• Favorite GAMEDAY food ? ..... Dine in, carryout, *delivery or make at home.

[hoorta]

@texasag1969 said:

Today I'm opening a bottle of Clio 2015 from Jumilla, Spain and having it with Lasagna. First sip was yummy!!!??

"Elegant ^. Blueberry ^. Red Fruit ^. Full-bodied

Jumilla, Spain- An elegant, full-bodied blend of 60+ year old Monastrell (70%) and 30+ year old Cabernet Sauvignon (30%) showing an expressive nose of wood, vanilla and blueberries followed by a luscious, well-balanced palate filled with ripe red fruits ending in an impressive finish."

 Back when we had our wine appreciation class at the University of Dayton- our students universally loved it. When we were discussing Spanish wines, I'd always open up an "extra credit" bottle of Clio after class for those who wanted to try it.  OTOH- my very wine knowledgeable pal Bob declares Clio to be a fruit bomb of little redeeming value... My assertion that it's a structured fruit bomb falls on deaf ears.....  There's layers of complexity on the taste, and the bouquet isn't too shabby either...  BTW, Bob doesn't much care for Clio when it's aged either. Humbug- we've opened bottles with 10+ years of age on them, and thought they were holding up quite nicely....  

As I tell folks when I try to describe it- a Spanish wine made from French grapes in an Australian style....   

[mjp28]

And from our own backyard from The Food Network:

31 Regional Pizza Styles   https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/photos/best-pizzas-in-the-country0

Encompassing newer Italian imports as well as famous rivalries (New York vs. Chicago, anyone?) and lesser-known specialties like Omaha-style pizza and Colorado Mountain pies, here's a guide to the regional pizza styles of the U.S.

[mjp28]

A great GAMEDAY meal or just a quick and easy everyday meal.

Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs  

Prep Time  10 mins  Cook Time  15 mins  = TOTAL TIME 25 MINUTES!

Golden seared chicken thighs in a delicious, buttery garlic mushroom sauce with a sprinkle of herbs is THE weeknight dinner everyone raves about! Serve over rice, pasta, mashed potatoes OR lower carb options like mashed cauliflower or zucchini noodles! 

Course: Dinner  Cuisine: American  Keyword: Chicken Thighs  Servings: 6 people  Calories: 206 kcal  Author: Karina

 

Ingredients

For The Chicken:

• 1 1/2 pounds (700g) boneless skinless chicken thighs (around 6-8 fillets)
• 1 teaspoon each onion powder and garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon each of dried thyme and rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

For The Sauce:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 8 ounces (250 g) sliced brown mushrooms
• 4 cloves garlic, minced (or 1 tablespoon minced garlic)
• 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
• 1/2 - 1 teaspoon each of dried thyme and dried rosemary (adjust to your taste)

Instructions

 

1. Pat chicken thighs dry with paper towel and trim off excess fat. Combine the onion powder, garlic powder, herbs, salt and pepper. Coat the chicken evenly with the combined seasoning.

2. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil a large pan or skillet over medium-high heat and sear chicken thighs in batches until browned on each side and no longer pink in centre (about 8 minutes each side, depending on thickness). Add remaining oil if needed for second batch. Transfer to a plate; set aside and keep warm.

3. To the same pan or skillet, melt the butter and add the mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper and cook until soft (about 3 minutes). Add the garlic, parsley, thyme and rosemary; sauté until fragrant (about 1 minute).

4. Return chicken to the pan. Taste test and season with salt and pepper to your taste. Garnish with fresh parsley. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

*You CAN use fresh herbs if you have them! 2 teaspoons each of fresh herbs is fine. If you don't like Thyme or Rosemary, substitute with Basil and Oregano, or use Tarragon. 

Optional: For even more amazing flavour, add in 1/3 cup dry white wine with your mushrooms and cook it down to half before adding the chicken back into the pan.

Nutrition Facts

Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs

 

Amount Per Serving

Calories 206 Calories from Fat 99

 

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 11g   17%

Saturated Fat 3g   15%

Cholesterol 112mg   37%

Sodium 198mg   8%

Potassium 261mg   7%

Total Carbohydrates 2

 

[mjp28]

Chicken (or turkey) wings or fingers are fun, drumsticks are better -but- thighs are my favorite!

GO BROWNS, TRIBE or BUCKEYES......with the munchies of course!

[Mark O]

@dutch-oven said:

Serves me right for being with an Irish chick. An Irish seven course meal is a potato and a six-pack of beer. 

And the problem there is what exactly?? 

[hoorta]

@dutch-oven said:

I think I'm going to move in with mjp and his wife. ?

Serves me right for being with an Irish chick. An Irish seven course meal is a potato and a six-pack of beer. 

Corned Beef is just a supermarket Deli trip away...   

[mjp28]

OK here's another GAMEDAY or ANYDAY quick and easy meal ready in about 20 minutes......less than a trip to burgerworld, and all can be tweaked to your individual dietary requirements.

