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Foodball: Smoky Hatch Chile Bacon Pimento Cheese

On 01/05/2015 By sarah sprague
Smoky Hatch Chile Bacon Pimento Cheese Hatch chiles give this pimento cheese a completely different profile. Both are a smoky pepper, but Hatch chiles match so well with the bacon, I’m pretty annoyed I didn’t have the idea to switch up my pimento cheese until this summer, as are pretty much all of my friends [...]
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Foodball: Muhammara

On 01/05/2015 By sarah sprague
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 should be so spicy, but ground Aleppo pepper has a front of [...]
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Foodball: Basic Queso Dip

On 03/29/2014 By sarah sprague
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. A roux, some whole milk and some cheese. Boom. Installed.  
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Foodball Zesty Za’atar White Bean Dip

On 03/29/2014 By sarah sprague
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 you didn’t feel bought all this za’atar then didn’t know [...]
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Foodball: Roasted Serrano Artichoke Ricotta Dip

On 03/29/2014 By sarah sprague
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 option for creaminess and taste? Ricotta. By roasting the garlic, [...]
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Foodball: Pork Rillettes

On 03/29/2014 By sarah sprague
Pork Rillettes What’s great about a good pork rillette is that it’s an easy snack you can bring together on a Tuesday night and have ready for the weekend. It takes a minimal amount of effort with a maximum of reward, highlighting the real taste of the pork without losing its essence to rubs and [...]
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Blueberry Goat Cheese Dip: SUPER BOWL RECIPE MONTH: DIP SPECTACULAR!

On 02/01/2013 By sarah sprague
Blueberry Goat Cheese Dip This dip isn’t for everyone, just us sexy people. It’s tart with just a hint of sweet and spice, best matched with fresh fruit and cookies, this fruit and cheese dip a great palate cleanser on a day full of heavy football foods.  
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Salsa Verde: SUPER BOWL RECIPE MONTH: DIP SPECTACULAR!

On 02/01/2013 By sarah sprague
Salsa Verde Personally, I like a good salsa verde over the usual tomato, onion and jalapeño routine. Roasting tomatillos creates such a beautiful smell in the kitchen and it’s a nice treat if you’re used to just pulling out a jar of whatever salsa happened to be on sale that week at your tailgate.
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Roasted Pepper Artichoke Dip: SUPER BOWL RECIPE MONTH: DIP SPECTACULAR!

On 02/01/2013 By sarah sprague
A spin on the classic spinach and artichoke dip, roasted red peppers bring a fiery tang while fresh mozzarella makes this dip especially creamy and rich.  
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Garam Masala Dip: SUPER BOWL RECIPE MONTH: DIP SPECTACULAR!

On 02/01/2013 By sarah sprague
I came up with this dip early last summer when I was looking for a way to get the essence of a chicken tikki masala dip or wrap, but without all the mucking about cooking.  Not so surprisingly, you get a very bright, tart dip of tomatoes, yogurt, garam masala and warm ginger and [...]
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Spicy Avocado Hummus: SUPER BOWL RECIPE MONTH: DIP SPECTACULAR!

On 02/01/2013 By sarah sprague
Spicy Avocado Hummus Sometimes you want to mix it up from the usual guacamole, or maybe the avocados in your market are a little on the small side this time of year. This is a good way to stretch those green goddess globes and have a good dip. Spicy pepper and cool avocado always go [...]
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Quesdo Fundido: SUPER BOWL RECIPE MONTH: DIP SPECTACULAR!

On 02/01/2013 By sarah sprague
Queso Fundido  If possible, try to use Mexican quesadilla cheese with this dip. It melts without becoming stringy and greasy, unlike many other cheeses. Queso fundido goes especially well with warm soft tortillas.
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Warm Lentil Crostini: Football Foodie Coasts Into The Playoffs

On 01/02/2013 By sarah sprague
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 hockey blogger in a Santa beard, cooking for [...]
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Tapatio Lemon Chips, Thanksgiving Leftovers and Pimento Cheese: Football Foodie Shortcuts

On 11/23/2012 By sarah sprague
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 a family member we’re not talking to! — and we’re [...]
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Roasted Butternut Squash Sage Dip

On 11/16/2012 By sarah sprague
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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Hot Bean and Chimichurri Dip, South American Choripans: Football Foodie Sauced

