole.

This subsequent layer is the creamy taco flavored yogurt layer. You technically don’t have so as to add the cream cheese and may simply do all yogurt or bitter cream, however I just like the richness the cream cheese provides.

Sprinkle cheese on the whole factor.  To create the American Flag, use mozzarella cheese.

Then the enjoyable half is creating the flag!  Within the nook add rows olives sliced in half to resemble the celebrities.  Then take grape or cherry tomatoes and place in rows to appear to be stripes.  For a fast technique to slice tomatoes in half, take a look at our quick kitchen ideas post.

A wonderful thing about this dip, is that it may be made the day earlier than your get together, leaving you time to do different issues the day of.  Serve with blue corn chips for an excellent addition to your 4th of July celebrations!

• 2 cans refried beans
• 1 1/2 cups guacamole
• 1 cup Greek yogurt
• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 3 tbsp taco seasoning
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
• 1/2 can black olives
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes

• On a tray or serving dish that’s roughly 12″x18″, unfold refried beans as your first layer. 

• In a medium bowl, whisk collectively Greek yogurt, cream cheese and taco seasoning.

• Proceed to unfold every layer ingredient on this order: guacamole, yogurt unfold, and mozzarella cheese.

• Place the olives within the left hand nook to characterize stars. Slice cherry tomatoes in half and layer them in rows to appear to be flag stripes.

• Serve with blue corn tortilla chips. Get pleasure from!

Energy: 143kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 6g | Fats: 10g | Saturated Fats: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 1g | Monounsaturated Fats: 5g | Trans Fats: 0.001g | Ldl cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 514mg | Potassium: 204mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 412IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 83mg | Iron: 1mg