Mexican Cheese Dip

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups dannon all natural plain yogurt
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1 medium sweet red pepper, diced
• 2 cups frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
• 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 small tomato, seeded and chopped
• 2 tablespoons canned diced green chilies
• 2 cups shredded mexican blend cheese
• 1/4 cup snipped fresh cilantro
• tortilla chips or cracker

Recipe

• 1 line a small colander with 3 layers of 100% cotton cheesecloth or a clean paper coffee filter. suspend colander over a bowl and spoon in yogurt. cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight to create yogurt cheese.
• 2 remove yogurt cheese from strainer; discard liquid. transfer to a large bowl. stir in garlic, cumin, and salt. fold in sweet pepper, corn, black beans, tomato, green chilies, 1 1/2 cups mexican cheese and 3 tablespoons cilantro.
• 3 spoon into crock or spread on a platter. top with remaining mexican cheese and cilantro.
• 4 serve with tortilla chips or crackers.