7-Layer Mexican Dip

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Kate and I have discontinued our recipe swap on a weekly basis (it will now be every other week) but I had a recipe ready for today's Mexican holiday.

The ladies over at The Sequin Notebook made a similar recipe a while back and I decided to try it out for a party I recently went to. 

Ingredients:

1 8 oz. package cream cheese

1 jar of mild salsa

1 small can mild Rotel diced tomatoes

1.5 lb. lean ground beef

1 tbsp. olive oil

8 oz. Mexican blend cheese

1 small yellow onion, chopped

1 package taco seasoning

1 can refried beans

2 cups of light sour cream

Hot sauce, to taste

What To Do:

1. Mix cream cheese with 1/2 of the package of taco seasoning and layer onto the bottom of a greased baking dish.

2. Sautee onions in olive oil and add ground beef and the remaining of the taco seasoning. Add a dash of hot sauce and then cook well until the meat is no longer pink. Layer the beef mixture on top of the cream cheese layer. 

3. Heat up refried beans in microwave for 2 minutes and then layer beans on top of the beef layer. 

4. Top refried beans with salsa and then layer salsa with sour cream. The final step is to layer sour cream with shredded cheese and then sprinkle diced tomatoes on top of the cheese.

5. Bake on 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until cheese has melted. 

Enjoy!