vegan seven layer dip

Stick around here long enough, and you’ll see that dips are one of my favorite recipes to make and eat. I think they need official status as their own food group.

This vegan seven layer is I’ve been making for several years and is a perennial crowd pleaser. It’s probably the first appetizer recipe that inspired me to include dips on a regular basis into our meal plan.

Here’s why.

I have four kids who all have very different ideas of what tastes good and have varying degrees of pickiness. They also love meat and cheese so I need to work hard to come up with all veggie recipes that taste good to them. Sooooo any time I can serve something that’s healthy, one hundred percent plant-based and fun (and what could be more fun than party food!), it feels like a huge victory.

There is one disclaimer.

Although this vegan seven layer dip is a crowd-pleaser, I don’t guarantee that everyone will like it hands down, especially if that person is super picky. I’d be lying if I did.

Case in point:

When I first made this dip, three out of four of my children enjoyed it. Since then they’ve changed their minds about it several times, while my husband and I continue to love it.

I wanted to share this in case you, as a mom or preparer of food for others, have this same frustration. It’s not you, it’s not the recipe, it just one of the challenges of trying to cook for many individuals.

It’s why I’ve also included a few optional dip layers. Because maybe you don’t have a cucumber fan, but an olive one. Or maybe cilantro tastes like soap to them (it’s a thing) but green onions get rave reviews.

Vegan Seven Layer Dip

Ingredients

• 1-14.5 oz can fat free refried beans

• 1-2 cups red pepper or plain hummus

• 1-2 avocados, diced

• 2-3 cups added sugar free salsa

• 3-4 cups diced romaine lettuce

• ½ – 1 cup minced cilantro

• 1 cucumber, diced

• optional: green onions, diced jalapeños, olives

Instructions

1. Spread refried beans evenly on bottom of baking dish.

1. Next spread the hummus evenly and evenly distributed the diced avocados over that.

1. Pour on the salsa.

1. If using jalapeños or olives add those next, then cover evenly with the lettuce.

1. Finish by evenly distributing the cilantro and the cucumber.

1. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

This dip will store well in the fridge for a couple of days. Make sure to cover!

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Vegan Seven Layer Dip

Prep Time

15 mins

 

This vegan seven layer dip is easy to make for a crowd at your next party or for a fun meal option.

Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine: Mexican

Author: Andrea Anderson

Ingredients

• 1-14.5 oz can fat free refried beans
• 1-2 cups red pepper or plain hummus
• 1-2 avocados diced
• 2-3 cups salsa
• 3-4 cups diced romaine lettuce
• ½ – 1 cup minced cilantro
• 1 cucumber diced
• optional: green onions diced jalapeños, olives

Instructions

1. Spread refried beans evenly on bottom of baking dish.
2. Next spread the hummus evenly and evenly distributed the diced avocados over that.
3. Pour on the salsa.
4. If using jalapeños or olives add those next, then cover evenly with the lettuce.
5. Finish by evenly distributing the cilantro and the cucumber.
6. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

This dip will store well in the fridge for a couple of days. Make sure to cover!

Looking for other party food ideas? Try these:

• Rainbow Black Bean Dip
• Easy Black Bean Dip
• Low carb Snack Plate