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Become a Game Changer
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– Enjoy Super game-day parties at-home or on-Zoom
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WINTERIZE YOUR MENU WITH HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES:
EMBRACE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR OF THE TIGER
(Tuesday- February 1st)
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Don’t you just love January? It gives you a chance to start over. This year will be a Game Changer. You will get the opportunity to entertain at home again and even plan those super sports’ parties. To help you with those game-day eats, we connected with Christy Denney, whose family traditions are wrapped around NFL football games. Also, you winterize your car, your home, and now you can even winterize your menu with some healthy food choices. Yes, according to the Chinese New Year of the Tiger, this will be a year of adventure.
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Buffalo Wing Popcorn
For hot pepper lovers, serve spiced hot caramel popcorn.
About the Recipe: If you love caramel corn and hot snacks, just imagine how delicious this spicy popcorn tastes. It is addictive with a caramel sweet and spicy hot wings’ flavor for those hot pepper lovers. For a milder version, reduce the amount of peppery sauce and eliminate the cayenne pepper.
Having a “Poppin” Popcorn Party
All-natural popcorn that pops right off the cob.
About the Recipe: Yes, this does work! The Indiana cob popcorn was light, fluffy white, and filled up our large bowl. There were only a few seeds that didn’t pop. We loved the all-natural popcorn on the cob. It was so much fun to make. and everyone crowded around the microwave to see the live action. Now – this is the way to have a Super Poppin’ Popcorn Party.
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Chili Crisp Pizza Rolls
Switch things up by turning your favorite pizza into rolls.
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About the Recipe: If there is a food that most people love, it has to be pizza. This recipe rolls up pizza ingredients, like Italian tomato sauce, meats, peppers, and melt-away cheese, into swirling rolls and glazes them with a butter flavored hot sauce. Serve them with warm marinara sauce.
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River of Salmon Charcuterie
Here are a few ideas to make your own Salmon Charcuterie.
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This is a Charcuterie board that highlights assorted flavors, textures, and types of salmon. Things to remember: Make it Fun!
Some Hints:
- Incorporate diverse types of salmon for an interesting tasting experience Select accompaniments that stimulate senses and palate.
- Think fresh, sweet, salty, and tangy.
- Add fruits, vegetables, olives, peppers, pickles
- Fold or cut ingredients to create different visual images
- Think about shapes – round, triangles, layers
- Add some surprises like nuts, seeds or even some red pepper jam
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Christy Denney – Cookbook Author
Christy Denney is the author of the popular food blog “The Girl Who Ate Everything,” which is filled with a wide-variety of tried-and-true recipes and followed by hundreds of thousands followers across multiple social media platforms. Her work has been featured by a long list of national media organizations, cooking shows, and websites. She published her first cookbook in 2014 and has a new book with the tasty title of Scrumptious.
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Christy wrote in Scrumptious that “After the game, we always went home to eat a spread of our favorite game-day foods. To say that football has a special place in our hearts is an understatement. All my football memories are intertwined with the food we ate.”
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Scrumptious provides 101 recipes for quick-prep dinners, ideas for entertaining a crowd, and food options for a variety of settings. The book also features her own photography.
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Italian Roll-Up Sandwich Snacks
Let the good times begin with layering and rolling.
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About the Recipe: Perfect make-ahead snacks for a game-day party are roll-up pinwheel appetizer wraps. made with tasty Italian meats, cheeses, roasted peppers, and hot sweet chili peppers. Easy to make and fun to serve.
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Sheet Pan Philly Cheesesteak
Party perfect east-to-make delicious sandwiches.
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About the Recipe: This recipe is easy to prepare since most of the ingredients can be prepared ahead. We love the option that we could use plant-based protein as well as ground beef as the main ingredient. The melting provolone cheese smothers the bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, and blends with the creamy ground plant-based or lean beef. Serving them on crusty toasted buns helps to create the party perfect, Philly cheesesteak sandwich.
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Italian Antipasto Salad
Looking for a great party salad that is easy to make and delicious.
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About the Recipe: This antipasto salad is ready for the game. It’s filled with cheeses, cured meats, sweet and perky peppers, fresh colorful cherry tomatoes, and lots of energy enhancing fresh spinach. It’s easy to make ahead and toss into a large salad bowl for serving.
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Sheet Pan Oven Crepes (la Chandeleur)
It’s a two-for! Serve them for breakfast/brunch or dessert.
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About the Recipe: This is an easy way to bake a custard flavored thick crepe-like pancake. We especially loved topping individual portions with a large dollop of fresh fruit compote. It’s a perfect recipe to use for the French celebration on February 2nd. On that day, it’s the traditional end of the Christmas season and eating Crepes brings good luck.
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Lemon Lime Party Bars
Sweet ‘n tart with a chocolate coconut crust.
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About the Recipe: These velvety lemon-lime topped bars are amazing and so easy to make. We love the chocolate crust that can be made with any plain chocolate cookies or graham crackers. The hardest part is waiting for 2 hours while they chill in the refrigerator. Top them with sweet, whipped cream and some crunchy almond bits. There is nothing as delicious as something sweet and tart.
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Moroccan Inspired Lemon Quinoa Salad
Winterize your dinner with a hearty salad.
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About the Recipe: Inspired by Moroccan flavors, this salad combines an array of vegetables, chickpeas, and greens that combine with healthy nuts, seeds, and dried fruits. Every bite offers a new, surprising taste. The lemon light flavor is enhanced with preserved lemon bits and surrounded with one of the healthiest grains, quinoa. Preserved lemons can be found at specialty-food shops or on the Internet. You can even make your own on eatingwell.com. Hearty salads are a great way to winterize your dinner.
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Easy Chinese Steak Stir Fry
Prep ahead and cook in 15 minutes.
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About the Recipe: Ring in the year of the Tiger with a tasty Asian stir-fry, filled with chili sauced steak, crisp-tender vegetables, and Asian mushrooms. Add some Chinese noodles, some chopped cilantro, and a sprinkle of sesame seeds to create a tasty supper to welcome the New Year.
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Spicy Tiger Nut Vegan Cookies
Gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, seed-free and Paleo.
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About the Recipe: These mild spiced cookies have a sandy shortbread-like texture and are lightly sweetened. They are especially delicious with a warm cup of tea or coffee. It is hard to believe that they are gluten, grain, nut, and seed-free. Enjoy this “Tiger” treat!
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