Sweet Game Treats!

Okay enough of this food for games we need some sweet treats happening!  How about some traditional rice krispy treats??

I wont tell you how to make those! These ones had a little sprinkles added to them.  For a variety, try adding chocolate chips or a few tablespoons of a white cake mix to the marshmallows when melting.  Melt chocolate chips and spread the chocolate mixture on top. Mmmm, yum!

How about these chocolate oatmeal coconut  no bake cookies!  Yum, I'm going to have to make more of these; I just ate the last one!  They don't last long!  Especially with chocolate and coconut lovers!

Cookie brownies! Or one or the other or both in one!!  Use a muffin tin or cupcake pan for these delightful treats! Pleases both kids and parents!  Dunk in a bit of milk!

Okay, here's my treat ideas for the big game on Sunday!

What are you going to make to satisfy your sweet toothes on game day?

Pizza and Popcorn!

A family favorite while watching a game, movie or some crazy TV show is pizza and popcorn!  Buy it, make it, bake it!  Yum-O! We usually buy pizza from Winco Foods.  It tastes so much better than frozen and some chain stores.  We would get Costco pizza, either baked or bought to cook yourself but one kid in the family get severe tummy aches when eaten.  Or you can make your own! 

Two pizzas fill our family of 6. Nothing else needed!  Sometimes we have a nice healthy green salad with it! Who wants salad on a football game...didn't think so!!  Don't forget some awesome soda to go with it!

Now how about some popcorn! Microwave bags aren't for us.  We like to use a big pan on the stove top and some oil.  About 1/3 cup of oil to 1 cup popcorn, cooked on high heat while shaking the pan so it doesn't burn!  Turns out great!

Add little salt to it and grab some icy cold water to drink with it! Great snack to eat while watching football or any TV or movie show!!

Chips and Dip for Football Game!

Okay here's some quick and easy dip and salsa for the football game. My favorite is the onion soup mix dip and homemade salsa.

Use your favorite Onion Soup Mix and sour cream is all you need.

Mix together, dip your chips and enjoy! To make this even yummier, make a few days ahead of the game!  I think its better when it has sat mixed together in the fridge a few days!!  It's kinda like the day old spagehetti, always better the next day!

Match it with your favorite chips!! Yum yum!

Okay homemade Salsa!!  Oh my!  I started making salsa years ago when I would take my boys on a road trip to visit my lil sis in Oregon.  I wish they still lived there, what a short trip that would be! Well, she would make it & I would eat it!  Oh, yeah, right back on subject! We would make salsa, canned tomatoes or fresh if they were on sale, garlic, cilantro, onion and lime is all you need unless you like to turn up the heat a bit and add in there a jalepeno pepper. Salt and pepper too!  Chop up the tomato and onion. Use the same amount of both, so if you use a cup of tomato use a cup of onion, just saying.  Add in there a tablespoon of garlic, mix, add in some cilantro, about half a bunch will do. Squeeze the lime all over it, add in jalapeno pepper too. Mix well!

Eat with some yummy tortilla chips!  It kinda looks like Christmas colors!!

Game Day Potatoes!

Last year my hubby said I needed a new cookbook.  I told him to get the newest one by the Pioneer Woman, Bree Drummond.  He didn't listen.  He got the first one by her!  I had tried most the recipes from her blog in that book or things from her show.  He ended up getting the next one for a Christmas present.

One of the first recipes I tried from the most recent book, was a Twice Baked New Potatoes using red potatoes.  These are so delicious!  This recipe is a spin off of her recipe Twice Baked Potatoes found here.

I'll post a picture of the ingredients you need.

Scrub the potatoes. Drizzle with olive oil.  Bake.  I baked mine longer than the recipe because they were bigger than the ones used.  Let cool. Cut in half, scoop out potato innards leaving some in, about 1/4" or so.  Mix scooped potato with cream cheese, sour cream, chives, garlic, cheese, chives. Scoop back in potato skins.  Bake again till potatoes are browning on top, looking golden.

This is what they look like mixed up before baking.

Here's what they look like when they are done.  You can cook them longer but if they are any browner they would be considered burnt to my kids and wouldn't get eaten.  What a yummy game day appetizer.  Very filling too, can be used as a side dish.

A close up of one of these yummy, cooked potatoes!

Perfect for Superbowl Sunday!  Fast and easy to make!

What are you making for the big game this coming Sunday?

Game Time!

Not too far off in the future is the Superbowl!  A few years ago my hubby and I spent Superbowl Sunday in Vegas. It was fun to go from one hotel/casino to another.  We did a lot of people watching; definitely way more fun than gambling itself which I don't do.  We ate some really good food, watched the fountains outside at the Billagio Hotel, walked the strip shopping.  It was nice to have adult time for the first time in a while.  Anyways,  I am thinking of using the french bread recipe to make pizza for the game.  Kids would be able to build their own, putting toppings on it that they want to eat.  Maybe some yummy dip for chips and crackers too.  I'll see what I have this weekend and post a few things.  I'm excited!

This was just on my mind and I had a brain stump as to what to write about.  I can't remember what food we made last year.  I just remember my hubby going from our home to the neighbors to watch the game.  I think we BBQ'd before the game started, not sure what.  I'll have to ask him.

What are you doing for Superbowl Sunday?? Are you watching the game, buying a new tv for it, getting out of the house to let the spouse watch in peace?