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Foodball: Beer Battered Jalapeños

On 01/05/2015 By sarah sprague
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 great way to have the spicy bite without having to [...]
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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: Smoked Cheddar Jalapeño Crisps

On 03/29/2014 By sarah sprague
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 savory. Crisps are something you can prepare ahead of time [...]
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Foodball: Thanksgiving Scotch Cider

On 03/29/2014 By sarah sprague
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 to the molasses, which in turn echoes the peat in [...]
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Foodball: Herbed Cranberry Brie Sandwiches

On 03/29/2014 By sarah sprague
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 of flavors. Not too filling, but not so light that after you’ve [...]
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Foodball: Sweet Ancho Chile Roasted Cashews

On 03/29/2014 By sarah sprague
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 crystals on the crust; just the right amount of salt [...]
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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 Spicy Boozy Cafe Mocha For Tailgating (And Trick-Or-Treating*)

On 03/29/2014 By sarah sprague
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. Of course you want to. The heat from the chile [...]
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Roasted Mezcal Bloody Marys

On 09/06/2013 By sarah sprague
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 mary. Still a little hungover from Saturday night? Need just a few [...]
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Super Bowl Recipe Month – Oven Roasted Gnocchi With Rosemary

On 01/11/2013 By sarah sprague
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 we need something for the back page.” (Or maybe they’re [...]
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Ficelle – Super Bowl Recipe Month

On 01/11/2013 By sarah sprague
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 a good ficelle is not going overboard on sandwich filling since [...]
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Super Bowl Recipe Month – Wilted Spinach and Mozzarella Tortellini Salad

On 01/11/2013 By sarah sprague
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. Nothing very satisfying there. By using tortellini in place of [...]
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Super Bowl Recipe Month: Pizza Gougeres

On 01/11/2013 By sarah sprague
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

On 01/11/2013 By sarah sprague
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 crunch from the celery, and the scallions and peppers help [...]
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Giant Cherry Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

On 01/02/2013 By sarah sprague
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 around and socializing, you’re going to want a dessert. By [...]
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Salt & Pepper Biscuit Bites

On 01/02/2013 By sarah sprague
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 bar. Over the summer when I was in New York [...]
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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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Tart Cranberry Deviled Eggs: Football Foodie Holiday Snacks at KSK

On 12/21/2012 By sarah sprague
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 deviled eggs made a comeback, especially at bars that served [...]
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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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Savory Mushroom Pithiviers: Football Foodie Thanksgiving

On 11/16/2012 By sarah sprague
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 latter means torturing yourself with cups of nuts as not [...]
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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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Kolokythokeftedes with Lemon Dill Greek Yogurt Dip: Football Foodie Fritters Away

On 11/09/2012 By sarah sprague
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 offer the right balance of crunch and soft chewy texture [...]
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Lemon-Chili Corn: Football Foodie Fall

On 09/28/2012 By sarah sprague
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 salt. (We had one neighbor who put out a separate [...]
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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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Cointreau Grilled Pound Cake with Strawberry Sauce: Football Foodie Kickoff

On 08/31/2012 By sarah sprague
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 football. However, after a week of grilling recipes, we’d be [...]
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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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Lentil Beer Chili: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 02/02/2012 By sarah sprague
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, spicy chipotle provides the heat and beer gives the chili [...]
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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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Sweet Potato Pie Bites with Toasted Marshmallow Creme: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 01/24/2012 By sarah sprague
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 a lot of work, and can even be made a [...]
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Homemade Beer Nuts: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 01/23/2012 By sarah sprague
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 the Pats heavy favorites, despite Ed Reed calling out his [...]
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Vegetable Spring Rolls with Spicy Peanut Sauce and Garlic Soy Sauce: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 01/16/2012 By sarah sprague
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

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

On 01/10/2012 By sarah sprague
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 bite of the arugula, the sweetness of the carrot, salt [...]
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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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Roasted Rosemary Almonds

On 01/06/2012 By sarah sprague
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 way to filling out any Super Bowl spread, and these [...]
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Pierogi Lasagna: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes

On 01/05/2012 By sarah sprague
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 blue [...]
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Smoky Habanero Jalapeno Popper Bread: 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes Kickoff

On 01/04/2012 By sarah sprague
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 white cheddar and a dozen jalapenos for the grilled cheese [...]
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Veggie Sloppy Joes

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
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 mushrooms. By mincing the all the ingredients, you get a [...]
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Fresh Pumpkin Quesadillas

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
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 even more weeknight college football games and Thursday night football [...]
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Seared Queso Blanco

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
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 them with a ton of oil, or worse, try to [...]
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Cancha – Andean non-popped popcorn

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
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 butter as much as the next person, but sometimes you [...]
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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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The Odd Chips of Europe: Football Foodie Abroad

On 01/03/2012 By sarah sprague
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 “European NFL fan” because from what I saw during two [...]
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