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Fall Recipes: Fun Food for Football Watching

Ah, fall! Time for falling leaves, cooler temperatures, and FOOTBALL! Whatever your favorite team, there’s one thing we can all agree on…watching football on TV is made all the better when accompanied by a delicious snack. Below I’ve included two of my favorites. Two recipes for fun food for football watching. One for the men, and one for ladies. (Although I enjoy both of these!)

Two recipes for fun food for football watching. One for the men, and one for ladies. (Although I enjoy both of these!)

Fall Recipes: Fun Food for Football Watching

Hearty Red Chili Recipe

For the men… Shh! This delicious dish tastes like it cooked all day, but it really only takes about 30 minutes!
In large saucepan cook:

  • ¾ lb. ground beef
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • ½ cup chopped green pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic

Cook until meat is brown. Drain fat.

Stir in:

  • one 16 oz. can diced tomatoes (do not drain)
  • one 16 oz. can dark red kidney beans, drained
  • one 8 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 2 to 3 teasp. chili powder
  • ½ teasp. dried basil
  • ¼ teasp. salt
  • ¼ teasp. ground red pepper

Cover; simmer 20 min.

Serve with shredded cheese and sour cream; tortilla chips optional.

Makes 4 servings. (I always double it, as it’s even better the next day!)

Two recipes for fun food for football watching. One for the men, and one for ladies. (Although I enjoy both of these!)

Greek Spinach Melts Recipe

For the ladies… (adapted from Pampered Chef “Seasons Best” cookbook, Fall/Winter 1996).

  1. Begin with a loaf of delicious San Francisco sourdough bread. Ahh, really we could stop right there (after a little butter is added). But we’ll keep going…if you do not, as I no longer do, live within 60 miles of San Francisco, take heart…there are places you can buy sourdough bread almost as good as that sold in the City by the Bay. My favorite local sourdough bread is found, believe it or not, at Walmart. It’s a 24 oz. square loaf called California Sourdough, and it’s often on the day old bread rack.

2. Slice half of that loaf (if it comes already sliced, all the better) and spread the slices out on a baking sheet.

3. Put them into the oven at 350 just long enough to crisp them up a little…do not let them turn brown. Now take the baking sheet out of the oven and set it aside.

4. Defrost one box of frozen, chopped spinach.

5. Now take the spinach out of the box and squeeze it vigorously in a clean kitchen towel.

6. Place it in a bowl.

7. Add:

  • one chopped plum tomato
  • ¼ cup chopped red onion
  • 2 garlic cloves (pressed)
  • ½ cup crumbled feta cheese
  • ¼ cup each mayonnaise and sour cream
  • ½ teasp. dried dill weed
  • ¼ teasp. salt

8. Mix together and spread onto pre-toasted bread slices.

9. Bake 10 min. at 350, or until heated through.

This pumpkin chocolate chip cookies recipe makes a double batch. The cookies freeze well, so I like to make enough to last a few weeks. If you want to half it, you can use a regular can of pumpkin instead of a large one.

More Fall Recipes for Homeschool Days

Besides fun food for football watching, enjoy these favorites this fall too!

  • Nana’s Fudge Pie Recipe
  • Nana’s Apple Pie Recipe
  • Grandma’s Pumpkin Raisin Cookies
  • Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
  • Easy Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins
  • Gluten Free Banana Bread
  • How to Make a Month of Meals to Fill the Freezer
Paint a football and celebrate your favorite team! “It is half time here. We only have a few more minutes until the team comes back on the field…”

Football Art Lesson: More Football Fun!

Paint a football and celebrate your favorite team! “It is half time here. We only have a few more minutes until the team comes back on the field…”

Two recipes for fun food for football watching. One for the men, and one for ladies. (Although I enjoy both of these!)

What favorite recipes do you have for fun food for football watching?

~ by Kim, The Daisy Muse and first published October 2011

Kim (aka Daisy Muse) is a former elementary school teacher, textbook author and editor,  and seventeen-year homeschool veteran.  She currently tutors and teaches middle and high school students at a homeschool academic center. You can find more of her musings at thedaisymuse.com.

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  1. melanierobbins says

    October 12, 2011 at 11:52 PM

    Sounds delicious! 🙂 Have to try them!

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