I love sports and food, so gameday is a great excuse to celebrate both. I don’t really care about it being too healthy, I just want it to taste good!
I promise you’ll satisfy even your pickiest of little eaters if you serve up one of these great dishes at your next game day party.
My Sister’s Seven Layer Dip
2 avocados – peeled, pitted and diced
¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
¼ cup salsa
1 ½ tablespoons fresh lime juice
¼ teaspoon garlic salt
ground black pepper to taste
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
1 (16 ounce) can refried beans
4 roma (plum) tomatoes, diced
1 bunch green onions, finely chopped
2 cups shredded Mexican-style cheese blend
1 (2.25 ounce) can black olives – drained and finely chopped
Spicy Buffalo Chicken Tenders and Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
ngredients for tenders
Serves 2 (232 calories per portion roughly)
2 large chicken breasts cute into about 8 strips each
Aromat seasoning to taste (about a tsp)
Peri peri seasoning (optional) (about a tsp)
Salt & Pepper
Handful of white breadcrumbs (about 150g/ 1 cup)
Olive oil or sunflower oil spray
Parsley (for garnish, optional)
Buffalo sauce (92 calories per serving)
160ml (2/3 cup) Franks hot sauce
1 tsp Worcester sauce
1 tbsp white vinegar
25g (1/4 cup) butter
Blue Cheese dip (123 calories per serving)
125g (1 cup) fat free greek yoghurt
1 heaped tsp full fat mayo
50g (1/2 cup) blue cheese crumbled small (I personally like to just Cashel Blue or Gorgonzola, but you can use any blue cheese you like)
1 Tsp white vinegar
Squeeze of half a lemon (about a tsp)
½ clove garlic crushed / chopped fine
Salt & pepper, to taste
Mom’s Famous Buffalo Wings
egetable oil
10 small (1 pound total) chicken drumettes, patted dry
10 small (13 ounces total) chicken wing flats (wingettes), patted dry
1/2 cup Buffalo-style hot sauce (such as Frank’s RedHot)
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Grandma’s Cookie Dough Dip
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup toffee bits
Mom’s Famous Mac and Cheese Bites
227 g elbow macaroni
30 g bacon grease or unsalted butter see notes
16 g all-purpose flour
270 ml milk
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon garlic powder
⅛ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
227 g sharp cheddar cheese shredded
227 g Monterey Jack cheese shredded
For the Breading:
125 g all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
⅛ teaspoon black pepper
⅛ teaspoon onion powder
2 large eggs beaten
180 g seasoned panko breadcrumbs
vegetable oil for frying