Creamy Garlic Butter Tuscan Shrimp 

 

Prep Time  5 mins    Cook Time   15 mins  = TOTAL TIME 20 MINUTES!   

 

Creamy Garlic Butter Tuscan Shrimp coated in a light and creamy sauce filled with garlic, sun dried tomatoes and spinach! Packed with incredible flavours!

 

Course: Dinner  Cuisine: American  Servings: 4 people  Calories: 403 kcal  Author: Karina

 

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons salted butter
• 6 cloves garlic, finely diced
• 1 pound (500 g) shrimp (or prawns), tails on or off
• 1 small yellow onion, diced
• 1/2 cup white wine (OPTIONAL)
• 5 oz (150 g) jarred sun dried tomato strips in oil, drained (reserve 1 teaspoon of the jarred oil for cooking)
• 1 3/4 cups half and half SEE NOTES
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 3 cups baby spinach leaves, washed
• 2/3 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch (cornflour) mixed with 1 tablespoons of water (optional)***
• 2 teaspoons dried Italian herbs
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped

Instructions

1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Melt the butter and add in the garlic and fry until fragrant (about one minute). Add in the shrimp and fry two minutes on each side, until just cooked through and pink. Transfer to a bowl; set aside.

2. Fry the onion in the butter remaining in the skillet. Pour in the white wine (if using), and allow to reduce to half, while scraping any bits off of the bottom of the pan. Add the sun dried tomatoes and fry for 1-2 minutes to release their flavours.

3. Reduce heat to low-medium heat, add the half and half and bring to a gentle simmer, while stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.
4. Add in the spinach leaves and allow to wilt in the sauce, and add in the parmesan cheese. Allow sauce to simmer for a further minute until cheese melts through the sauce. (For a thicker sauce, add the milk/cornstarch mixture to the centre of the pan, and continue to simmer while quickly stirring the mixture through until the sauce thickens.)
5. Add the shrimp back into the pan; sprinkle with the herbs and parsley, and stir through.

Serve over pasta, rice or steamed veg.

Recipe Notes

Half and half is an American product, made from equal parts light cream and milk. Feel free to use half light cream and half 2% milk (or full fat if not worried about calories and fat counts), in place of half and half. Alternatively, use all light cream or heavy cream. Substitute half and half with almond milk.

If serving with pasta: add in pasta cooked al dente along with 1/4 cup of reserved pasta water into the pan of shrimp once they are cooked. Gently mix through the sauce until combined. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts

Creamy Garlic Butter Tuscan Shrimp

 

Amount Per Serving

Calories 403Calories from Fat 135

 

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 15g23%

Saturated Fat 9g45%

Cholesterol 332mg111%

Sodium 1346mg56%

Potassium 1531mg44%

Total Carbohydrates 16g5%

Dietary Fiber 5g20%

Sugars 18g

Protein 39g78%

 

Vitamin A61.1%

Vitamin C39.5%

Calcium43.2%

Iron37.5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

[AP1]

@dutch-oven said:

Since Snowmageddon starts tomorrow morning, making some stuffed pepper soup for the weekend.

Super good, super easy. 

Grew up eating a lot of cabbage rolls and stuffed peppers. My mom would put chopped chicken livers in the beef/rice mixture that would send them over the top.

[Canton Mike]

@dutch-oven said:

Since Snowmageddon starts tomorrow morning, making some stuffed pepper soup for the weekend.

Super good, super easy. 

My Bride made  stuffed pepper soup yesterday. Great with garlic bread & beer. Just picked up some Old Leghumper (Thirsty Dog Brewing) & Conway's Irish Ale (Great Lakes Brewing).

Mike

[calfoxwc]

I learned of my new game day coffee.

No more drippy coffee makers.

Make Cowboy Coffee.

about a quart of water in a pan, let the water warm up good, add 1/4 cup of your favorite coffee,

and rolling boil it up for a few minutes.

The grounds settle on the bottom, after a few minutes - or Kent Rollins

says you can pour just a bit of cold water around the top edge...

it's amazing. That is why I have missed the old perc coffee makers.

Next auction/garage sale item to find - old stainless steel perc coffee pot.

[TexasAg1969]

@canton-mike said:

My Bride made  stuffed pepper soup yesterday. Great with garlic bread & beer. Just picked up some Old Leghumper (Thirsty Dog Brewing) & Conway's Irish Ale (Great Lakes Brewing).

Mike

I make stuffed green peppers from time to time, but I'm not familiar with stuffed pepper soup. How do you do that?

[Canton Mike]

@texasag1969 said:

I make stuffed green peppers from time to time, but I'm not familiar with stuffed pepper soup. How do you do that?

Bill, there are many various recipes online. Just brown the beef, chop the peppers, and throw it in the crockpot with your other ingredients. I like food a good bit spicier than Colleen does, so I grind black peppercorns in it & maybe add some hot sauce after I fill my bowl.

