June is National Dairy Month! I’ve teamed up once again with the American Dairy Association (mideast) to bring a delicious snack to your table!
I have a lot of nostalgia this week. It’s the end of another school year and I sit and wonder where did time go? It seemed like yesterday that I had a new baby at home with 3 more kids under the age of 7.
One thing I always made sure of is that they were getting enough milk in their diets. Milk is the single greatest source of three of the four nutrients the Dietary Guidelines identified as lacking in the American diet – calcium, vitamin D and potassium. But it’s not lacking in my house. At least not when they were younger.
Now that I have two teens and two preteens in the house, monitoring their diet is definitely more difficult. We only serve milk at the dinner table (at least I know ONE meal they will have a full glass of milk). My kids are also big cereal and yogurt eaters, so breakfast is usually covered. Getting more dairy in their diet beyond that can be tricky.
But, alas, this mom is crafty. Sneaky. I fit good food into our snacks. For instance, today’s dip is filled with greek yogurt, cottage cheese and avocado. Yes, you eat it with chips or pretzel crisps, but hey, there’s only so much I can control. If the kids are going to snack, why not balance it out. Compromise. Actually, it’s not really a compromise since they don’t know there is GOOD stuff in this. They see a bowl a chips and a plate of dip and devour.
I loved this dip with fresh vegetables. Dipping in some carrots, cucumbers and green peppers were a great way to not only get my veggies in for the day, but my dairy too!
Eating dairy doesn’t have to be boring. And I found this dip to be a great post workout snack! It’s power packed with protein! A perfect way to keep hunger in check throughout the day!
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Pin ItAvocado Bean Dip
Ingredients
- 1 can refried beans 16 ounce
- 2 teaspoons cumin divided
- 1 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 avocado
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 cranks fresh black pepper
- 6 drops tabasco sauce
- ¼ cup shredded colby-jack cheese
- ¼ cup sliced black olives
Instructions
- Combine refried beans with 1 tsp cumin. Spread in the bottom of a pie plate.
- In food processor, combine greek yogurt, cottage cheese, avocado, 1 tsp cumin, salt, pepper and tabasco. Process for several minutes until smooth and creamy. Add more salt, pepper and tabasco to taste at this point. Spread creamy avocado mixture of the refried beans.
- Top with shredded cheese and black olives. Serve with tortilla chips (or fresh vegetables). ENJOY!!
Notes
- I loved this dip with fresh vegetables. Dipping in some carrots, cucumbers and green peppers were a great way to not only get my veggies in for the day, but my dairy too!
Nutrition
**This is a sponsored post on behalf of the American Dairy Association, Mideast. I was compensated for my time, however all opinions expressed are 100% my own!
Hi Aimee: Since I live in Fairfield, OH, we could consider ourselves to be neighbors. I love your site, and have tried several of your recipes. Keep up the great work, and I do appreciate all of your efforts.
We could have been neighbors! Thanks for the sweet comment. I did just move to Illinois two weeks ago, sniff sniff, I’m going to miss Jungle Jim’s 🙂
I DO love my avocados. This looks like it will easily become one of my new favorite summer snacks! 😀
I love that you are sneaky and add things like cottage cheese to avocado and bean dips. This looks so good…although I’m pretty sure I would devour the entire plate full in one sitting. Maybe I should work on my self control 🙂
Let’s just share a plate of this together? M’kay?
I’m absolutely making this for a potluck I’m going to this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration!
This looks really good!
I love vegetarian dishes like this one. What a perfect appetizer to take to a summer party!
Thanks Marly!
I am always try to sneak in dairy where I can. I have recently started making yogurt Popsicles for snacks after school. This looks like a good way to do it too!
Yogurt Popsicles are awesome!!!
I will be making this delicious avocado bean dip this weekend for a graduation party we are going to! Thanks for a awesome recipe, Aimee! 🙂
You’re welcome Jenn, enjoy!!! We made it again last weekend and added jalapenos and diced tomatoes. So good!!
What a great, healthy dip, perfect for bathing suit season. 🙂
Oh crud. It’s bathing suit season???
Looks so creamy and satisfying! I could polish off most of the bowl myself 🙂 pinned
You’re the best Averie! Thanks for pinning 🙂
I would have never thought to dip those pretzel things into a bean dip. Looks kind of good though.
I love those pretzel crisps in EVERYTHING.
This doesn’t look boring AT ALL! In fact, I could probably gobble up a whole dish of it 🙂 I love Greek yogurt both for a breakfast/snack and as a dip and topping!
No. It’s not boring. Especially since we both know it’s loaded with good stuff!
This means I can have the whole dish, right?! Looks amazing!
Of course! I don’t judge!
Avocado Bean Dip? Oh yeah! Fantastic girl!
Thanks Jocelyn 🙂
You had me at avocado! I love everything in this! pinning to make for sure!! Thanks!
Thank you so much Marion 🙂
This looks so delish!! Love anything avocado!
Thanks Liz, I wish I lived somewhere so I can grow my own avocado tree!
I think I could polish off a whole bowl of this stuff by myself! Yum!
I may or may not have made this twice. Once for me, once for the family.
That looks awesome! I love layered dips like this, will have to try it sometime! 🙂
I love layered dips too!! Just trying to make my snack tooth a little healthier!
The cottage cheese is SUCH a surprise, but I LOVE it…I eat that, and Greek yogurt AND avocados everyday…so this must happen! Pinned 🙂
Thanks for the pin Taylor!!
I wouldn’t have guessed there is cottage cheese in this dip, too. It’s a double dairy protein bonus – love it!
Thanks Anna! I’m sneaky like that 🙂