Are you ready for some football?

College football kicked off last night and I couldn’t be more excited.  I’m sure you’re sick of hearing me talk and talk about how much I love this time of year.  But I can hardly contain myself.  Last night was also our family fantasy football draft.  I had the first pick.  Hubs (and the rest of his fam) wasn’t too thrilled about that.  hehehe  Hubs printed me out a three page list of stuff I needed to know for the draft.  The list sat on my desk all week.  I didn’t look at it once.  He was slightly frustrated with me (in a joking way).  But he said he wouldn’t help me at all this year b/c I almost beat him last year.  Anyhow, I picked Adrian Peterson for my first pick.  We will see how my team does.  I hope they win a lot just so I can throw it in D’s face.  Yes, I’m immature like that.  

So with the start of football and the first USF game party at our house this weekend, I’ve decided to post my favorite football recipes (appetizers) today.  I have a bunch of new ones (thanks to pinterest) planned for game day.  I’ll be sure to post if they are good.  If you have any fabulous recipes, please share! 

Top Football Party Recipes 

Ingredients: 

2 cans of quartered artichokes (drained and cut into bite sized pieces)
2 5 oz. packages of grated parmesan cheese
1 8 oz. package of shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup of mayo
12 sliced green olives (I used 16)

Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Pour into a casserole dish.
3. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes
4. Serve with crackers (I used Triscuits)

Ingredients:
2 kiwis, peeled and diced
2 Golden Delicious apples – peeled, cored and diced
8 ounces raspberries
1 pound strawberries
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
3 tablespoons fruit preserves, any flavor

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix kiwis, Golden Delicious apples, raspberries, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar and fruit preserves.
2. Cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 15 minutes.

Cinnamon Chips:

10 (10 inch) flour tortillas
butter flavored cooking spray
2 cups cinnamon sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Coat one side of each flour tortilla with butter flavored cooking spray. Cut into wedges and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Sprinkle wedges with desired amount of cinnamon sugar. Spray again with cooking spray.
Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes. Repeat with any remaining tortilla wedges. Allow to cool approximately 15 minutes. Serve with chilled fruit mixture.

Ingrediants:
1/3 cup of blue cheese dressing
1/3 cup of buffalo wing sauce
3 cups of shredded rotisserie chicken meat
1/2 cup of mozzarella or cheddar cheese
8oz package of cream cheese

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Spread cream cheese into the bottom of an 8×8 casserole dish.
3. Mix blue cheese, wing sauce, and chicken in a medium size bowl.
4. Pour mixture over cream cheese and spread evenly.
5. Top with mozzarella cheese.
6. Cook for 20 minutes.

**Serve with celery, tostodo chips, or crackers.