What are your plans for this Labor Day extended holiday weekend? Well, I’d love to be grilling it up at some friends’ house, but the kidlets and I are going to be at home while daddy goes to a Fantasy Football draft weekend. What will he be taking with him for snacks for his yearly fun event? Nothing other than Frito Lay and some yummy homemade dip that we will be making beforehand. Who can deny chips, snacks, dip and of course – Frito Lay?
Whether you are on a diet or not, here are some recipes that my family and I will be trying out soon and I encourage you to test these out for yourself:
No party is complete without chips and dips. When choosing chips for the party, it’s important to turn the bag around and read the nutrition label.
Here’s what you’ll find out about America’s favorite chips:
- Tostitos Scoops! tortilla chips are made with just three simple ingredients – corn, vegetable oil and salt – and have 8 grams of whole grains per serving. Another fun fact: they have less sodium than a slice of bread!
- Lay’s Original potato chips are also made with just three ingredients – potatoes, vegetable oil and salt – that’s it!
- SunChips Original Multigrain snacks are always a fun alternative that pack 18 grams of whole grains into ever serving!
Chips can be a vehicle to deliver more nutrition into the diet when paired with fruit and veggie dips. To add even more nutritious goodness to your chips, check out these three recipes from Registered Dietitian Jessica Levinson – all made with fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables.
Watermelon Salsa (Perfect with Lay’s Classic Potato Chips)
Serves: 6; Serving Size: ½ cup
Ingredients:
- 3 cups finely diced seedless watermelon
- 1 to 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced (use the seeds to add spice)
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
- ¼ cup minced red onion
- ¼ cup lime juice
- Kosher salt to taste
Directions:
- In a medium bowl, combine the watermelon, jalapeno peppers, cilantro, onion, and lime juice. Season with salt and stir everything together.
- Serve immediately or chill for at least an hour.
Nutrition Information (per ½ cup serving):
29 calories, 1 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 0 g fat, 0 g sat fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 98 mg sodium
Corn and Heirloom Tomato Salsa (Perfect with Tostitos Scoops! Tortilla Chips)
Serves: 8; Serving Size: ½ cup
Ingredients:
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 ears of corn
- 1 to 1 ½ cups cherry heirloom tomatoes, halved
- 1/3 cup minced red onions
- 1 teaspoon minced and seeded jalapeno peppers (use the seeds to add spice)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Directions:
- Lightly brush olive oil on the ears of corn. Grill the corn on all sides for about 2 minutes on all sides. (If you don’t have a grill, you can “grill” the corn over a stove’s flame – just be sure to hold the corn with tongs.) Remove the corn and set aside to cool.
- Once corn is cool enough to touch, use a paring knife to cut kernels off cob into a medium bowl. Be sure to cut very close to the cob to use as much corn as possible. Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl and toss to combine.
Nutrition Information (per ½ cup serving):
40 calories, 2 g protein, 9 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g fat, 0 g sat fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 85 mg sodium
Cucumber Yogurt Dip
Serves: 8; Serving Size: ¼ cup
Ingredients:
- 1 English cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise, and seeded
- 1 ½ cups nonfat Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- 1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Cumin to taste
Directions:
- Grate cucumber halves by hand or chop in a food processor until coarse, but not mushy. Place grated/chopped cucumber in a strainer and cover with a paper towel to squeeze out the excess juice. You may need to change the paper towel a few times.
- In a medium bowl, combine the yogurt, chives, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil. Fold in the cucumber and season with salt and pepper. Add cumin to taste.
- Refrigerate until chilled, about an hour.
Nutrition Information (per ¼ cup serving):
45 calories, 5 g protein, 3 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 2 g fat, 0 g sat fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 91 mg sodium
All opinions in this posting are 100% my own.
For more information and some tasty recipes to help with all your Labor Day and party planning, please visit www.fritolay.com.
In honor of Labor Day, I have teamed up with Frito Lay to help with your snack thoughts for whatever you may be planning to help get your recipe ideas sparked for a giveaway for one winner of a fun
- One (1) winner will receive a fun Frito Lay Labor Day Party Pack that will be filled with some fab products from Frito-Lay & Crate& Barrel that will include a chip and dip pack, complete with a chip and dip bowl, extra dip bowls for all of your recipes and chips for the weekend.
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- EXTRA ENTRY: Post to me if you have plans for this Labor Day extended holiday weekend and how the Frito Lay Labor Day Party Pack will help with your party plans, or family get together.
- EXTRA ENTRY: Do you have a favorite recipe? Share! I’d love to see & the other’s can get some snack ideas!
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I just entered the Frito Lay Labor Day Snack Basket Giveaway #MommyGoggles! http://tinyurl.com/MGfritolay
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We are going over to a friends house on Monday. THis would be perfect for the snacks I have to bring
My favorite product: Fritos. I love them!
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I love Fritos, in chili dip
It’s my oldest son’s birthday today so this would help with his party.
