Easy Super Bowl Sunday Snacks

This probably won’t come as a news flash for anyone who regularly reads this blog, but I’m not much of a football fan. (In case you couldn’t tell, I spend my Sundays cooking food, not sitting on the couch munching chips and drinking beer in front of a television, ahem.)

However, my father used to have season tickets to the Jets, and I was raised to be a football fan (and player, though biology didn’t help with that—throughout high school I was skinny as a rail), so I’m not immune to the allure of Super Bowl Sunday. This weekend I’ll be watching the game, you can bet.

I’ll be cooking up a batch of my favorite gumbo, the oyster, chicken, and sausage version from my friend in New Orleans, David Olivier, and I suggest you make that too. Don’t be scared of the roux—you can do it!

If you don’t feel like making such a big dish, consider making some guacamole and fresh salsa. That’ll liven up any gathering you might have. What will you be making to enjoy the game?

Guacamole

• 1 ripe avocado
• 1/2 lime, juiced
• 4 shakes Tabasco
• 1 sprinkle salt
• 1/3 tomato, diced
• 1 tablespoon diced onion
• 1 tablespoon diced cilantro

        Peel and mash the avocado and combine with the other ingredients

 

Fresh Salsa

• 1 tomato, medium size, diced
• 2 tablespoons chopped onion
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, washed and chopped
• 1/2 lime, juiced, or to taste
• 2 shakes Tabasco
• sea salt, to taste

        Stir ingredients together, and enjoy

Comments

[Paul Kidwell]

Although a former high school football player, I am not much of a sports on TV fan and have not watched a Super Bowl in a number of years. Plus, being married to a Chinese woman,I have long since stopped trying to explain the nuances of the game to her. To quote a famous Chinese saying, "it's like playing music to a cow." Instead I may opt for watching the Godfather for the millionth time, cooking up a pot of bolognese, and watching Mo Green's eye exam.

[Patrick]

Guac is a football must. I make homemade guac every Sunday and munch while I watch.