This was soooo GOOD!
I took a class this weekend that was all day Saturday and all day Sunday. I completely forgot about dinner Sunday night and everyone was starved and rummaging around for food, but we had no leftovers ready to go. I needed something lightning fast and super easy (because my brain was fried). Then I had a vision for Beefy Queso Dip with Chips!!! I took a pound of ground beef out of the freezer and plopped it into the cast iron pan (still frozen solid). As soon a piece thawed enough to separate it from the frozen block, I just put it into a bowl to keep it from overcooking while the rest thawed — then when it was mostly all thawed, we put everything back in to the pan. We added some cheddar cheese, about half a can of diced fire roasted tomatoes (using as much juice as you need to get the right consistency), some grilled onions we had in the fridge (always a good thing to have extra of), a small amount of chili powder (it is easy for me to overdo this one!), plenty of Celtic sea salt, and plenty of my favorite 21 Seasoning Salute from Trader Joe’s. We served the dip right out of the skillet at the table with our non-GMO Blue Corn chips. Super fast (maybe 10 minutes start to finish) and super good! Of course we had Kent’s famous custard for dessert.