Your new favorite dip to bring to all the summer picnics and barbeques.

Ingredients:

• 1 package Bacon, cooked and finely chopped
• 2 Avocados, ripe
• 1 cup Mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup Sour Cream
• 1 cup chopped scallions
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• Black Pepper
• 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 head of romaine lettuce, finely shredded
• 1 container cherry tomatoes, chopped

Directions:

1. Place avocado in a food processor and puree until smooth. Add pureed Avocado into a seperate bowl.
2. In bowl with Avocado, add mayonnaise, sour cream, scallions, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, basil, pepper, Monterey Jack cheese and half of the bacon. Mix together.
3. Place avocado ranch mixture into separate serving dish, if not serving from the mixing bowl.
4. On top of avocado ranch mixture spread the lettuce, tomatoes and the rest of the bacon.
5. Serve with tortilla, crostini or favorite cracker.

Note: If you are short on time you can skip the scallions and herbs and use the half of a prepackaged ranch seasoning mix as well as using the already bagged shredded lettuce in the salad mix section of the supermarket.