Score With These Dips at Your Next Tailgate

Taco Dip: Lighten up the old favorite by using fat-free Greek yogurt (in place of the traditional sour cream and cream cheese) and spicing it up with taco seasoning. Top it off with colorful layers of black beans, finely chopped Applegate Naturals^® Medium Cheddar Cheese, lettuce, ripe tomato and avocado. Serve with tortilla chips.

Pepperoni Pizza Dip: This super satisfying dip couldn’t be easier: Chop 3 slices of Applegate Naturals^® Provolone Cheese and stir into 1 cup of ricotta cheese. Spoon into the bottom of a shallow ovenproof dish. Stir ½ cup chopped Applegate Naturals^® Pepperoni into ¾ cup tomato sauce and spoon over the ricotta. Sprinkle the top with parmesan cheese and bake in a 450°F oven until bubbling, about 10 minutes. We like serving this with garlicky bread knots (roll pieces of refrigerated pizza dough into ropes, tie in a knot and brush with garlic oil before baking).

White Bean and Dill Dip: We love serving this 5-ingredient, full-flavored vegan dip with cut vegetables and pita chips. To make it, drain 1 (15-ounce) can of white northern beans (reserve the liquid) and blend together with the juice of ½ lemon, a small handful of dill leaves, a pinch of cayenne and salt to taste. Blend until smooth, adding a little of the bean liquid if necessary to thin it out. Garnish with more chopped dill.

Buffalo Dip: We turn to Greek yogurt again for this dip, which offers the flavors of Buffalo wings without all the mess: stir together 1 cup Greek yogurt with ½ cup crumbled blue cheese and 2–3 tablespoons buffalo-style hot sauce. Serve with Applegate Organics^® Chicken Nuggets and cut celery.

Bacon and Scallion Sour Cream Dip: A classic, for good reason. You can find the recipe here.