Title: Counts as a fruit
Description: Homemade dark chocolate dip with fresh strawberries
Inspirations: This day in history, Hershey’s Chocolate was founded (1894); “Forget love… I’d rather fall in chocolate!”
YEHES! Oh New York Giants, I knew you had it in you.
On a “Daily Thing” note, my aforementioned vegetarian chili and Lu’s 4 Layer Texican Dip were a total touchdown. Also note that my homemade Superbowl shirt (Project 2) was accurate in its prediction.
Tomorrow it is back to my finger painted valentine’s.
Nightey night.
I am posting mid-food prep, because once all is said and done, I am off to watch the superbowl, get indigestion, come home, and go to sleep. I am making my vegetarian chili and Lu’s 4 Layer Texican Dip!
Vegetarian Chili:
18oz soy crumbles
1 large can crushed tomatoes
1 large sweet onion chopped
2-3 cloves garlic minced
15 oz. can chili beans or red kidney beans drained
2 tbsp. mexican chili powder
1 tsp. cumin
2 tbsp. tomato paste
shredded cheddar, diced avocado, and sour cream
Mix all ingredients except for into a slow cooker shredded cheddar, diced avocado, and sour cream and let cook, and cook, and cook on low. Everyone adds shredded cheddar, diced avocado, and sour cream to their liking. Fries or tortilla chips make for tasty company.
Lu’s Vegetarian 4 Layer Texican Dip!
I made this recipe today and have not eaten it yet. It is very much based on the Texan Bean Dip in What’s Cooking America will let you know tomorrow if you should bother recreating it!
Layer 1
15 oz. can vegetarian refried beans
1 cup cheddar cheese
1 tbsp. minced onions
Combine minced onions, cheese, and beans and heat through so it is nice and hot and the cheese is all melted in. Spread evenly in serving dish.
Layer 2
2 avocados
2 tbsp. lemon juice
a handful of finely chopped cilantro
a big pinch of sea salt
black pepper to taste
Mush, mush, mush it all up in a bowl. Spread it evenly on top of the first layer.
Layer 3
1 cup sour cream (I chose fat free because I plan to eat this dip like a pig at a trough)
1/2 tsp. of cayenne pepper
Mix it up. Baby, baby mix it up. Spread evenly on top of the avocado layer.
Layer 4
a whole lot of diced tomato (I used up whatever grape tomatoes I had on hand - about 1 dry pint - and I think more would be better)
6 oz. can of black pitted olives sliced
1 cup chopped green onion
sliced jalapenos to your liking
Sprinkle these evenly across the top to make your final layer. Serve immediately with tortilla chips! Eat. Nap.