I love the Frito Lay products but my favorite is Tostitos.
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My favorite is Baked Ruffles.
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My favorite Frito-Lay product are SunChips.
we are having a cookout and maybe inviting some of my hubbys grad buddys. yay fun
we have tostitos scoops in our cupboard. I love frioto lays!
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I love Fritos Corn Chips with Fritos Bean Dip. I could live off it!
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I LOVE fritos with anything but especially chili…makes a quick dinner/snack/lunch
I love love love Chili Cheese Fritos. YUM.
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We have a birthday party for a friend then we will probably be hanging out at the house. The party pack would definitely be a nice touch to any get together or hangout. =)
I love BBQ Fritos!
I like the Frito Lay twisty BBQ corn chips.
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I love the Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips
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my fav recipe is mixing fresh salsa wirh melted velveta and tostitos
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i like fritos
I love Tostito’s Baked Scoops
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My favorite is barbequed corn chips.
I love Fritos. We taught our parrot tosay “want a frito?” when he wants food
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I absolutely have a fave!! Fritos corn scoops with their original bean dip. YUM!!
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I love Tostitos!
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My favorite recipe would be petros,just all the salad makings you want with scredded cheese, an then add barbeque fritos an top it with chili,an then stir ,it is so good!
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We are planning a cookout for Labor Day,so this would be so nice to put all the conditments an chips in,we never have a cookout without Frito products its a must!
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My favorite would be barbeque fritos
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I love the Fito Lay Sunchips(original flavor)
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My mother-in-law is coming into town this weekend to help us celebrate our son turning 3 and it would be great to have some extra snacks and serving platters on hand.
The Baked Scoops are my favorite!!
Love sour cream and onion chips yuuuummm
I like cheetos
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I love fritos bean dip most, honestly its always best with scoops, but I also like ti on my tacos
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My favorite Fritos products is Fritos Scoops
We like the Tostitos Rounds.
I love their original lays! yum
I love their Sour Cream and Onion chips, an oldie but a goodie!
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I love their scoops…frito style!
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Cheetos!
Our plans include having a picnic with the family on Labor Day and this party pack would be perfect for the occasion!
I’ve always loved Fritos!!
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My favorite Frito Lay’s product is Lay’s Vinegar and Salt Potato Chips! I eat them every day!
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This would be great for a veggie platter too! I add package of dry vegetable soup mix to plain yogurt and let sit in the fridge . Makes a great dip for veggies
We will have a cookout!!
The Corn chips!! I grew up on them as a kid!!
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My favorite Frito Lay product is Bite Size Tostitos. I love them with guacamole.
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I love the SunChips Original Multigrain chips.
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Fritos are the very best!
We are planning on getting together with all the kids and grandkids. Thanks!
My favorite Fritos products is Fritos Scoops. Thank you!
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I love their MAUI STYLE® Onion Flavored Potato Chips.
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my fave is fritos
I like the Fritos Scoops because I can get a whole lotta dip on that sucker and that is the key to snacking.
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I mix fresh diced tomatoes,chopped onion,cheese sauce and light sour cream for dip.I do according to taste and amount needed .You can add in real bacon pieces or diced ham for added flavor.This is great on tortillas or corn chips
we are having a bbq at my sisters with all the kids and then camping next weekend
I love their plain chips with salsa best
My taco dip is very easy and always gets lots of compliments: spread bottom of pie tin or whatever dish you’re using with a block of softened cream cheese–I use light. Cover that with hot salsa–I use Chi-Chi’s brand. Cover that with chopped lettuce. Cover that with shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese. Scatter some pickled jalapenos on top. Yum!
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Lays potato chips and onion dip is great while just sitting back and relaxing after the holiday to have some down time.
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My favorite is Rold Gold Classic Thin Pretzels. You know I never knew Frito Lay made them.
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I love Fritos; especially the chili flavored ones
We love to take Tostitos and cover them with refried beans and mexican shredded cheese and microwave it for a few seconds until the cheese melts! Then we dip it in Tostitos brand salsa.
This prize pack would be perfect for our Labor Day weekend plans! I am hosting an engagement party for our friends on that Saturday evening!
We have several Favorite Frito Lay products! My hubby loves the BBQ Wavy Lays and I am in love with Baked Lays and Tostitos with Lime!!
I love Fritos right out of the bag or with French onion dip! My son loves Doritos and would eat them 24 seven if I let him.
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My favorite is nacho cheese Doritos.
we have family visiting from florida, will be showing them the different college campuses, the mall, and eating together and playing cards, a yummy frito dip snack would be great while playing cards
i love the original fritos, by itself or with dip
My favorite guilty pleasure is Chili Cheese Fritos.
Fritos. That and a bottle of cold beer.
It’s so hard to choose! Cheetos are at the top of the list.
Labor Day is always the big last picnic of the year. This Party Pack will be filled with different dipping sauces and chips. Thanks.
