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Foodball: Beer Battered Jalapeños

By sarah sprague On 01/05/2015 · Add Comment · In

Foodball: Beer Battered Jalapeños

If you don’t have access to this year’s bounty of Hatch chiles it doesn’t mean you have to do without something spicy this season. My garden is overgrowing with jalapeños and frying them up for a game time snack is a [...]

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Foodball: Muhammara

By sarah sprague On 01/05/2015 · Add Comment · In

Foodball: Muhammara

This is a sneaky dip. I’m not talking sneaky like the Seahawks running the Auburn offense against the Packers, I’m talking sneaky like the Seahawks running a flea flicker against the Bills. It doesn’t seem like this dip [...]

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Foodball: Basic Queso Dip

By sarah sprague On 03/29/2014 · Add Comment · In

Basic Queso Dip

Did you make my Beer Cheese Soup last season? No? Well, if you haven’t, you should because it’s delicious and great in the cold weather. If you did make it, you’ve already got the basics down to make your own queso. [...]

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Foodball Zesty Za’atar White Bean Dip

By sarah sprague On 03/29/2014 · Add Comment · In

Zesty Za’atar White Bean Dip

I’ve already sung the praises of za’atar earlier this season when I posted the recipe for Grilled Za’atar Chicken Pitas, and I wanted to give everyone a second recipe to use the beautifully earthy, smoky spice mixture in so [...]

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Foodball: Smoked Cheddar Jalapeño Crisps

By sarah sprague On 03/29/2014 · Add Comment · In

Smoked Cheddar Jalapeño Crisps

This is a combination of two previous recipes I’ve posted for the Football Foodie, Smoky Habanero Jalapeño Popper Bread and Parmesan Crisps. Smoked cheddar and jalapeños go together like Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, the perfect match of heat and [...]

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Foodball: Thanksgiving Scotch Cider

By sarah sprague On 03/29/2014 · Add Comment · In

Scotch Cider

In addition to the physical heat radiating off your cider, this drink has warmth from both the scotch and the spices. Peppercorns help pick up the scotch and a add nice spark. Raw sugar is just a little more earthy than white sugar thanks [...]

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Foodball: Herbed Cranberry Brie Sandwiches

By sarah sprague On 03/29/2014 · Add Comment · In

Herbed Cranberry Brie Sandwiches

What make this sandwich work is sautéing the herbs in wine and olive oil to make the dressing. It cuts right through the sweetness of the cranberry and the richness of the cheese so you have a perfect balance [...]

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Foodball: Sweet Ancho Chile Roasted Cashews

By sarah sprague On 03/29/2014 · Add Comment · In

Sweet Ancho Chile Roasted Cashews

Out of all the nut recipes I’ve posted over the years, this is one of my favorites. The smoked paprika giving extra depth to the mildly hot ancho chile, a little extra heat from the cayenne; big, fat crunchy raw sugar [...]

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Foodball: Roasted Serrano Artichoke Ricotta Dip

By sarah sprague On 03/29/2014 · Add Comment · In

Roasted Serrano Artichoke Ricotta Dip

As the season goes on, it’s easy to get sick of the same old sour cream based dips, guacamole or hummus, and you don’t always want a heavy baked spinach and artichoke dip made with cream cheese. The next best [...]

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Foodball Spicy Boozy Cafe Mocha For Tailgating (And Trick-Or-Treating*)

By sarah sprague On 03/29/2014 · Add Comment · In

Spicy Boozy Cafe Mocha For Tailgating (And Trick-Or-Treating*)

This drink was inspired by my buddy Josh in Albuquerque who one day last year talked about having a really good chile mocha on a cold morning. Of course you could booze that baby up for tailgating. [...]

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Roasted Mezcal Bloody Marys

By sarah sprague On 09/06/2013 · Add Comment · In

Roasted Mezcal Bloody Marys

2013 Foodball Kickoff: Roasted Mezcal Bloody Marys

As I said last season when I wrote about Pizza Bloody Marys, there isn’t a better cocktail for tailgating or for morning brunch football on the west coast than a bloody [...]

