Snacks are a huge part of watching the Big Game. The typical football party snacks are a lot of deep fried fat and carbs. Here's a few healthier snacks to have while you cheer on your team (or the team you dislike the least) and still help you keep those month-old, healthy eating resolutions intact.
Shelly's Deviled Footballs
4 Hard-cooked Eggs
2 Tablespoons Greek Yogurt, plain
1 Tablespoon Store-bought Hummus
Salt to taste
a few twists of Black Pepper
additional Green Onion for laces
Hard cook eggs. Cool. Remove yolks and mash with above ingredients. Spoon back into yolks. Add green onion football laces. Refrigerate up to one day ahead.
Shelly's Football Cheeseball
5 oz. Goat Cheese Log (Chèvre)
2 Tablespoons Real Bacon Bits (or crumbled cooked Bacon)
2 Green Onions, divided use
1/4 cup Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds, chopped
Finely chopped 1/2 of a green onion. Mix diced onion with bacon and crushed almonds on a large plate. Place the goat cheese log in the center of the plate. Roll the cheese around until it is coated with the nutty mixture.
Gently form cheese into a football shape. Slice the remaining green onion to add "football lace" detail.
Serve immediately with sliced cucumbers, celery, apple slices, carrots, or my Mum loves Blue Diamond Nut Thins or wrap and refrigerate the cheese ball until you are ready to serve it, up to several hours ahead.
Shelly's Roasted Cauliflower with Buffalo Yogurt Dip
1 head of Cauliflower, washed, drained and broken in florets
a Tablespoon of Olive Oil (or Olive Oil Non Stick Spray)
a sprinkle of Kosher Salt
Preheat oven to 425. Arrange florets on a baking sheet. Toss cauliflower florets in olive oil or spray with Pam, sprinkle with salt and bake for 20 minutes turning once during cooking. Serve hot with Buffalo Yogurt Dip.
Buffalo Yogurt Dip
4 oz. Greek Yogurt, plain
1 Tablespoon Blue Cheese, crumbled
1 Tablespoon (or more to taste) Hot Sauce (Frank's RedHot is traditional for wings but any you love)
Mix together till well combined.
My DIY Football Field Tray
Wooden Tray
AstroTurf/Artificial Grass (Lowes, Home Depot: Carpet Area)
Measure the inside of the tray. Cut the turf to size and place inside tray. You'll need good fabric cutting, heavy duty scissors. You could add white duct tape goal lines and numbers but I chose not to so I could reuse the tray for other uses (Easter, Summer BBQ's, etc.)
Referee Snack Bucket
Empty Metal Quart Can (Lowes, Home Depot: Paint Dept) or Recycled Coffee Can
Black and White Duct Tape
Alternate black tape and white tape stripes on the side of the can. The width of the stripes will depend on the size of the can but it's no biggie if it's slightly off (refs are usually slightly off) Shhh, just make that the back ;)
You could use your snack bucket for napkins, utensils, or I filled my snack bucket with Blue Diamond Almond 1.5 oz. packages in Smokehouse and Wasabi & Soy Sauce flavors. I have one of these almond packets in my carry-on every trip I take.
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