Hi friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! For myself, I couldn't have asked for a better day. I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and three football games with my dad, before spending the afternoon with my grandma, aunt, uncle and two cousins. And I can't forget to mention the four dogs that were in the house. Two, Cassie and Sophie are the resident labs that live at my aunt's house, but the other two, Coco and Bailey were two that my cousin Maddie was dog-sitting. So with seven people and four dogs, it was a full house!
Thanksgiving is a day where you can eat anything you want as much as you want because it's what your supposed to do! I feel like the Thanksgiving eating starts with the appetizers and ends with the pie. Yesterday's appetizer was a bangin' 7-layer dip that my dad made. It is the best 7-layer dip that I have ever eaten. He makes it every year and this year he did not disappoint. Once you take one bite, you won't stop; it's that addicting. And my dad made enough to take to my aunt's house, as well as some to keep here at home for ourselves. So there was enough to last us a while.
If you want to make a delicious 7-layer dip here is the recipe that you will want!
Ingredients
4 cups shredded Mexican four cheese blend
3 (9 oz) cans Frito bean dip
1 (9 oz) can Frito Hot bean dip
3 lbs. guacamole (homemade or store bought)
2 (2.25 oz) can sliced black olives
2 (12 oz) tubs of sour cream
3 medium tomatoes, diced, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup scallions
1 Tablespoon cilantro
2 bags of Frito scoops
Directions
Layer the dip in this order: bean dip, cilantro, guacamole, sour cream, green onions, cheese, tomato and olives.
It is so simple to put together, just layer all the ingredients. Something that my dad does when making it, is that after the bean dip layer and the guacamole layer, he puts it in the freezer for just a couple minutes. That way it hardens just enough so that it is much easier to spread the next layer and things don't mix when you are trying to spread it around. It work's great! And don't forget that this makes a ton of dip so if you do not want this much, scale back the ingredients back accordingly.
I thought this was kind of funny but after my dad made the dip he decided to weigh it. It came in at an incredible 4.5 pounds! And that was just for one of the two trays that he made!
Later yesterday afternoon we picked up my grandma and headed over to my aunt's house. And there is always a great Thanksgiving Day dinner there. There was a 26 pound turkey in the oven, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, salad and rolls. I was in heaven.
When it was time to eat, we all served up buffet style and sat around the kitchen table. I love being able to share this time with family and have such a wonderful Thanksgiving. We all ate until we couldn't eat anymore, and had great conversation. My grandma was pretty entertaining too in her own way. We shared laughs and stories and I am so thankful that I have the family that I do.
Grandma and I with Coco and Bailey!
No black Friday shopping for me today, but for those of you who did go, I wish you the best of luck! Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
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