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Super Bowl Recipe Month – Oven Roasted Gnocchi With Rosemary

By sarah sprague On 01/11/2013 · Add Comment · In

Oven Roasted Gnocchi With Rosemary

In the back of one of the fashion magazines I get they had one of those silly, “Let’s ask a bunch of different celebrities a dumb question so they can answer and we can make a montage of answers because [...]

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Ficelle – Super Bowl Recipe Month

By sarah sprague On 01/11/2013 · Add Comment · In

Ficelle

Ficelle is a type of thin sandwich named for a thin baguette-style bread of the same name. (Ficelle means “string” in French if your guests ask.) If you can think of the combination, you can put on a ficelle, but the key to [...]

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Super Bowl Recipe Month – Wilted Spinach and Mozzarella Tortellini Salad

By sarah sprague On 01/11/2013 · Add Comment · In

Wilted Spinach and Mozzarella Tortellini Salad

Over the past six or seven months I’ve brought this pasta salad to two football gatherings, a baby shower and a picnic, where it has disappeared every time. I usually find pasta salad, well. Hollow. Pasta and herbs. Bah. [...]

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Super Bowl Recipe Month: Pizza Gougeres

By sarah sprague On 01/11/2013 · Add Comment · In

Pizza Gougeres

Don’t let this recipe intimidate you. French choux paste — the basis for eclairs, cheese puffs, cream puffs –  is shockingly easy to make at home. By adding herbs, cheese and sun dried tomatoes, you’ve just made one of the fanciest pizzas rolls around.

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Super Bowl Recipe Month: Throwback Week – Classic Macaroni Salad

By sarah sprague On 01/11/2013 · Add Comment · In

Classic Macaroni Salad

If you’re making barbecue, grilling or smoking anything for a Super Bowl or a playoff spread, few things compliment meats made over a fire like an old fashioned macaroni salad.  The mustard picks up the smoke, you get a nice bite of [...]

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Giant Cherry Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

By sarah sprague On 01/02/2013 · Add Comment · In

During the regular season, I rarely make desserts or sweets for football. Even after nearly ten hours of games, it never seems like dessert time out here in Pacific Time. But during the Super Bowl when you have a few hours extra of just hanging [...]

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Salt & Pepper Biscuit Bites

By sarah sprague On 01/02/2013 · Add Comment · In

This is an update on a recipe I posted a couple of years ago, Rosemary, Chive and Cheese Biscuit Bites, which is one of my dream items snack items served for free like beer nuts if I were to ever have own sports [...]

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Warm Lentil Crostini: Football Foodie Coasts Into The Playoffs

By sarah sprague On 01/02/2013 · Add Comment · In

Personally, I’m looking forward to an easy weekend of football. We’ve been traveling for nearly two weeks now; cross-country flights, 12 hours on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in a snow storm, going to the symphony, tailgating with my fantasy league and a More...

Tart Cranberry Deviled Eggs: Football Foodie Holiday Snacks at KSK

By sarah sprague On 12/21/2012 · Add Comment · In

I can’t put my finger on the exact date, but sometime during the Great Craft Cocktails and Brown Liquor Resurgence of the past five or six — maybe even seven, we’ve all been drinking so much it’s difficult to remember — years hard-boiled eggs and [...]

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Tapatio Lemon Chips, Thanksgiving Leftovers and Pimento Cheese: Football Foodie Shortcuts

By sarah sprague On 11/23/2012 · Add Comment · In
If it’s Friday and this post is going up, it’s safe to assume neither me nor my husband killed anyone during the Thanksgiving feast — thank you Patriots blowout for being there during a stone cold thirty minute silence between us and [...]
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Savory Mushroom Pithiviers: Football Foodie Thanksgiving

By sarah sprague On 11/16/2012 · Add Comment · In

Two sorts of Thanksgiving diners, ones who believe in eating early and having leftovers again later in the day and those who don’t have their celebration until late afternoon or evening. The former means getting up at 5 am to start roasting a turkey, the [...]