On 10/12/2012 By sarah sprague
A long day of football often calls for a hearty dip, especially if you don’t feel like mucking over a grill or with a fryer on a particular game day. This is an easy, filling baked bean dip that doesn’t require a lot of hands on time in the kitchen, leaving you plenty of time [...]
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Roasted Garlic Cheese Spread: Fancy Football Foodie

On 09/27/2012 By sarah sprague
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. Luxurious creamy French cheese infused with the flavors of roasted [...]
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Pasta Chips: Football Foodie Snacks

On 09/20/2012 By sarah sprague
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!” reaction until you’ve consumed the whole bag watching Peyton Manning [...]
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Roasted Jalapeno Avocado Dip: Football Foodie Kickoff

On 08/30/2012 By sarah sprague
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 breeds of fanatics. Of course they are of the same [...]
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Artichoke and Leek Goat Cheese Spread: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 02/01/2012 By sarah sprague
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 time and sanity on game day!
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Chicken Tikka Masala Wraps: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 01/31/2012 By sarah sprague
There are few things my husband likes more than chicken tikka masala, so when the first weekend without Steeler football came around this postseason, I knew I needed to make something a little special to cheer him up for watching a black and gold-less football game. When we had visited Harrod’s in London last fall, [...]
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Ancho and Guajillo Chile Chicken Enchilada Dip: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 01/25/2012 By sarah sprague
Tacos and burritos are always a hit at any Super Bowl party, but for me? I love, love, love, love enchiladas. Unfortunately making our usual Read Full Article →

Spicy Pickle Dip: The 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 01/11/2012 By sarah sprague
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 rules, letting teams with better records in one division bump [...]
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Htipiti – Greek feta and roasted red pepper delight: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 01/09/2012 By sarah sprague
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 more substantial snacks, if you will.
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New Year’s Day Lucky Black-Eyed Peas Dip with Chorizo

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
It’s about the time of the year when fellow football fans start asking if I have any good black-eyed peas recipe for New Year’s Day. (For those of you who do not know the history of black-eyed peas, in many cultures around the world, from the Middle East to the American South, eating black-eyed peas [...]
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Smoky Chipotle Bacon Pimento Cheese

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
Smoky Bacon Chipotle Pimento Cheese will probably go down as the easiest and yet most satisfying of all the Football Foodie recipes all season. The smoky cheddar comes alive in the cream cheese and mayonnaise, the heat of the chipotle tempered by the sweet and salty bacon. Delight in a dish.
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Maple Sage Sweet Potato Chips

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
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 season due to lockout. Fans will lose 100 hundred games [...]
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Homemade Roasted Salsas

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
Once I started messing around with Josh’s basic salsa recipe, I found my own way to make both a hot and mild salsa perfect for game day. It’s easy to make ahead of time and yields far more salsa for your dollar than anything in a jar. (Although a great salsa recipe didn’t prevent Josh [...]
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Greek Nachos

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
Over the summer I was one involved in a pretty serious debate about what was the perfect bar food for watching sports. The usual suspects had their supporters; wings, mozzarella sticks, personal pizza (awful, never in my life have I had good bar pizza) and rather vocal contingent for fried pickles that oddly enough, was [...]
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Derby Disasters: Kentucky Beer Cheese

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
You may find yourself face to face this Derby weekend with one of the worst of sports snacks of all time. One that should be avoided at all costs whether it be homemade or store bought. Traditional recipe? Modern (read: fancy) recipe? Served with pretzels, crudites or chips, nothing is going to save this food. [...]
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Tomato-Cannellini Dip

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
In the four-plus years of doing the Football Foodie, I’ve tried to make a point out of not relying on a lot of kitchen appliances in the recipes I post. Stove, oven; heavy pan for frying instead of a deep fryer, knife or pastry blender instead of a food processor. I haven’t always succeeded. The [...]
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Toasted Sesame Edamame Dip With Wonton Chips

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
We’ve been experiencing a bit of radio silence over here in Football Foodie land after the Super Bowl, and for that I apologize. I’ve been trying to wrap up a few other projects this month that sadly don’t involve cooking and posting recipes, but now that it’s Bracket Season* we all have an excuse for [...]
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There is still time to make a chèvre cheese plate

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
Maybe you’re like me and completely worn out. Maybe you haven’t even started getting your Super Bowl snacks together. Maybe you have got your snacks together, but you feel your table needs just a little something more. Maybe you already ate the snacks you made. You still have time to make a chèvre [...]
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What Happens When A Yankee Makes Pimento Cheese

