What are You Eating at Your Super Bowl Party ????

What is everyone cooking for the Super Bowl?  I do not normally fix anything, we usually go to the in laws for a Super Bowl party.  This year the hubbs and I are going to have our own Super Bowl party.  I have been working a lot of days then nights, I am not complaining because it is very rewarding and the money is not bad either.  My time off is very precious and with Sprat at school and Big T is going to a friend's house for their party, this is a wonderful opportunity for my hubby and I to spend a quiet evening at home with no rushing off to here or there.  This is part of my non New Year's resolution, taking care of me and saying no sometimes. 
I am going to cook for my hubby and myself some yummy appetizers that I have not made in a long time.  I used to entertain quit a bit but life got so hectic I stopped doing it. 
I am going to have some fun this Sunday and cook and enjoy my time with my hubby. 
Here is a little sample of what I am going to fix:
Seven layer Mexican dip you can find on pinterest
pickles and olives
red pepper jelly over cream cheese
black bean enchiladas(homemade)
pizza dip also on pinterest

Looking forward to spending a nice quiet evening with good food, the hubbs and a little football and maybe some funny commercials. 

Football and Food. . . Always go Together . . .

Enjoyed sometime with family on Sunday with lots of appetizers and what else but, football.  I have not entertained like that since we had the boys and I have to say it was kind of nice.  I made several different appetizers and we enjoyed eating and watching the games.  The hubbs and I used to do that quite often with friends and family  before the boys came along and maybe even right after they were born.   The boys got older and were involved in sports and Church and we never seemed to have the time to "entertain" like we did before the kids.
I remember one time in particular before we were even married that I fixed a big pot of my infamous chili and appetizers for an afternoon of football.  We had all the hubbs friends over to eat and watch the games and it was a lot of fun.  It snowed that day and after eating all that chili they went out to go sledding.  I skipped the sledding that day. 
Here is what we had on Sunday for our little get together:

Deviled eggs with a little horseradish and sour cream, scrabble (chex mix), cream cheese with red pepper jelly and crackers, and a bean dip called Texas Trash that I found on Pinterest, along with olives,  and last but not least chicken soft tacos.

Super Bowl Eats. . .

Do you throw a Super Bowl party?  If so, what do you fix for those that come?  We always go to my mother-in-laws' house with our whole clan.  She always has a fabulous spread with all the fixings.  My brother- in- law brings wings, sometimes restaurant and sometimes homemade.  Everything else my mother-in-law fixes.   We have homemade pimento cheese sandwiches, pickle sandwiches (my favorite), ham sandwiches, wings, chips and dip, crab dip with crackers, mini corn dogs, veggie pizza, and sweets of all kinds.  This is enough to cause severe heartburn and usually does.  

Here is a favorite of mine and it is super easy:

1 block cream cheese

1/2 jar of pepper jelly ( I like the green)

box of crackers of your choice

put block of cheese on plate and then dump pepper jelly over top.  Yummm

I love cream cheese so here is another one with cream cheese, it is also super easy.

1 block cream cheese

1 jar of salsa (I like Pace)

shredded mozzarella cheese 

Spread cream cheese in the bottom of casserole dish and cover with salsa and microwave until a little bubbly then cover with shredded cheese and microwave a little longer to melt cheese.  Serve with tortilla chips.

Here is another favorite:  Texas Caviar 

2 cans black beans drained

1 can kidney beans drained

1 can corn drained

1 can hominy drained (sometimes I use 2)

1 bottle Zesty Italian dressing

2 cans rotel tomatoes

cilantro

1 onion chopped

garlic powder 

Combine all ingredients, this can be used as a dip with tortilla chips or a side dish.  Serve cold.

Hope you enjoy these, they are a few of my favorites, and as always my favorites are usually simple and very yummy.  Until we eat again. . .

Book Club Eats. . .

Trying to decide what to fix for book club this weekend.  We usually do appetizers of some sort and I would like to try something new.  I went to Pinterest to my appetizer board to see what I might fix and these are the ones that I thought would be good.  A cold crab dip with crackers, pineapple cheese ball, dill pickle dip, or my standard jalapeno corn dip.
I picked the crab dip because it reminds me of a restaurant in Charleston called the Trawler that had the best crab dip in the world.  We used to go there as a family when my brother was in school at the Citadel. They would bring the dip like the Mexican restaurants do chips and salsa.  The pineapple cheese ball is very yummy, one of my dear hubbys' aunts used to make it all the time for family get togethers.   I love pickles so that is a no brainer and my standard jalapeno dip is just really good and fairly easy to fix.
Here are the recipes of the day;
Cold Crab dip courtesy of http://mom-machine.com
1 lb real crab (you can use imitation but not quite as healthy)
1/2 cup sour cream
16 oz cream cheese
1tbsp hot sauce
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup diced green onion
2tsp minced garlic
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp horseradish
Mix sour cream, cream cheese, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, Italian seasoning, and horseradish.  Gently fold in the crab meat, onions, and cheese until it is full incorporated.  Cover and chill in fridge for a couple of hours before serving.  I will let you know if it is as good as the Trawler.

Pineapple Cheese ball by Chef in Training
12 oz of cream cheese
1 small can crushed pineapple (well drained)
2-3 tbsp powdered sugar to taste
2 tbsp of green onion chopped
2-3 tbsp chopped deli ham
1 cup chopped pecans
combine your ingredients and mash into a ball and chill.  Roll in crushed pecans.

Dill Pickle Dip by http://www.food.com/recipe/pickle-wrap-dip-397575
16 oz cream cheese
12 oz budding beef, chopped
16 oz baby dill pickles drained and diced
Combine cream cheese, chopped beef, and diced pickles mix well.  Serve chilled with crackers.

Corn and Jalapeno dip by a friend
32oz frozen kernel corn
1 stick of butter
1 block of cream cheese
1 jar of jalapenos
Soften the cream cheese and butter and cream them together.  Add a few table spoons of juice from your jalapenos.  Add your corn and mix pour into a casserole dish and top with jalapenos.  Bake 350 until bubbly, around 30 minutes or so.  Serve with tortilla chips.  This is very heavy but oh so good.

I have taken the corn dip to book club before so I think I may take one of the others.  I am leaning toward the crab dip.  Until we eat again.