Healthy Southwestern Black Bean Dip (secret ingredient) – with VIDEO
Posted: 01/04/2016
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This healthy and creamy southwestern black bean dip only uses four ingredients and one packs an extra punch of protein. You’ll love this for dipping or for spreading on sandwiches.
Happy New Year, everyone! Let’s start this year off with a great snack.
It is:
- healthy
- easy
- made with four ingredients
Sounds like a dream, right? Well what if I told you it gets even better? It has a secret ingredient that gives it an extra punch of protein.
Cottage cheese! You may remember I also snuck it into my cottage cheese smoothie not too long ago. I don’t particularly like eating it on its own (so lumpy!), but it is an incredibly versatile ingredient. I even mixed it with herbs and used it as a sauce for a pita flatbread with asparagus.
About this Black Bean Dip
In this dip, cottage cheese not only adds amazing creaminess but it also provides a good helping of protein without many added calories.
The dip literally only takes five minutes to blend together in a blender or food processor. Throw in the cottage cheese, taco seasoning (I use my homemade taco seasoning – no icky additives!), black beans, and a good squeeze of lime juice to keep things tasting fresh. Blend until smooth.
You can keep this baby in the fridge all week long. Use it on chips, vegetables, or spread it on a sandwich. Meal prep made easy. You could make this at least twice while you have a pan of boiled eggs cooking. But one time will suffice. Until the next time.
Enjoy!
Used for this recipe:
more ideas for healthy snacking
- Chocolate Protein Balls
- Olive Oil and Rosemary Roasted Almonds
- Sugar Free Cinnamon Roasted Almonds
- Sweet Potato Chips in the Microwave
- Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas
- Healthy Whole Wheat Chocolate Banana Bread
- Cheesy Baked Cauliflower Tots from Kalyn’s Kitchen
- Greek Nachos from Skinnytaste
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1/2 cups
This healthy and creamy southwestern black bean dip only uses four ingredients and one packs an extra punch of protein. You’ll love this for dipping or for spreading on sandwiches.
Ingredients
- 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese
- 1 tablespoon [homemade taco seasoning]
- 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- vegetables, chips, or crackers for serving
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients together in a food processor or blender, scraping down sides as necessary until smooth. Serve cold with chips or crackers or vegetables.
Notes
- Serving size: 1/4 cup.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1/4 cup, Calories: 97kcal, Carbohydrates: 15g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 1mg, Sodium: 270mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 4g
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
Tracy says
What is a serving size? Your nutritional info doesn’t list that.
Rachel Gurk says
Nutritional information is for six 1/4 cup servings – sorry about that, still working out the kinks with the nutritional information.
Rachel Gurk says
Okay that wasn’t super clear either, ha! To clarify, the nutritional info is for only one of those six servings. ;)
The Duo Dishes says
I thought I was one of the only people who still ate cottage cheese. It’s such a great snack, and it is awesome in a lot of baked casseroles. Great idea to use it in a dip!
Sues says
I’m not the biggest cottage cheese fan, but I bet I would love it this way! Definitely want to try!
Rachel Gurk says
You won’t even notice it in this dip!
Dayna @ Tabs and Tidbits says
Yum!! This looks like it will be really good. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
denise says
sounds really good!