I like the Tostitos Bite Size Rounds Tortilla Chips. The perfect size for adults and kids. Thanks.
I like original flavored Sun Chips
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Our annual family reunion is Labor Day weekend. I would love to bring my bean dip in these nice dishes!
I like Frito-Lay Scoops!
My favorite Frito Lay product is their SmartFood Popcorn Clusters, they are sooo good!
My favorite is Chili N Cheese Fritos!
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We are having a little family get together and we all love Lays products. So this party pack will be popular for all ages. It will also give me a headstart on having what I need.
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MY FAVORITE DIP IS TO BUY A DIP AND THEN ADD TOMATOES….I LOVE IT
WE ARE GOING TO A COOKOUT ON LABOR DAY
I LOVE ANY OF THEIR CHIPS…..ESPECIALLY THE SALT AND VINEGAR
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Sadly we’ve got no plans for Labor Day, other than to relax. Of course the Party Pack would be great for relaxing and watching TV with also!
My favorite is their B-B-Q corn chips. My only complaint is that the bag isn’t big enough. It should be more the size of a large pillow, or maybe a barrel size would be nice.
I’m a big fan of the Lay’s Potato Chip, there have been many times when my husband has been sent back to the store for Lay’s instead of the brand he found on sale…he doesn’t get it.
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We like to make a chili dip.
Take a pie plate a layer (spread with spoon) one pack of cream cheese. Open and layer one can of Hormel Chili on top of the cream cheese. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Pop in in the microwave just until the cheese melts. We like to serve this with Tostitos Scoops! Tortilla Chips.
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My favorite is Wavy Lays Potato Chips.
One of my favorite Frito Lay products in Fritos. Thanks for the review and giveaway!
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It isn’t a family gettogether, but my son is having some friends come here from college. They will eat me out of house and home, so this would be really helpful.
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I love cheetos.
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i love there s.c&o chips for that any kind of there chips thay make
My favorite has always been baked lays chips since i was younger. they are so yummy.
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Hot Spinach, Artichoke and Chile Dip
Ingredients
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 (4.5 ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1 (12 ounce) jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained and chopped 1/4 cup canned chopped jalapeno peppers, drained 1 (10 ounce) box frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Mix together the cream cheese and mayonnaise in a bowl until smooth. Stir in the green chiles, Parmesan cheese, artichokes, peppers, and spinach. Spoon the mixture into a baking dish.
Bake in preheated oven until slightly browned, about 30 minutes.
We are going to the lake with our extended family. There will be 22 of us and we will be snacking while we play games and cards at night so the Frito Lay Labor Day Party Pack would be a great addition.
Baked Lays Potato chips are my favorite. They are so good and not greasy at all.
I love Cheetos. We hope to have a cookout for Labor day with lots of family.
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2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 (15 ounce) can chili without beans
16 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
1 pack of fritos
Spread cream cheese on the bottom of a microwave-safe dish. Spread a layer of chili over the cream cheese. Finish with a layer of shredded cheddar cheese. Microwave for 5 minutes or until the cheese melts.
Serve with Fritos for dipping.
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We grill out, just family, on Labor Day. The last hurrah before I go back to teaching and my kids head to school. This party pack will come in handy- as it is now, we just pass the bag of chips and the dip containers. This definitely would class up our act a bit!
We are hoping to have a cabin on our favorite lake in Maine for the weekend and having all our friends and family up for an end of the summer blow out. This would defintiely help since I usually make my Frito and chili Cheese dip for most get togethers.
I am a sucker for the original Fritos, can’t be the Scoopables, I don’t care what anyone says, they taste different, has to be the original. And if I am feeling like really blowing my diet out of the water, I top them with Chili and Cheese.
I like regular fritos! Smashed in on a tuna fish sandwich, yummmm
I love Fritos Scoops with french onion dip.
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Fritos are my favorite!
classic doritos are my favorite but love them all in one way or another depending on the foood being served
I love the Tostitdo scoops! They are the perfect chip to dip into salsa.
My favorite recipe is simple – sour cream mixed with onion soup dish and used with Ruffles!
We’re ham radio operators and we’ll be attending the Shelby Hamfest in Dallas, NC over Labor Day Weekend with about 15,000 others. We’ll be camped in our RV on site. Lay’s products will come in handy as snacks, with meals, and treats for people who stop by to visit.
My favorite Lay’s product are the Classic Potato Chips. You sill can’t eat just one!!
I love Lay’s Original Chips.
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Original fritos put into homemade chili
okay get a can of chili 80z or make some =) then add cup of cream cheese and then add 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese mix it up in a bowl heat in microwave for 3 min mix again awesome dip on lays on fritos and plain tostitos my kids and i love this recipe i make it alot!
I have 6 kids so this would help alot and yes im cooking out and neighbors are coming over so this would be awesome =)
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Doritos!
Frito Scoops are my favorite. They’re perfect for dipping.