7-Layer Dip

By GuidingVegan

Ingredients

• Refried Beans
• 2 cans black beans drained and rinsed
• 1 onion diced
• 2 cloves garlic diced
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 to 1 cup water depending
• 2 avocados
• 1 lime (juice)
• Pinch of salt and pepper
• 2/3 cup cashews (soaked overnight)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup chopped spinach (I always use way more than one cup)
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 3 roma tomatoes diced
• 3 green onions diced
• 1/4 cup cilantro chopped (optional)
• 1/4 cup sliced olives (optional)

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from oneingredientchef.com

Preparation

Step 1

Layer 1. Refried Beans
Melt coconut oil and add onion, sauté until translucent. Add garlic, cook for 1 minute. Add spices and toast for another minute. Add beans, and 1/4 cup water and keep adding water until mostly absorbed. Use immersion blender and puree until desired consistency. Spoon this layer into the bottom of your serving dish (glass works best so all the layers can be seen).

Layer 2. Guacamole
In a bowl, mash the avocado, lime juice, salt and pepper together with a fork and spread a generous layer over the beans.

Layer 3. Cashew Cream
This cashew sour cream is by far the highlight of this dip. It’s super creamy with just a hint of tanginess from the apple cider vinegar — seriously, this sour cream is better than the real stuff. To make, combine the cashews, apple cider vinegar, and water (start with 1/3 cup) and blend until smooth. I use my food processor but you can use any high powered blender as well. Continue adding just enough water until it resembles sour cream but slightly thicker. Spread this over the guacamole for layer #3.

Layer 4. Nutritional Yeast
If you’ve been vegetarian for any length of time, nutritional yeast is surely one of your primary food groups. It’s a deactivated yeast that provides a very distinct and cheesy flavor. In this dip, mixed in with the lettuce just above the cashew cream, it’s pure heaven.

Layer 5. Diced tomatoes. Salt and Pepper

Layer 6. Diced green onions

Layer 7. Spinach
Chop the spinach and add it on top of the cashew cream. Phew. Glad that one’s over.

Chopped Cilantro or olives


You can serve at room temperature as is, but I like to cover and refrigerate for at least an hour to chill. Tortilla chips are the classical way to serve this, but a healthier and more “one ingredient” option would be to spoon it onto corn tortillas.