Quick and Easy Mexican Bean Dip (idea)

Here is an equally quick and dirty bean dip. I was hungry one night, there was no food in the house, and I'm perpetually broke - so I made this. It's actually reasonably filling when eaten with some soft flour tortillas, such as those made by the Santa Fe Tortilla Company.

Ingredients:

• A decent sized can of refried beans (Old El Paso is pretty good)
• Cheddar and/or Jack cheese
• Limes (well, all you need is Lime juice, actually)
• Salsa (I like La Victoria) and/or Goya Sofrito
• Some Cholula

Instructions:

1. Heat the beans in a large saucepan on a burner, medium-high heat. Now is a good time toss some tortillas in the oven, if you're going that route.
2. Shred some cheese
3. After the beans are hot and sort of semi-liquid, put them in a big bowl (remember to turn off the stove!). Add the cheese; stir it around so it gets good and melted.
4. Now mix some salsa and/or sofrito in, and a big splash of Cholula (or if you're me, 5 or 6 big splashes).
5. Finally stir in a bunch of lime juice. You want to make sure it stays fairly solid (letting the beans cool a bit will help), but other than that, more is better in this case.

Enjoy.

Note: Pretty much all of this is optional. I haven't been paid in three weeks, and I'm finding that just beans, lime juice, and Cholula is a pretty decent meal.