Recipe: Slow Cooker Cheesy Beef Dip

In honor of the Super Bowl coming up next weekend, here's my favorite dip recipe to make for it. You can skip the slow cooker and adapt this to the microwave, but it keeps warm throughout the game if you use the slow cooker instead of the microwave. This is great to have started while you make other things for the game, or to have cooking until halftime and then serve it.

Also, you can skip the tomatoes and use salsa if you have that on hand, of course.

1 (1 pound) block of Velveeta, cubed
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 package taco seasoning mix
1/4 cup milk
1 pound lean ground beef (or sausage, chicken, or turkey)

Cook the ground beef, drain well, and then add to the bottom of the slow cooker.



Cube the Velveeta while the ground beef is cooking. You can try to shred it if that's easier, but honestly, I've never had an easier time shredding it over cubing it.


Add the taco seasoning mix, milk (or water) on top of the ground beef and stir. Then add the undrained cans of tomatoes, followed by the Velveeta.



Cook on low 2-3 hours. Stir, and serve warm with tortilla chips or sliced bread to dip.



This isn't exactly low in calories (but it's not meant to be an every day dish!) nor is exactly a cheap recipe to make, though it's cost is less than $10 if bought on sale:
Velveeta $4.74
Ground beef 1lb $1.99
2 cans tomatoes $1-2
taco seasoning mix $0.50
milk $0.20 (if that)

Click here for $1 off Muir Glen organic tomatoes and click here for a $1 coupon off Velveeta to help bring the cost down!