Shelly's Recipe

BLACK BEAN SALSA DIP

Category: Salsa/ Gucamole

2 (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons Southwestern seasoning mix
2 green onions with tops, thinly sliced, divided
1 cup diced red bell pepper
1 can (3.25 ozs) pitted ripe olives, drained and chopped
3/4 cup salsa
1 garlic clove, pressed
1 can black bean, drained and rinsed
1 can corn, drained

Combine cream cheese, mayonnaise and seasoning mix in small bowl; whisk until smooth. Reserve 1 cup of mixture and fill into a decorator bag for later and spread remaining mixture over bottom and halfway up sides a bowl. Slice green onions using; set aside 2 tablespoons for garnish. Dice bell pepper and chop olives.

In bowl, combine green onions, bell pepper, olives, salsa, garlic, beans and corn; mix well. Spoon half of the salsa mixture over cream cheese layer. Pipe half of the reserved cream cheese mixture in a zigzag pattern over salsa layer.

Top with remaining salsa mixture. Pipe a decorative border around edge of bowl using decorator. Sprinkle with reserved green onions. To serve, place pie plate on a platter; arrange tortilla chips around edge of platter. Serve.