Black Bean Dip

1 15.5 ounce can black beans
1/3 cup salsa
¼ cup cilantro leaves (chopped)
4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 small garlic clove, minced (or one teaspoon if already minced)

Drain and rinse beans.
Combine the beans, salsa, cilantro, lemon juice, and garlic in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth.
Garnish with cilantro leaves or salsa or use your own creativity.

Serve in a bowl as the face of the cat skeleton created with vegetables.

This recipe features a cat skeleton vegetable tray with Black Bean Dip. This along with festive trimming provides high fiber; nutrient dense foods that everyone will love so much they won't even recognize that they are healthy!

Theme parties and the holidays are actually a great way to incorporate foods that are good for you into a healthy diet. Halloween and fall festivals often mark the beginning of the holiday weight creep for many of us. Having alternative choices to the high calorie, low-nutrient foods gives people a choice when it comes to healthy holidays.