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Roasted Butternut Squash Sage Dip

By sarah sprague On 11/16/2012 · Add Comment · In

Butternut squash sage dip is a healthy choice on a day that is already filled with calories. Interceptions are especially fatty, so you might want give this recipe test run when Tony Romo (13 INT) faces Brandon Weeden (12 INT) this Sunday.

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Kolokythokeftedes with Lemon Dill Greek Yogurt Dip: Football Foodie Fritters Away

By sarah sprague On 11/09/2012 · Add Comment · In

Over the last couple of seasons I’ve been making Seared Queso Blanco at home in place of mozzarella sticks, but this year has been all about the Greek kolokythokeftedes. Bright zucchini, salty feta, fresh bits of dill, parsley and mint come together and [...]

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Lemon-Chili Corn: Football Foodie Fall

By sarah sprague On 09/28/2012 · Add Comment · In

If you grew up in a Midwest/Mid-Atlantic household like mine, the only way had corn on the cob growing up was husked, boiled in water in the kitchen while everything else was on the grill and then served with about three pounds of butter and [...]

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Roasted Garlic Cheese Spread: Fancy Football Foodie

By sarah sprague On 09/27/2012 · Add Comment · In

Over the years I’ve found sometimes it’s good to have a snack that it a little more substantial than chips and dip between a big football brunch and the late-afternoon or evening football meal. Items that satiate small nagging hunger without spoiling your appetite later. [...]

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Pasta Chips: Football Foodie Snacks

By sarah sprague On 09/20/2012 · Add Comment · In

Sports can make you a nervous eater. Salt is good. Crunch is even better.

Unfortunately plain chips –  while delicious — don’t quite give the full emotional satisfaction of a hard crunch and aren’t filling enough to signal any sort of “stop you’ve had enough!” [...]

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Cointreau Grilled Pound Cake with Strawberry Sauce: Football Foodie Kickoff

By sarah sprague On 08/31/2012 · Add Comment · In

There have only been a couple of desserts ever posted on the Football Foodie, Maker’s Mark Manhattan Mini Cupcakes and Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies, not because we don’t like sweets (we do!), but because we so very rarely make them for [...]

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Roasted Jalapeno Avocado Dip: Football Foodie Kickoff

By sarah sprague On 08/30/2012 · Add Comment · In

College football kicks off tonight, which means our crazier friends are crazier than usual getting ready for the start of their football season. While there is a lot of overlap between college and pro fans, they are on the whole, different [...]

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Lentil Beer Chili: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

By sarah sprague On 02/02/2012 · Add Comment · In

Consider blasphemy if you like, but for the most part I prefer lentil and bean chili over beef chili. Beef chili weighs you down, sitting in your stomach as if you had swallowed a bowling ball whole. Lentils and beans are filling without being heavy, [...]

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Artichoke and Leek Goat Cheese Spread: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

By sarah sprague On 02/01/2012 · Add Comment · In

Tender artichoke hearts are given a boost by bright lemon juice, herbs and meaty olives while tender leeks give a nice sweetness and tang without the overpowering taste of onion in this great cheese blend. Make a day or two ahead of time to save [...]

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Sweet Potato Pie Bites with Toasted Marshmallow Creme: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

By sarah sprague On 01/24/2012 · Add Comment · In

You’re going to need a dessert for your Super Bowl party, but one that is not so sickly sweet it doesn’t go with beer, cocktails and soda. Sweet potato pie with a touch of toasted marshmallow creme make a great addition to the buffet without [...]

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Homemade Beer Nuts: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

By sarah sprague On 01/23/2012 · Add Comment · In

Not that it matters to anyone else other than me, but I’m 7-8 in playoffs picks (the one loss, obviously being the Steelers Wild Card Weekend).

Baltimore Ravens – New England Patriots

I’ve seen some late-week picks going for the Ravens after early predictions had [...]

