My love for beans is well known. I appreciate their simplicity, ease and endless supply of inspiration for quick week night meals featuring these protein packed buttons. Like clockwork every week I prepare a pot of brothy beans. As the week flies by they make their appearance at breakfast – refried with egg, lunch – a steamy bowl garnished with tomatoes, queso fresco and cilantro or dinner – tossed with rice as a side dish or as the main course with enfrijoladas. Read on bean lovers… When my pot whittles down to the last cup of beany goodness and I need one more meal I simply add pantry items to change their appeal all together. I make bean dip. Not your ordinary mushy mass of beans from a can that you get from your local store. Okay rewind, you do need cans, but cans of really good beans to liven up this bean dip. Choose your beans wisely, watch for those laden with sodium.. sodium and artificial fillers ..who knows what’s in there. This bean dip features pinto beans, black beans, red kidney beans and canellini. Take this recipe as a option add the beans you enjoy, I sometimes add chickpeas with great results. This makes a heavy pot full, so invite friends over or hoard it all you for yourself, like I do. Enjoy! Sweet Life
Bean Dip
by Sweet Life
by Vianney Rodriguez
serves 8-10
2 cans (15oz) red beans
2 cans (15oz) black beans
2 cans (15oz) kidney beans
3- 4 cups brothy homemade pinto beans or 2 cans (15oz) pinto beans
1/2 onion chopped
3 tomatoes chopped or 2 cans diced tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
handful of cilantro chopped
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
olive oil
garnishes- cheese, avocado, extra cilantro, crema or sour cream
In a skillet add a swirl of olive oil, heat and add onions. Cook until slightly soft about 4 minutes, add garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.
Drain and rinse all your beans, except your brothy homemade beans if using.
Add onion, garlic mix to your crockpot with tomatoes, cilantro, cumin, chili, salt, pepper and beans.
If you used the canned pinto beans instead of homemade and the mix is too thick add just a bit of water for moisture.
Cover and cook on low for about 4 hours.
Serve garnished with cilantro, cheese, avocado and crema.
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Looks delish and healthy!
Ooohhh…this looks fantastic! Your photography is awesome, too. Makes me want to make the Bean Dip even more! Thank you so muc for participating in our first blog hop at RecipeLion. Hope to see you for the next one too!
Healthy and delicious… and looks super festive! What a great recipe!
Fantastic pictures! I have never actually thought of having “whole bean” bean dip, but, now I think I NEED to try it 🙂
Bonnie…your love for beans is very welcomed at my house. Now, all I need is to get cracking on getting myself a long awaited crockpot to make great recipes like these.
Ciao for now,
Claudia
Wow! I thought I was the only one who used beans a billion and 1 ways in a week! I too use beans in a lot of different dishes during the week….but I’ve never made a bean dip like yours, using multiple different types of beans. Very nice! Thanks for the inspiration! I’m sure my family will be thrilled.
That looks so beautiful, very colorful and yummy, I love beans too.
Sounds fantastic – I love the mix of beans here, healthy and delicious!
I can’t resist a slow cooker bean dip!!
We don’t eat beans very often, but this dip seems like a great snack for a movie night. I love the cumin and avocado in this too…mmm 🙂
Looks very healthy and tasty!
I personally tried these and I just couldnt stop eating them. I felt sorry for my husband later.
Ottima questa zuppa di fagioli. Sono tra i miei legumi preferiti! Un abbraccio
Beans, chilli, cumin, cilantro and avocado!! Oh my!! Yes please 🙂
Beans! I like how you’ve put it: protein packed buttons–that’s so cute. I’ve started eating more and more beans and I like how hearty and wholesome they are. This sounds delicious ;]
Healthy and delicious bean dip.
What a colorful and delicious looking bean dip! Most bean dips are mashed – I really like that you left the beans whole. So meaty and hearty!
Mmmm….looks very healthy and delicious. I’m really not good in cooking beans. I only have it as a dessert soup, especially adzuki and mung soup.
I don’t eat beans much, other than baked beans?? haha….
My family doesn’t like beans, but I don’t mind them- but it means I have beans so rarely that I don’t really know the different types and what they taste like =S This bean dip looks very nice though =)
I love that the beautiful beans are left in tact for your dip. It’s so colorful! I wish my son would jump on the bean band wagon soon!
Wow, this bean dip looks just delicious and very healthy too! Its got my name and it is calling to me!
I’ve never tried several bean types in one recipe. Looks great. Will give it a try.
Carmen
Yummo! Love beans and you went in a totally different direction than I expected with the dip. It looks great.
That dip looks wonderful! It could be a whole meal all by itself….well, with some chips, too.
ah, my entire life we made a fresh pot of beans each week too. AND i made enfrijoladas last night for dinner. I’ve never made a bean dip with whole beans. Looks delicious!
Mmm how yummy. With those avocados and tortilla chips, it looks like it would be heavenly!
*kisses* HH
I love the flavors like cumin, chili powder and peppers. It will be great for my weekend get together and best of all flavorful dip without hassle.
Hey Bonnie~ That is the PRETTIEST bean dip I’ve ever seen! It’s something I think my family would scarf down!
Delicious nutritious and economical – that is my mantra!
I serve this as a salad – but I love the dip idea.
YUM… and it might even be good with a little pureed and then mixed back in as a dip.
🙂
Valerie
You can never have too many recipes for bean dip- And since I tend to go the creamy, pureed route, this one would be a great way to shake things up a bit in that department. Yum!
I can live on beans too!! Your dish looks so good!
I try to make beans at least once a week also! They are the perfect food to have on hand because they can be turned into just about anything! I love the fresh flavors of this dip!
wow so much different kinds of beans here. looks like an interesting dish you got 🙂 thanks for sharing!!
Have a lovely day love!!
jen @ http://www.passion4food.ca
Oh wow, this looks so healthy and very full of flavor. I would be happy to have a bit of this right now. I am saving this recipe to try.
wow, loaded with bean goodness, I have never had bean dip like this – normally I let mine cook way down, to the ‘mushy’ stage… this has the look and feel of a much fresher bean taste…
Wow, Bonnie. I just want all of this spread out in front of me right now, so I can have it for dinner tonight;-) Seriously. Oh, and I am a bean lover, obviously.
Hey, but I want to know how you make your brothy pinto beans. I mean I make them too, but I want Bonnie’s recipe. Yeah (smile)!
Aren’t beans lovely? Not only are they super nutritious and tasty, but they are so affordable too! My husband and I make them 3-4 times a week, so I’m always looking for new recipes. This looks perfect. I would love to serve them with some homemade flour tortillas. Yum!
Oh my…this sounds soooo good! I’m a total bean-lover, too…and this is the perfect way to polish off a batch, if you ask me! YUM 🙂
And good for your heart! Great recipe.