How to Make Low-Fat Nacho Dip

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Make Low-Fat Nacho Dip

Nacho dip is a must have at any party or gathering, and this low-fat version is just as rich, creamy and delicious as the regular nacho dip. Make this nacho dip and your guests and family will wonder where you bought it from. Better yet no one will suspect that it's low-fat. Follow the easy steps below and you can serve this wonderful dip anytime.

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Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

1 cup low-fat cream cheese
1 cup low-fat sour cream
1/2 cup light or low fat mayonnaise
3/4 cup Salsa
3/4 cup sweet onions
3/4 cup red and yellow sweet peppers
3/4 cup shredded lettuce
3/4 cup reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese
Nacho chips for dipping

Step 1

Chop the onions and sweet peppers finely.
Step 2

Combine the mayonnaise, sour cream and cream cheese until well blended. Pack into the bottom of a serving bowl.
Step 3

Pour a layer of the salsa over the cream cheese mixture on the bottom.
Step 4

Add sweet onions as the layer above the salsa. Then sprinkle the red and yellow sweet peppers over the onions.
Step 5

Place a layer of shredded lettuce over the sweet pepper layer. Sprinkle the reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese over the lettuce.
Step 6

Refrigerate the dip for at least an hour to allow the flavors some time to blend together. Serve with nacho chips.

Tips & Warnings

There are many variations for this recipe, for instance you can add some taco seasoning to the cream cheese mixture.
Add a can of lean chili as a layer to the dip for more of a meal type dip.
You can even add a layer of fat free refried beans to the dip above the cream cheese layer.
Nacho dip means a cheese dip, however you can leave out almost all fat by just having a layered dip from the salsa up, omitting the cream cheese layer altogether.
You can also add a large dollop of low fat sour cream to the very top middle of the finished dip.
Nacho chips go best with this dip, but you can also use dipping vegetables such as celery, carrot sticks, green onions, broccoli florets and cauliflower.
You can make it more colorful by adding sliced black olives and diced tomatoes to the top.