Wait! Before you order that Pizza! Hang up that phone. I mean it! Here are some fast, inexpensive, and healthier options to veg on during the Superbowl! Impress yourself, your friends, and ladies lets be honest... the way to mans heart is through his stomach. Go ahead... Impress your date... Or future date? You know what I mean! Lets get crackin!
Easy Peasy Guacamole
Southwest Bean Dip: Skinny Girl Style
Mama's Buffalo Chicken Dip
Zaza Salsa
Lil Smokies
Puppy Chowmallows
Easy Peasy Guacamole:
Ingredients:
5 Avocados (.99 each)
1 Tomatos (1.25each)
4 chopped scallions (.78each)
Lime Juice (2.00 depends on the kind you get!)
Salt
Pepper
Peal and dice the avocados. Chop up the tomato (use as much or as little as you like). Chop up your scallions. Place all of these ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Stir until the avocados start to blend. Add lime juice, juice, salt and pepper to taste! Yummmy and super delicious! Also, very inexpensive to make.
<-- Tip: **Leave the seeds in to keep your Guac fresh!
Southwest Bean Dip-- Skinny Girl Style!
Ingredients:
1 Can Fat Free Refried Beans
1 Can Black Beans
4 Scallions (Chopped)
1/2 C Salsa
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cumin
1/2 Teaspoon Chili Powder
Jalapenos to your liking (I used 1/4 C)
Fat free Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 Tomato
1 Avocado
A small drop of sour cream (I got the fat free kind)
This is so simple and so fast you don't even need an oven, mixer, or skillet of any kind! It only took me about 10 minutes to make! Mix the beans, Salsa, Cumin, Chili Powder, and Jalapenos together in a medium mixing bowl. Then sprinkle some cheddar cheese on top. Microwave for two minutes (or until the cheese has melted a little bit). Then place some sour cream in the middle (to your liking). Finally sprinkle how however much you want of the tomatoes, scallions, and avocados.
Mama's Buffalo Chicken Dip
(Adapted from the back of Frank's Redhot Sauce! Sure to please any guy!)
Ingredients:
Boiled Chicken Breasts (I placed about three frozen breasts in)**
1/2 C Blue Cheese
1/2 C Frank's Redhot Sauce
1 8oz thing of Low Fat Cream Cheese (Room Temperature)
1/2 C Crumbled Blue Cheese (optional)
Preheat oven to 350! Boil your chicken breasts until throughly cooked through. I am neurotic about checking to see if there is any pink. So make sure this NO PINK ladies and gentlemen! You don't want to make this an infamous Superbowl Party! Next in a oven safe container combine all of these ingredients and stir. Next place in the oven for 20 minutes! This is to die for and takes less than 30 minutes to whip up! Its cheap, and A LOT healthier than fried chicken wings thats FOR SURE! Enjoyyyy!
** Buy frozen packaged chicken breasts, it is much cheaper than buying individual thawed pieces. These are still 'fresh' and will save you A LOT of money over the course of the school year!
ZaZa Salsa: Less than five minutes and VIOLA!
I had left over sour cream so I thought I would do something with it! Never throw the extras away, is what I always say. You can make your own creations!
Ingredients:
Fat Free Sour Cream (I believe I had a 1/2C-1C left from the SW Bean Dip)
Salsa (I used medium)
Simply Mix and serve with some chips! So yummy, easy, and again inexpensive... hey, I think we are catching on to something here!
Lil Smokies-- Under 7 bucks!
Another guys favorite! (Anything with bacon right?)
Ingredients:
Lil Smokies (I used Hill Shier Farm-- GO BEEF! Less than 3 dollars)
One Package of Bacon (3 dollars)
Some good ol' Brown Sugar
Preheat oven to 350. You need a cookie sheet (an easy way to avoid doing dishes and saving money on your water bill is to place aluminum foil on your baking sheets) spray your baking sheet so these little guys don't stick! Then cut your bacon in strips and wrap them around your little smokies. Place on the cookie sheet, sprinkle some brown sugar on! And cook for 25-30 minutes!
Finally some quick and easy dessert!
Marshmallow Puppy Chow (This is not your dog food relaxxxxxx. This is chocolate peanut butter HEAVEN.)
Ingredients
1 C Semisweet Chocolate Chips
1/2 C Creamy Peanut Butter
6 C Chex Cereal
3 C -- more or less (up to you) Powder Sugar
1 Cup Marshmallows
Melt the chocolate and the peanut butter on the stove top. Keep a close eye, I put mine on medium for about 2-3 minutes) Stir frequently, you do not want your chocolate to burn (yuck, trust me). In a big mixing container (easy way to avoid cleaning a lot of dishes) place you cereal. Then pour you chocolate-peanut butter mixture on top and stir. Finally add your powder sugar. Wait about 5 minutes and if you want add some marshmallows (my favorite). This is great and so easy to share at big parties, takes less than 15 minutes, cheap, buttttttt not so healthy... sorry. Hey its Superbowl Sunday-- calories don't count duh. That's what I am going with.
If you are trying to watch your caloric intake instead of drinking beer, opt for some white wine like a Chardonnay or a Sauvignon Blanc. If you like sweeter wines, add some Diet Seven Up. I promise you will not be disappointed (Thanks Hollie Seamster for getting me hooked.)
Enjoy the Superbowl and be safe my fellow college students!
Keep on the look out for this coming weeks: Must Have Ingredients for the Cooking College Student's Kitchen!
Thank's http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/southwestern-layered-bean_n_1049820.html
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