Super Bowl Recipe Round-Up

Are you starting to think about Super Bowl recipes for this upcoming weekend?  I know I am!   I could go for some Buffalo Wings right about now!  I wanted to share some of our favorite recipes that we have posted in the past.  Here are ten Super Bowl recipe ideas in case you are starting to plan your game day menu now.

10 Super Bowl recipes {from 2 Sisters 2 Cities}

Lobster Nachos and Buffalo Chicken Bites with Zesty Blue Cheese: Missing the Patriots vs Giants Super Bowl match-up?  You could still bring in the taste of New England and/or New York to your Super Bowl party with these tasty apps!

Super Bowl recipe throwdown

Tex-Mex Pimiento Cheese DipI have made this cheese dip countless times since I first tried it at our Fourth of July family reunion last year.  Don’t let the weird name fool you- it’s amazing, especially with tortilla chips.  While it’s definitely not the healthiest thing you could make for the game, the Super Bowl only comes once a year!  If you have any leftovers (which I doubt you will), this cheese dip makes an awesome hamburger topping.

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Mediterranean Dip with Pita Chips: If you are looking for a healthier dip option, I highly recommend this Mediterranean Dip.  It’s really quick to pull together if you use pre-made hummus, olive tapenade, and pesto (although you can step up the wow factor by making these yourself.)

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Baked Potato Dip: While the prior two dips are good with tortilla chips and pita chips, this dip is a bit more versatile.  You could serve it with potato chips, pretzels, or vegetable crudités.

Baked Potato Dip with veggies, chips, and pretzels

Goat Cheese with Basil OilDo you have more of the wine and cheese types coming to your Super Bowl party?  Have no fear- this goat cheese dip with basil oil served with baguettes is easy to pull together ahead of time and would go perfectly with a crisp white wine.

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Chicken Chili with Corn Muffin Croutons: No Super Bowl party would be complete without a big pot of chili for guests to serve themselves out of.  This chicken chili recipe is one of my all-time favorites.

Chicken Chili with Corn Muffin Croutons

Turkey, White Bean, and Pumpkin Chili: If you are short on recipe prep time, I highly recommend this slow-cooker turkey chili.  On Sunday morning, it takes less than 10 minutes to prep all the ingredients and throw them in the crockpot.  Allow it to cook on low for eight hours and it will be ready to go for kick-off.

Turkey White Bean and Pumpkin Chili

Team Spirit Cupcakes: Looking to add a little team spirit to your Super Bowl party?  Check out K’s tutorial on how to make cupcake picks for your favorite team.

team spirit cupcakes

Red Wine Sangria: While football and beer often go hand-in-hand, try serving up a pitcher of red wine sangria at your football viewing party.  If I wasn’t pregnant, I would definitively be making a batch of this sangria recipe for Sunday!

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Do you have a favorite recipe you plan on making for the Super Bowl this weekend?

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How to Make Team Spirit Appetizer Picks/Cupcake Decoration

As you might have seen in my part of the Super Bowl Appetizer Contest, I had NY Giants appetizer picks in my Buffalo Chicken Bites.    I thought I would share with you how I made these.  They are really easy to make and are cheaper then going to a party supply stores for team decorations.

Here is what you need:

- A computer with internet connection
- White Card Stock Paper
- Colored Printer
- Scissors
- 1 1/2 inch circle paper punch/or stencil
- Double Sided Tape
- Flat Toothpicks
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On a word processor, paste your teams logos  (you can get them off the internet on Google Image by searching for your team.)  Size them so they will fit in a 1 1/2 inch circle (I did this on MS Word.)

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Print out on stock paper and punch or cut out into 1 1/2 inch circles. (if you don’t have a circle punch, you can trace a circle around the images with pencil and then cut them out)
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Cut as many circles out as you need toothpicks for,  then make as many blank circles as you made logo ones.
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Take the blank circle and place two pieces of double-sided tape on the circle. Place toothpick on the tape.
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Take logo circle, logo-side up and line it up with the tape-side up circle with toothpick in place ( making sure to line the logo up with the toothpick so that the logo will be straight)and press together.  Press hard until everything looks stuck together.
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You can make these for different teams or actually anything!  I made the following for my friends who are fans of these teams:

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And put them in cupcakes with green frosting and homemade chocolate footballs.
New York Teams!
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Group Picture! GO Jets, Bills, Giants, Panthers, Eagles, and Cowboys!  Note there are no Patriot cupcakes.
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I made my favorite cupcake recipe, which I have already posted about 2 years ago.  In the post, I referenced a guy I was dating.  Well that “guy” I was dating is now my boyfriend and we have been together for 2 years as of yesterday!

-k

Some More Super Bowl Recipe Ideas…

If you have already voted on our Game Day Recipe Throwdown Contest and are still looking for more Super Bowl recipe ideas, check out these links for recipe compilations from other blogs.  I’m getting hungry for Sunday already!

Super Bowl Recipe Ideas:

-20 Going on 80- Football Game Day Treat Ideas
-Cheap, Healthy, Good- 50+ Cheap, Healthy Super Bowl Recipes
-brown eyed baker- 75 Super Bowl Recipes for Super Bowl XLVI
-The Cooking Blog- Your Super Bowl XLVI Recipe Guide (New York Giants vs. New England Patriots)
-ecorazzi- 10 Delicious Vegetarian Super Bowl Recipes
-how sweet is is- 25 Recipes That Should be on Your Super Bowl Menu
-peas and thank you- 25 Vegan Recipes for Your Super Bowl Party
-The Pioneer Woman Cooks- My Top Ten Picks for Super Bowl Sunday
-Recipe Girl- 101 Best Super Bowl Recipes on the Internet
-The Recipe Renovator- Healthy Super Bowl Recipes (gluten-free)
-Simply Recipes- Super Bowl Recipes!
-two peas & their pod- 46 Super Bowl Recipe Ideas for Super Bowl XLVI  

We’ll be adding more blogs to the list as we get closer to the big day!  Do you have a blog with a Super Bowl recipe list?  Leave us a comment and we’ll add it on!

-m

An Alternative Guacamole Recipe

For the Super Bowl, I also made Guacamole (as did our Mom…I guess it’s a family trend).  Sister K has a very good recipe that she has made for me before (for recipe, click here.)  I was searching around for a new variation and I found this one by Alton Brown on the Food Network website.

Ingredients
-3 Haas avocados, halved, seeded and peeled
-1 lime, juiced (I was out of limes and half a lemon worked just fine in this recipe)
-1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
-1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 medium onion, diced (I prefer red onion for this recipe)
2 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (omit if serving for a crowd…a lot of people do not like cilantro)
1 clove garlic, minced

Directions

In a large bowl place the scooped avocado pulp and lime juice, toss to coat. Drain, and reserve the lime juice, after all of the avocados have been coated. Using a potato masher add the salt, cumin, and cayenne and mash. Then, fold in the onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and garlic. Add 1 tablespoon of the reserved lime juice. Let sit at room temperature for 1 hour and then serve.

A good trick I learned somewhere is to stick the avocado pits into the guacamole while it is sitting out.  Remove them before serving.  In addition to the lime/lemon juice, this prevents the guacamole from browning.

-Sister M

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