Next to Fashion Week, The Oscars and Halloween, one of my
absolute favorite “holidays” kicks off this week – FOOTBALL SEASON!
I don’t know about you, but I’m super pumped for the college
football season to start! The hubs and I are proud grads of the almost unanimous
#1 Party School – West Virginia University. In addition to a B.S. in glitter, I
feel that feel that I have an unofficial doctorate in partying!
I’m
so excited for football, I wanted to theme things up here this week by devoting
every day to tailgate season. I’m plan to cover what to eat, drink, wear and
tips for throwing a good party out of the back of your car.
Today,
let’s start with the food. My parents like to go all out and make warm dishes
on site, but for me, I tend to keep things simple right now and just make
things that 1. Won’t spoil too quick and 2. Don’t need to be heated. So here
are my suggestions (with help from Shot of Mom!).
1. Pasta
Salad with WVU
Noodles! Shot of Mom’s recipe is a variation of the one linked here – but she
uses pepper jack cheese and pepperoni
2. Taco Dip – shout out to my Chi
O’s with this dish. Shot of Mom would make two batches – one for the tailgate
and one for the late night snacking. Sue’s recipe = 1 jar of taco sauce mixed
with 2 cream cheese blocks. Then layer with lettuce, diced tomatoes and Mexican
cheese.
3. Jell-o Shots – of course in
blue and yellow! Shot of Dad’s trick is to NOT use water. He replaces water
with vodka. Yellow = pineapple Jell-o with pineapple vodka. Blue = blue
raspberry vodka or regular vodka with some blue curacao. People in Pittsburgh –
you can get mini cups with lids for shots at Mike Feinberg in the Strip!
4. Say Cheese – my go to is always
a cheese plate. I basically just raid the cheese aisle and add some nuggets to
my awesome state of West Virginia tray. My current fav is Robusto from Whole
Foods.
5. Baked Potato Dip – a new one
from Shot of Mom, she’s made this for some recent tailgates and it’s gone over
super well. See below for the full recipe!
Loaded Baked Potato Dip
·
1-package
fully cooked bacon slices ( I did not use the pre-cooked--I fried my own bacon)
·
1-8oz
cream cheese
·
1-16
oz sour cream
·
2
cups freshly shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
·
1/3
cup sliced fresh chives
·
2
teaspoons hot sauce
Directions
·
Fry
bacon (if not using the pre-cooked) and drain on paper towels.
·
If
using the pre-cooked, microwave according to package directions until crisp.
·
Cool
and then crumble.
·
Add
cream cheese, sour cream, cheddar cheese, chives and hot sauce,
·
Cover
and chill at least one hour before serving.
·
Serve
with a strong potato chip. Sue used Ruffles Ridged potato chips, but if you are
making this for an at home party, you can use waffle fries.
There
are SO MANY MORE recipes, but I wanted to just share my fav today : )
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