Prepare For The Super Bowl

Are you ready for some football? Super Bowl Sunday is almost here! That means junk food, fast food, and all the beer you can handle. Meanwhile, Monday morning, you wake up with a food and alcohol hangover and you don’t even remember the game.

Well I have a couple of ideas to make your Super Bowl experience more enjoyable. You can host it at your house and still serve all your favorite foods, but just make it a healthier version of them.


For your main dish, which is most likely chicken wings, make them yourself instead of buying them fried in God knows what. You can either bake them or grill them, and top it off with the sauce of your choice. Make sure the sauce does not have too many ingredients on the label and that it is not too calorie dense, because that's how calories sneak up on most people.



What kind of super bowl party would it be without chips? Here is a recipe to make your own. Take sweet potatoes or yams and slice them up extremely thin. Coat a baking pan with coconut oil and then place the slices in the pan. Make sure that each yam is making direct contact with the pan. This will take lots of surface area, so it would be better to have more than one pan in the oven, otherwise you will be making many batches. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place the pans in the oven. They should not cook for more than 10 min. If you want a bit more flavor, sprinkle Celtic sea salt on top of them. MAKE SURE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THEM BECAUSE THEY WILL BURN QUICKLY IF YOU DONT TAKE THEM OUT IN TIME. They come out delicious because of the coconut oil. You won't be able to buy anything of that quality and taste at the store.



For the dip, good old guacamole will do. The better and fresher the ingredients, the better the food tastes.



If the weather is nice and you decide to grill, you can grill up some burgers, and use eggplant slices in place of the buns. Slice them up thick enough for you to hold it as a bun, throw them on the grill and enjoy a nice tasty burger. (It really does taste great).



Baby carrots and celery sticks are always a crowd pleaser. As for the dip, good quality humus will do.



For dessert, make a party fruit platter. If you don’t have the time to make one, then you can always buy one.



Now since this is the Super Bowl, I know that there will be drinking involved and the most common beverage consumed is beer. Since I know nothing about beer, I have included a great link to an expert on the subject. She wrote a specific blog for the Super Bowl so that you can enjoy the best tasting beers during the big game. Check out this blog entry “It's Better with Beer”. This blog has lots of beer information and lots of good healthy recipes as well.


If anyone has any other great ideas on what to make for the Super Bowl, please comment below.



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