Superbowl food ideas?

Do you want theme food ideas, or do you want healthy ideas to keep you from blowing your diet and hard work exercising?

I'll take either, I'm pretty good at turning unhealthy foods into healthy food but nothing full of butter, sour cream or cheese-those don't translate well into healthy!!!

I did walk/jog 4 miles this morning and did an hour cardio blast class this evening though!

I just posted a recipe for Pickles in a Blanket. A simple recipe and you can substitute low fat or fat free cream cheese to reduce fat and calories. Enjoy!

ICE cream.

Olives look like tiny footballs.

Olives look like tiny footballs.

hmmmm I may never look at olives the same way again?

Saw this on Kathie Lee and Hoda today. Interesting.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29054368/vp/41426058#41426058

Saw this on their show earlier this week. Looks interesting too.
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A bunch of chefs on TV are advocating marinated flank or hanger steak as the base for fajitas.

I'm being lazy because we're not having a party. Doing my no-brainer Mexican dip (recipe below) with lowfat cheeses, served with chips plus romaine for a pseudo taco salad. Picking up "wangs" (that's Buffalo chicken wings) somewhere. Lazy. And making brownies.




This recipe is from a dear friend. The first time I served this dish, someone told me that he couldn?t go on living unless he got the recipe. I was embarrassed to give it to him because it is so easy.

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 can of chili, preferably Old El Paso
1 to 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 green onions, chopped

Spread cream cheese in bottom of pie plate. Pour chili on top. Sprinkle with cheese and garnish with green onions. Bake at 350 degrees until bubbly, about 20 minutes. Serve with tortilla chips. Serves 6 as an appetizer.

I think I'm going Italianish: picked up light cheese ravioli to cook and then marinate in light Northern Italian light dressing, hummus with pita and chips, homemade pizza with premade thin crust so I can go heavy on veggies and light on cheese and turkey pepperoni and maybe light garlic cheese bread sticks (outta diet bread, FF spray butter and 2% Italian cheese blend) with marinara for dipping-if we went up having company. Of course we'll have some chips and salsa because we are Texans!!!

Every year, the food at our party attempts to somehow be representative of the two teams playing. Last year was cajun food and breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches. One year when the Chicago Bears were playing we did Chicago dogs and chili made with real bear meat.

The cities of both Green Bay and Pittsburgh have fairly heavy northern/eastern European influences on their food, so we will be having grilled bratwursts & kielbasas , sauerkraut and pierogies.

We've spent most of the week making pierogies and now have around 130 to show for our efforts.

I doubt that any of it would be considered healthy.

I am well past the point of caring or even worrying about whether the food I consume is healthy or not. We are having a small party and a baked brisket, smoked sausage and kielbasa, potato salad, bean casserole and coleslaw. We will have snacks and dips as well. Go, Packers.

Every year, the food at our party attempts to somehow be representative of the two teams playing. Last year was cajun food and breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches. One year when the Chicago Bears were playing we did Chicago dogs and chili made with real bear meat.

The cities of both Green Bay and Pittsburgh have fairly heavy northern/eastern European influences on their food, so we will be having grilled bratwursts & kielbasas , sauerkraut and pierogies.

We've spent most of the week making pierogies and now have around 130 to show for our efforts.

I doubt that any of it would be considered healthy.

Great ideas!

Brats are perfect for this game! Also those folks love their potatoes.

Here's what the chef on CNN recommended today CNN Newsroom: Blog Archive - Feast for the Superbowl: Easy recipes for the big game ? - CNN.com Blogs. The potatoes would taste yummy with brats.

My husband is from WI, so we eat a lot of brats. Our son-in-law is German, and this is how his family eats them. They hollow out a Chicago roll, put mustard and onions into the roll, then cut the brat in half and stuff them into the roll. Hubby says that when he has brats in Germany (where he's traveled to about 250 times), they serve the bread separate from the brats. That's the way I've had them at the Hofbr?uhaus in Munich.

Also those folks love their potatoes.

Pierogies are typically stuffed with mashed potatoes and cheese...that's the kind we're making.

Pierogies are typically stuffed with mashed potatoes and cheese...that's the kind we're making.

Yum! I can't believe I've never had those.

Yum! I can't believe I've never had those.

I haven't had that either, I will have to check it out! They sound great!

If you just buy the frozen ones in the box from the freezer section, you'll wonder what all the fuss is about.

But real, homemade ones are amazing. I'd never had the real thing before, or made them, until this week. Here's the recipe we used

Perogie Recipes - How to Make Authentic Homemade Pierogies - Pittsburgh Pierogies

Relatively simple, though somewhat labor intensive. It helps to have a helper and a beverage nearby. Also, we used a food processor to make the dough.