Super Homemade Bean Dip

We had a minor brain storm recently.  We can make our own Bean Dip.  Why spend $3 for a 9 ounce can of bean dip at the store?  This is really tasty and even better, it’s cheap.

Recipe: Super Homemade Bean Dip

Summary: Cheap, simple and tasty homemade beandip

Ingredients

  • 1 16 oz can refried beans
  • 2 tbs mayonaise or “salad dressing”
  • 1 tbs chopped “jarred” jalapenos

Instructions

  1. Get out your food processor
  2. Put all the ingredients into the processor
  3. Blend everything together
  4. Put in bowl and serve

Preparation time: 5 minute(s)

Cooking time: 5 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8

My rating 5 stars:  ★★★★★ 1 review(s)

bean dip in the food processorEnjoy this with your favorite corn chips or tortilla chips.  This is tasty!  We made tostadas for dinner the other night.  A little smear of bean dip on the flat corn tortilla helped hold everything together and added to the taste while reducing the mess.

You can add some cheese to this and then zap it in the microwave.  And, you can put it in a plastic, lidded container, put it in the fridge and it’ll last up to a week (I think it will, we always eat it up a lot faster than that).

We like bean dip with just a bit of “wallop” from the jalapenos.  You can make it as mild or as hot as you’d like.  Just remember one thing whenever you’re making something spicy–add the heat a bit at a time.  You can always add more, but once it’s in, you can’t take it out.

Bean dip and chips

And, the Cheap Bastid Test?  Like I said, a can of Frito/Lay Bean Dip will set you back at least $3.  The Can of refried beans was $.89 and I used about a dime’s worth of mayo and another dime’s worth of jalapenos.  I made twice as much dip as the can of Frito/Lay for about 1/3 the price.  If you have a bunch of folks coming over, make a double or triple batch.

That’s theCheap   Bastid Way:  Eat Good! Eat Cheap! Be Grateful!

About Walter Blevins

My wife started to call me Cheap Bastid a while back because I enjoyed coming up with dinners that cost next to nothing--and making them taste good. Yeah, I love to cook. And I love to cook good food cheap. I'm not a chef and I'm definitely not anything close to a gourmet. I'm just a home cook who grew up in a home where cooking was from scratch and was a little bit Midwest and a little bit country. That's because my Mom was from Michigan and my Dad was from Kentucky. I started sharing recipes when my daughter called me in 2006 and asked for my recipe for Swiss Steak. That year for Christmas I put together a cookbook for my 2 kids called "Dad's Everyday Cookbook and Kitchen Survival Guide". And I heard back that they both use it regularly. It was full of basic recipes that I had cooked for them when they were growing up. I work hard at creating recipes that are original and creative and inexpensive. You won't find a foo-foo foodie approach to my recipes and style. I believe that it's OK for food to go up the side of a plate. Food is for eating--it doesn't have to be pretty. And I write about my cooking and my recipes so that I can share them. I hope you enjoy these posts. Leave me a comment--that you liked something or that you didn't, it doesn't matter. I'd love to hear from you.
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