Football Bean Dip
Last weekend, a rare thing happened. I was grateful it was football season. This is because my daughter, who usually reserves most of her weekend time for her boyfriend, Lee, got ditched by the guy in favor of the Ravens or the Packers or whoever it was roughhousing on TV that afternoon. Lee announced his intention to occupy the couch for at least seven hours, which meant that Elizabeth (who tolerates football but only for about fifteen minutes at a time) was free to go shoe shopping with me.
I actually like to watch football sometimes, but not when I have the option of a mother/daughter retail rendezvous in NYC. We left Lee curled up on the sofa with a cold beer and a hot pizza.
When Elizabeth and I returned several hours later (Elizabeth with a pair of caramel colored high heeled boots, me with a pair of black flats on hold at Bloomingdale’s) Lee was in the same position we’d left him in. The only change in the scene was that the beer and pizza had vanished and Lee’s abdomen had expanded slightly.
I can see that both my daughter and I are going to have to make some commitment to watching football. Our respective men will be on the couch for weeks, and there’s just so much shoe shopping a girl can do (or so I’m told). I intend to make it a little more interesting by amping up the game food. There’s just so much pizza a guy can eat (or so I’m told). I’m gonna watch a game on Sunday, dammit, and I’m making bean dip.
Then I’m going back to Bloomingdale’s for those black flats.
Football Bean Dip
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 15-ounce cans pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup jarred salsa
1 cup shredded Mexican-style cheese
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
1. Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook until soft, about ten minutes. Add the garlic, cumin, salt and pepper and cook for one minute. Add the beans and cook for a few minutes, crushing the beans with a fork as they cook. They should end up fairly smooth but somewhat chunky.
2. Spread the bean mixture evenly in an 8 or 9-inch square baking pan. Cover the beans with the sour cream, and cover that with the salsa, spreading it evenly over the sour cream. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top.Cover the pan with foil.
3. Bake the dip for 20 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for an additional ten minutes, until the cheese on top is hot and bubbly. Sprinkle the top with cilantro, if using. Let the dip cool for five minutes, then serve with chips.

Tags: bean dip recipe, bloomingdale's shoes, ESPN, Packers, Ravens football
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October 12th, 2011 at 11:37 am
I love, love, love your site. Your homey stories and your pixieish wit are some of the best on the web (or so I’m told). Pray continue!
October 12th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Love that! thanks Mitch!
October 12th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
This recipe sounds awesome and I seriously love your blog. You are so funny in a fantastic and fresh way. Keep up the amazing blogging and stellar personality. 🙂
October 13th, 2011 at 8:31 am
Jessica, I love your site and blogs and love to cook!
you are so funny (in a good way) I can hardly wait to see what Recipes you have coming up for the holidays.
my favorite being Halloween! I love to bake Halloween cookies.
in the shapes of ghosts, witches, pumpkins and Spiders!
maybe I will bake me some cookies, serve them on Halloween themed paper plates
and watch some spooky movies, I’ll even pop in Suspiria for the occasion!
any good simple sugar cookie recipes you have for us?
October 13th, 2011 at 8:39 am
I will get back to you on that cookie recipe!
October 13th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Thanks Jessica! look forward to it!
March 17th, 2013 at 1:39 pm
I found your tip on the (not) adding salt to cooking beans to be quite useful, especially when cooking black beans. I had been adding the salt at the beginning and thay would not soften; even after hours of cooking they were like a mouth full of #2 buck shot. Holding the salt until later did the job.
Thanks