Tailgating Food

Here is a brief synopsis of the food we made at the tailgate:
Here is our spread and as you can see everything except the fried chicken from Harris Teeter and the grilled chicken from KFC was homemade. (btw, the grilled chicken bucket still has skin on it and I highly doubt is THAT much healthier than the fried) My mom contributed the tomato, mozzarella and basil as well as crackers covered with cream cheese and lox. I love love love that! Also, you can see the pecans I made. I covered them with egg white and dipped them in a mixture of sugar, cayenne pepper, salt, chili powder and baked them for 30 minutes on 325.

Kori's boyfriend, Matt, made a curry chicken salad complete with red grapes, cashews and red onion. This was very delicious, especially on bagel chips.

My boyfriend, Ben, made a mexican layer dip with Jimmy Dean sausage mixed with sour cream. As well as refried beans, spicy guacamole, tomatoes and lettuce. He also threw in some green chilis for an extra kick. This tasted amazing on tortilla chips...just make sure you have a cold one to sooth the spiciness :)

I made this potato salad from a recipe I found in the NY times that listed 101 summer salads. They are red potatoes and I threw in some shallots, whole grain mustard, olive oil and some salt and pepper to taste. The green stuff is parsley!

Kori made this Ghosts in the Graveyard cake for dessert....it was made with Jello pudding and Coolwhip mixed with Oreos. The gravestones are Milano cookies with RIP W&M on them. However, William and Mary pulled out a win and beat UVA. :( Sad. This dessert was AWESOME and I wanted to eat it all.

My final contribution to the tailgate you can see in this photo....white wine sangria. It was strong and delicious! I used white wine, peach brandy, citron vodka and the fruit was apples, plums and peaches.

It was a very successful (and nomlicious) tailgate!

COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!

Today is game day and I'm currently getting ready! Our tailgate menu is extensive and delicious. Time to start cooking! Photos to come!

Ummmm

Is it bad that I kinda want one of these? It would have come in handy at the Kenny Chesney concert for sure! But it's still pretty gross to think about. Pee Pee is ICKY!

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U-V-A

GO HOOS GO!

Can't wait to spend the weekend in Charlottesville to kick off a new college football season!

My Dog is Crazy

Enough said:

Dinner for the Busy Bees

Kori and I are usually pretty busy during the week, so we like to find fast, easy and most importantly, healthy recipes. Which is why we LOVE LOVE LOVE Hungry Girl. She is aaaaamazing and has totally nomlicious meals. We live by her cookbooks :) Last night I made a little twist on her English muffin pizzas....I used tortillas instead. I took plain tomato sauce and mixed in some spices: oregano, salt, pepper, hot pepper flakes, garlic powder and maybe onion powder...I just throw in whatever and go by the taste. Then I added some basil, chicken, sliced tomatoes and a mix of fat free cheddar and mozzarella cheese. Stuck it in the oven on 350 for about 5-7 minutes and voila! I was so satisfied that I didn't even need to make a salad for a second course like I thought I might have to. Great dinner!

NOM!

PLANTZ

The guy on the left is my new purchase! Not really sure what kind of plant it is...I just looked in the section for indoor plants and picked the one I liked and one I thought the cat wouldn't eat :) Here he is in my beautiful ducky (or is that a swan?) planter that I got on sale at Anthropology! That ducky has been sitting empty for too long. On the right is an older plant that Ben and I (well more so Ben) re-potted. We had to take out some of the vines that lost their roots, but have no fear....


They are in the Tiki cup! All these guys are from 2 different plants however, they needed to re-root....so this cup (a gift from my cousin Jay) is filled with water until the new roots grow enough to replant.

This little one is from an old plant as well, but I purchased a new pot so we just moved him away from his brothers so he can grow nice and big by himself!

And this baby plant was actually growing in the same pot as my new purchase....a 2 for 1!! We think it's the same kind of plant, however ya never know, maybe it will be a surprise plant! Hopefully my newly green thumb can keep these kids alive and well.