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
When football and foodie raconteur The Gurgling Cod declared November Pimento Cheese Awareness Month, I was intrigued. All I knew about pimento cheese was that it was the stuff sold in small jars next to the Velveeta and that you’d see it in Southern cookbooks, often served on crustless white bread. [...]
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Baba Ghanoush

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
Lots of recipes that involve eggplant list all the ways you can help keep your eggplant from turning bitter. Resting them in salt, water, then salt again, waving a candle over the vegetable and saying a prayer, what have you. To be honest, I’ve never encountered a bitter eggplant so I don’t worry about all [...]
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Creamy Hot Hoagie Dip

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
Yes, hoagie dip recipes are not new. What bothers me about all the hoagie dip recipes out there is that they are cold. Cold cuts, cold dressing — some creamy, some oil based, and tossed like an antipasta. Cold is not a hoagie. Cold is a sandwich.
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Spicy Roasted Vegetable Dip

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
So, it’s the first weekend of the playoffs and you’re trying to stick with some sort of New Year’s resolution to lose a few pounds, or at the very least, not gain any new pounds. Maybe you have already pinned your swimsuit to the wall as a reminder that summer will be here sooner rather [...]
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Shredded Chicken Mole Chili Frito Pie

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
Listen, so the Steelers lost last weekend to the Saints and there are about a dozen things to be upset about in the loss, but there are about a million more reasons why not to be too upset. The week before, I even stated that if the Browns upset the Saints — which [...]
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Roasted Garlic Hummus

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
If you are buying pre-made hummus, you are overpaying for your football snack. $4.99-$8.99 for a paltry 7 ounce container of hummus is Al Davis paying for JaMarcus Russell or Gibril Wilson. Shameful. Beans or chickpeas? Cheap. Lemon juice? Cheap. Garlic? Cheap. Salt and pepper? Cheap. Paprika, cumin and dried herbs for your pita chips? [...]
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Chipotle Black Bean Hummus

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
Making your own hummus is like getting LaMarr Woodley for half a million. First up, a spin on traditional hummus, Chipotle Black Bean Hummus. As far as I can tell, as long as you include tahini, you can call it all hummus. Tahini in your morning coffee? It’s hummus.
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Hot Pastrami Reuben Dip

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
I love this recipe. I spent my whole childhood hating the Reuben casserole my mom would make (mostly because it had corned beef, Swiss and way too much sauerkraut, things I don’t particularly like), but in this incarnation I love Reubens. Unfortunately, I now have to temporarily hate Hot Pastrami Reuben Dip because it’s what [...]
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Homemade French Onion Dip

On 12/31/2011 By sarah sprague
This week’s Friday Football Foodie is French Onion Dip.  Oh sure, you can just take the packet of Lipton’s French Onion Soup, stir it into a 16 oz container of sour cream and call it a day. It’s not a bad dip, but it sure as hell is not a good one either.  (Also, because [...]
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Sage, Mozzarella, and Prosciutto Crostini

On 12/31/2011 By sarah sprague
Some people love prosciutto wrapped around cantaloupe.  Now I love cured meats and I love cantaloupe, but football foodie rules clearly state all melons served in conjunction with football watching  must be properly soaked with Popov first.  Hopefully you are not combining a handle of anything with your food that costs less than the prosciutto.
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Artichoke, Olives, and Capers Crostini

On 12/31/2011 By sarah sprague
It is incredibly important to have a sound base.  A solid running game (THAT CAN PICK UP TWO YARDS ON THIRD DOWN MISTER-BRUCE-THROW-TO-THE-END-ZONE-ARIANS), some money stashed away in savings just in case you quit your day job, and bread that has been properly toasted.
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Mexican Fondue

On 12/31/2011 By sarah sprague
Mexican Fondue, a nice variation of spinach artichoke dip. Consider it the wildcat formation of hot dips. Seen here with its buddy guacamole, aka Shotgun Dip.
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Hot Pizza Dip

On 12/31/2011 By sarah sprague
And naturally, what do you do? How do you hide the nagging voice in your head telling you Bruce Arians has no idea what he’s doing with an offense? Well, you can bang your head on the wall continuously (as my boyfriend does), or you lose yourself in the food (like I do). Drown in [...]
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