Auntie Jean's Low Sodium Living: Party Taco Dip

Deciding what food to bring to a party is always a difficult choice for me. I like to plan well in advance so I have time to shop and prepare the food as early as possible. Sometimes I am forced (either through my lack of planning or just plain laziness) to prepare something at the last minute.

For the New Year's Eve party that I'm attending this year, I had decided to bring taco dip and tortilla chips. Most of the ingredients, I normally have on hand, but I needed to pick up a couple things. So I foolishly ran to the supermarket this afternoon (New Year's Eve). As I approached the parking lot, I said, "NO!" That was because I couldn't even turn into the parking lot with the amount of traffic waiting to enter. There wasn't an empty parking space to be had, so I waited as patiently as I could and drove in and out of the parking lot to promptly return home. Some cream cheese and tortilla chips were simply not worth the hassle.

Onto plan B... I would bake my own tortilla chips using the tortilla shells at home and I would substitute sour cream for cream cheese. I probably should have done that in the first place; lesson learned.

I returned home and starting baking tortilla chips while I prepared the taco dip to accompany them. Crisis averted :-) Here is the Taco Dip recipe you can whip up in a snap. The home made tortilla chips recipe is found in an earlier post under "Homemade Chips and Salsa"

Have a happy and healthy new year!

PARTY TACO DIP

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon Auntie Jean's Low Sodium Taco Blend*
8 ounces low fat cream cheese / neufchatel, softened
1/4 cup low fat sour cream / yogurt
1 bag lettuce
2 diced tomatoes
1/4 cup diced red onion
1/4 cup diced green onion
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
sliced black olives (optional)

Preparation:
In small bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, and taco seasoning.