Scrumptious Sunday!

Happy Sunday!  Perfect day to get together with friends and family, put on your favorite team jersey and serve up some great game day high scorers!

What's on the menu?
-Perfect Sunday Sliders
-Game Day Guacamole
-Touchdown TBBM Scewers (tomato, bacon, basil and mozzerella)
-Parmesan, Spinach and Artichoke "point spread"
-Terrific Tailgate Chili

Perfect Sunday Sliders
What you'll need:
-about 2lbs of ground chuck
-about a pound of ground sirloin
-Naan bread
-6 egg yolks
-salt and pepper
-Olive Oil or Cooking Spray
-Arugala
-worcestershire sauce
-Sliced cheddar cheese
How you'll do it:
-preheat your grill or broiler
-in a bowl, mix your ground meats, worcestershire sauce, eggs, salt and pepper - do not mash together too much
-divide the meat mixture into small individual patties and arrange evenly on your grill rack
-grill for about 3-5 minutes per side and add cheddar cheese to the top of each burger and leave on for the last 2 minutes of grilling after you've flipped the burgers over.  Remove from the oven and cover with foil
-keeping each piece of naan bread whole, brush each side with olive oil or spray and grill each side of the bread
-cut the naan bread into individual serving portions, large enough to fit your sliders on
-on the bottom of each piece of bread, drizzle a tad of olive oil and a tad more of the worcestershire sauce, add a bit of arugala, top with your burger and top with another piece of naan bread; place on your serving tray and serve!

Game Day Guacamole
What you'll need:
-4 avocados
-2 small tomatoes, finely chopped
-2 cloves of garlic, finely minced
-about 1/4 cup or so of minced shallots or red onion (red preferred)
-lime juice and 2 fresh limes
-salt
-fresh parsley, chopped
-fresh cilantro
How you'll do it:
-remove the avocado meat using a spoon and mash the insides in a bowl with a potato masher or fork
-cut each lime and squeeze the juice into the guacamole, then add in and mix together all of your other ingredients
Serve with your favorite tortilla chips
*to spice it up a bit you can add in some red pepper flakes

Touchdown TBBM Scewers
What you'll need:
-olive oil
-crushed or minced garlic
-salt and pepper
-cherry tomatoes
-bunch of fresh basil leaves
-mozzerella cheese, cut into cubes OR you can use the smaller mozz that is already in a ball shape
-crispy cooked bacon, cut in 1.5 inch strips
-balsamic vinegar
-scewers
How you'll do it:
-in a bowl, whisk together your olive oil, vinegar and garlic and season with salt and pepper
-On the scewer, alternate tomato, basil, bacon and mozzerella
-marinate your scewers in the vinegrette for at least 30 minutes
-serve at room temperature

Parmesan, Spinach and Artichoke "point spread"
What you'll need:
-shredded and grated parmesan cheese
-fresh spinach
-cloves of garlic, minced
-salt and pepper
-butter (about two pats)
-herb-marinated chopped artichokes in olive oil (you can buy this in a jar), remove from jar and chop up into smaller pieces, not mashing them
-cream cheese, softened
-1/4 cup of tequila
-Carr's brand of rosemary crackers (or your favorite brand but these are SO yummy and are a perfect complement for the spread
How you'll do it:
-in either a pot or a small slow cooker add all of your ingredients (lol, except crackers), stirring occasionally
-let the spread simmer on low heat for at least an hour; enabling all of the flavors to really infuse
-serve warm and spread on your crackers

Terrific Tailgate Chili
What you'll need:
-Ground turkey
-Ground chicken
-Sweet sausage or even better - sausage with flavoring such as tomato basil, etc, and remove inside of sausage from casing
-chopped vidalia onions
-minced garlic cloves
-smoked paprika
-cumin
-curry
-corriander powder
-salt and pepper
-cannelini beans, drained
-garbanzo beans, drained
-chick peas, drained
-cream
-ricotta cheese
-chopped cilantro
-chopped parsley
-oregano
-cream of asparagus, cream of celery OR cream of chicken soup
-chopped/ diced tomatoes
-roasted chicken stock
-white wine
Garnish
-shredded white cheddar or asiago cheese
-sour cream
-chopped scallions
How you'll do it:
-in a crock pot, set on high heat; add all of your ingredients EXCEPT for the chicken, turkey and sausage and garnishes.  For the liquid aspect, such as your cream, wine and stock...start with just enough to coat your ingredients, then add more after you add your ground meats; this ensures it is not too liquidy and you can always continue to add liquid as the chili cooks down
-in a saute pan, ground up and brown up your chicken, sausage and turkey, ensuring it's broken up as much as possible, drain when fully cooked and add to your crock pot
-switch to medium heat and let cook at least two hours; stirring occasionally
-when ready to serve, top with your chopped scallions, sour cream and your shredded cheese

I hope you enjoy and have a delightfully yummy afternoon!