MR. TACO BEAN DIP

Mr. Taco Bean Dip image

-Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Appetizers

Time 15m

Yield 3 cups.

Number Of Ingredients 13

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Ingredients

1 can (15 ounces) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sour cream
1 envelope taco seasoning
1 round loaf (1 pound) unsliced bread or whole wheat bread
Curly endive or leaf lettuce
1 small sweet red pepper
Toothpicks
1 cherry or grape tomato
1 hard-boiled large egg, halved
2 pitted ripe olives
Celery leaves
Tortilla chips and assorted fresh vegetables

Steps:

In a food processor, process beans until smooth. In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sour cream and taco seasoning until blended. Beat in beans. Cover and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes., Cut the top fourth off the loaf of bread; carefully hollow out bottom, leaving a 1-1/2-in. shell. Cube removed bread; set aside. Place bread bowl on an endive-lined plate., Cut red pepper into two rings for ears and a thick slice for mouth; attach to bread bowl, using toothpicks. Attach tomato for nose. For eyes, attach egg and olives and celery leaves for eyelashes. , Fill bread bowl with bean dip. Serve with bread cubes, tortilla chips and vegetables.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 128 calories, Fat 6g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 26mg cholesterol, Sodium 306mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.