karla@Shiva.COM (Karla Shapiro) (01/21/91)
One of my favorites (and the old standby) dips is a pint of SOUR Cream (not cream cheese) mixed with one of the packages of onion soup mix in the standard box. (Usually Lipton's Onion soup mix.) The main variation on this is to use a different soup mix or yogurt as the base instead of sour cream. I've had good results with Knorr vegetable soup mix. If you're looking for a nacho dip, the one I recently discovered is to fry up about 1/2 pound of hamburger with a chopped onion and some diced pepper. Glop in some refried beans and a can of tomato paste and cook until thoroughly mixed. The spices are entirely to your taste (I use a lot of chili powder and crushed garlic.) Pour this over a plate of nachos, top with sour cream, chopped olives, guacamole or whatever else your heart desires. karla