Taco Dip 101

Everyone has their own recipe for taco dip. It's a party favorite and whether you add beans, no beans, salsa, sour cream, onions, or whatever you think makes it great, what really makes a dip amazing is the base. The good stuff. Over the years I've perfected my taco dip and I'm sharing it with you!

This recipe is super simple but the trick is to make the base for the dip the day before so all of the ingredients can meld together.

What you need:

• 1/4 to 1/2 cup salsa (which ever you prefer-Pace was on sale)
• Shredded cheese
• Shredded lettuce
• Diced tomatoes
• Sliced black olives 
• Two packages of cream cheese
• One large container of sour cream
• Taco seasoning
• Green onions
• 1 medium chopped onion

You can obviously lessen the calories but using low/no fat sour cream and lite cream cheese, but I don't make this that often and I find that the base gets really watery and loses a lot of flavor unless you go with the regular ingredients.

Let the cream cheese soften and take both packages and the container of sour cream at mix in a bowl. Once mixed add in about a 1/4 to 1/2 a cup of salsa and add in taco seasoning till you get the flavor you like (I probably add around a 1/4 cup.)

When it is all mixed up it should look similar to this, then cover it and toss it in the fridge overnight.  (It can be made last minute and still tastes amazing, but I prefer to let it sit overnight.)

The day of the party grab your biggest cookie sheet pan and spread out the entire mixture evenly.

Then layer everything else on.  In order I add, lettuce, cheese, black olives, tomatoes, onion, and green onion, but obviously it's all a preference.

Just be prepared for this to go fast and be a mandatory dish you'll have to bring to every party!!  This was practically licked clean!