Mike

[Canton Mike]

This is as good as soup gets!! (my "tweeks" are in bold). I got this recipe from the Ohio Game Fishing website:

Here is one of my favorite cold weather recipes. It feeds 6 people.

1.5 pds. mild or hot italian sausage (I always use 1/2 mild & 1/2 hot & I prefer Giant Eagle's)
3-4 cups beef broth (I use beef STOCK & always add up to 32 oz more if soup gets too thick)
1 (28oz) can crushed or pureed tomatoes
1 onion chopped
1 large carrot chopped
1 square package frozen chopped spinach
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste (I ONLY use fresh cracked pepper)
1 package frozen CHEESE tortellini

Remove sausage from casing and brown, break it up. Drain sausage and transfer to pot. add remaining ingredients to pot, EXCEPT TORTELLINI!!!! slow boil or simmer for at least 45min-1hr, until vegetables are tender. The longer you cook it, the thicker it will get. (I cook this in a crockpot on low, that's why the extra beef stock).
5-10 min before serving, place tortellini in pot.
Tips##
Make sure you buy CHEESE tortellini

Beware, addiction is possible.

Mike

[mjp28]

@canton-mike said:

This is as good as soup gets!! (my "tweeks" are in bold). I got this recipe from the Ohio Game Fishing website:

Here is one of my favorite cold weather recipes. It feeds 6 people.

1.5 pds. mild or hot italian sausage (I always us e 1/2 mild & 1/2 hot & I prefer Giant Eagle's)
3-4 cups beef broth (I use beef STOCK & always add up to 32 oz more if soup gets too thick)

Beware, addiction is possible.

Mike

We have done well with our local GE meats in Boardman, there are two ours is the Boardman/Poland store. We also like a good beef broth/stock soup!

[TexasAg1969]

@canton-mike said:

Bill, there are many various recipes online. Just brown the beef, chop the peppers, and throw it in the crockpot with your other ingredients. I like food a good bit spicier than Colleen does, so I grind black peppercorns in it & maybe add some hot sauce after I fill my bowl.

Mike

Down here we call that beef and sausage chili podnah. Just throw out the cheese and add chili pepper powder.??

[flyingfooldoug]

Anyone play around with lobster Mac and cheese, or shrimp lobster Mac and cheese? It took me a bit to actually try it. The name doesn’t suggest 5 star but once it finally hit my taste buds, I’m hooked. I double dawg dare you to try it!

[TexasAg1969]

@flyingfooldoug said:

Anyone play around with lobster Mac and cheese, or shrimp lobster Mac and cheese? It took me a bit to actually try it. The name doesn’t suggest 5 star but once it finally hit my taste buds, I’m hooked. I double dawg dare you to try it!

Is this fresh made and do you have a recipe.? 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Today's football fair will be fresh cut raw veggies - green & red peppers, cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, sweet petite carrots and a small bowl of light dill dip to go with them.

Drinking fair will be a Bottle of 2016 Juan Gil Silver Label Jumilla (Spanish red wine) as recommended by hoorta. If I like it I will stock up because @ $11.70 a bottle  with my vet's cash discount it may be the steal that hoorta described to me. I trust his judgement of red wines for sure.

[DieHardBrownsFan]

@texasag1969 said:

Is this fresh made and do you have a recipe.? 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Today's football fair will be fresh cut raw veggies - green & red peppers, cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, sweet petite carrots and a small bowl of light dill dip to go with them.

Drinking fair will be a Bottle of 2016 Juan Gil Silver Label Jumilla (Spanish red wine) as recommended by hoorta. If I like it I will stock up because @ $11.70 a bottle  with my vet's cash discount it may be the steal that hoota described to me. I trust his judgement of red wines for sure.

It's currently 13 degrees here and we got probably over a foot of snow last night.  Having Wings (chinese style) marinated overnight in select liquids and spices, baked with rice and miso soup.

[mjp28]

The AFC & NFC GAMEDAY meals today:

3 pm - Pimento stuffed Spanish Manzilla olives, small salad with thousand island, thick breaded oven roasted pork chops with potatoes, onions, carrots......ummmmm still stuffed.

Tonight (whenever) bologna sandwiches with provolone on dark pumpernickel and lettuce, chips and whatever. Mmmmmm. 

The SB LIII GAMEDAY - TBD. 

[Canton Mike]

@mjp28 said:

The AFC & NFC GAMEDAY meals today:

3 pm - Pimento stuffed Spanish Manzilla olives, small salad with thousand island, thick breaded oven roasted pork chops with potatoes, onions, carrots......ummmmm still stuffed.

Tonight (whenever) bologna sandwiches with provolone on dark pumpernickel and lettuce, chips and whatever. Mmmmmm. 

The SB LIII GAMEDAY - TBD. 

Around games & snow related duties, I have snacked & drank beer today. Just one of those days.

Mike