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Vegetable Spring Rolls with Spicy Peanut Sauce and Garlic Soy Sauce: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

By sarah sprague On 01/16/2012 · Add Comment · In

They’re like little bright salads on your buffet, giving you (and probably more than a few thankful guests on a New Years diet) a happy respite from the heavy pizza sitting next to it on the table.

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Spicy Pickle Dip: The 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

By sarah sprague On 01/11/2012 · Add Comment · In

It’s true, pickle dip is generally considered one of the more Canadian-centric snacks of North America, like poutine and, um, poutine, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t one the most perfect chip dips for football. Canadians and the CFL get many things right — overtime [...]

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Arugula, Carrot, Olive and Herbed Cheese Provencal Wraps: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

By sarah sprague On 01/10/2012 · Add Comment · In

In my years of entertaining and eating, I’ve found small vegetable wraps offer nice reprieve on the buffet. Easier to serve than a green salad at a party, more filling due to the lavish or tortilla wrapping, and frankly, they’re just tasty. The [...]

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Htipiti – Greek feta and roasted red pepper delight: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

By sarah sprague On 01/09/2012 · Add Comment · In

One of he nicer things about serving htipiti as a football snack is that it never feels too heavy. The lemon and the heat of the peppers give a freshness to the feta that almost makes the dip feel refreshing. A palate cleanser almost between [...]

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Roasted Rosemary Almonds

By sarah sprague On 01/06/2012 · Add Comment · In

A few seeds and nuts go along way to filling out any Super Bowl spread, and these savory rosemary almonds are incredibly addicting. Not a fan of almonds? Many people use this same blend and method on cashews.

A few seeds and nuts go along [...]

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Pierogi Lasagna: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

By sarah sprague On 01/05/2012 · Add Comment · In

Longtime Football Foodie readers know we’re no strangers to matching pierogies with football around these parts. Making traditional homemade pierogies is easy enough and we’re still making special More...

Smoky Habanero Jalapeno Popper Bread: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes Kickoff

By sarah sprague On 01/04/2012 · Add Comment · In

One of my favorite local wine bars (Shut it!) here in Los Angeles shares an open kitchen with their sister restaurant next door. One night over a bottle of pinot, I watched the chef make this enormous jalapeno popper panini with about two pounds of [...]

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Veggie Sloppy Joes

By sarah sprague On 01/03/2012 · Add Comment · In

I’m not a fan of sloppy joes with ground meat, as they tend to be rubbery and spongy. I’m also not a fan of sloppy joes made with tofu or seitan. However, I am a huge fan of sloppy joes made with veggies, beans and [...]

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Fresh Pumpkin Quesadillas

By sarah sprague On 01/03/2012 · Add Comment · In

It didn’t feel heavy or greasy like a typical cheese-and-meat quesadilla, but you also didn’t feel like you were being cheated into eating something lighter. I can see this snack going into heavy rotation as we head into the holidays, especially as we start getting [...]

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Seared Queso Blanco

By sarah sprague On 01/03/2012 · Add Comment · In

Mozzarella sticks are problematic.

While great in a bar, mozzarella sticks are a ton more work when you’re at home. First, you have to make sure you get a good mozzarella that will hold up to frying. Then you have to bread them. Then fry [...]

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Cancha – Andean non-popped popcorn

By sarah sprague On 01/03/2012 · Add Comment · In

The problem with most popcorn is that it doesn’t taste like anything other than what you put on it, which means it usually tastes like a salted turnpike doused in Paula Deen’s tears. Long time readers of the Football Foodie know I love salt and [...]

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Maple Sage Sweet Potato Chips

By sarah sprague On 01/03/2012 · Add Comment · In

Before I start into this Friday’s Football Foodie, I’d like to take a second an express a little sympathy for our basketball loving friends who experienced a pretty tough blow this week when NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the NBA [...]

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The Odd Chips of Europe: Football Foodie Abroad

By sarah sprague On 01/03/2012 · Add Comment · In

Somewhere early in our trip to Europe I got this idea in my head that I wanted to know what sort of snacks I’d be munching on if I were an American ex-pat during football season.

Note that I said “American ex-pat” and not a [...]

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