Dips for your Chips

These 3 recipes are Staples in our home for parties!

Cream Cheese, Sausage, Rotel Dip - Man-Food!

1 pound bulk sausage (I like snow creek, a local brand but Jimmy Dean or whatever you like best works) browned and grease drained
2 8oz packages of cream cheese
1 can Rotel diced tomatoes with green chiles

Brown sausage. Drain grease. Stir in Cream cheese and rotel. Serve warm with Fritos or Tortilla chips of your choice.

Cream Cheese and Corn Dip - The recipe is given below. I adapt and don't always add all the butter it calls for! Just soften the cream cheese (defrost setting on the microwave) and add the corn and peppers (or leave out the peppers if you like).

2 boxes of Cream Cheese
2 cans of whole corn, drained
1/2 jar jalapenos, drained
1 stick of butter, melted
Frito Scoopers or another corn-style chip

Preheat oven to 350.
Mix all ingredients together.
Bake until bubbly.
Serve with Frito Scoopers

Black Bean, Corn Salsa
2 cans black beans (drained and rinsed)
2 cans Rotel with lime and cilantro
2 cans shoepeg corn (sometimes I use frozen or just regular corn, drain)
1/2 c. Newmans Own Olive Oil and Vinegar Dressing
Salt and Pepper to taste

Mix together (preferably a few hours ahead...chill) and serve with chips. You can play around with the proportions! It's a great recipe, and super easy. It lasts in the refrigerator for a while too (if there is any left).

Spicy Black Bean, Corn and Chicken Salad

This recipe came from The Washington Post:

I have adapted the recipe, leaving out the chicken, and then serve it as a "chip n' dip" kind of dish.

1 1/2 cups frozen corn (I just rinse with cold water to thaw it a bit)

One 1-pound, 13-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained (about 3 cups)

4 scallions (also known as green onions), ends and tough green tops trimmed, thinly sliced (about 1/2 cup)

1 red, yellow or orange bell pepper, cored, seeded and diced (about 1 cup)

1/2 red onion, chopped into small pieces

3 T. Lime juice (from the bottle)

1/4 cup olive oil

1 teaspoon ground cumin, or more to taste

Salt

Ground black pepper

I LOVE all the onion in it! And it is such an easy dish to throw together. I like to let it "sit" in the fridge over night. The flavors just combine so nicely, and it is plenty good to eat after a few days too (if there is any leftover).