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Buffalo Chicken Dip

January 30, 2015 By Jackie Fo Leave a Comment

What’s a Superbowl Party without a dip? The answer is nothing. If you walk into a Super Bowl party this weekend and don’t see a dip on the table, you have the right, frankly the OBLIGATION, to walk right out that door. Blasphemy I tell you.
So, clearly I feel strongly about dips. Always have. There will be two kinds of dips at my Super Bowl party this weekend – one classic onion dip, and one Buffalo Chicken Dip. That’s where this blog post comes in, so sit back and start dreaming about blue cheese, hot sauce and more cheese.
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My good friend’s mom Cathryn had the 411 on party planning before the Internet, Pinterest and Etsy ever thought about existing. When we were in high school, Cathryn would send my friend to school with holiday themed lunches – I’m talking Poland Spring bottles of green-tinted water for St. Patrick’s Day. She didn’t need Pinterest. She IS Pinterest. So, I’m honored to bring you her Super Bowl-worthy Buffalo Chicken Dip.
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Cathryn’s Buffalo Chicken Dip 
Ingredients:
1 8oz package cream cheese
2 cups of cooked chicken, shredded (I use a rotisserie chicken)
1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce
2 TBS butter, melted
1/2 cup blue cheese salad dressing
1/4 to 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Dash or 2 of hot sauce
Directions:
Cover the bottom of an 8×8 dish or pie plate with softened cream cheese.
In a bowl mix all of the other ingredients and add to dish.
Heat in 300* oven for 25-30 minutes.
Serve with chips of your choosing and dip until your little heart’s content.
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So come on. Make Cathryn proud. Make your guests proud. Make YOURSELF proud and serve this dip on Sunday. At least if your team loses you’ll be a winner in the eyes of your party guests – Holla!

Filed Under: DIYs, Party Tips and Food, Holiday, Superbowl Leave a Comment

A Light Superbowl Recipe: Tex-Mex Caviar

January 28, 2015 By Jackie Fo 1 Comment

 Very important Superbowl PSA:

When you chop this:

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Mix it together like this:

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You get this:

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… and this:

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A skinny Tex-Mex Caviar that uses fresh and healthy ingredients and is pure perfection for Superbowl Sunday. Because let’s face it, deflated balls or not, the Superbowl is all about the food. Get my recipe from Homes.com HERE!

I’ll be back later this week with an equally delicious but slightly less healthy Superbowl recipe for those of you that want to indulge!

Filed Under: DIYs, Party Tips and Food, Holiday, Parties, Superbowl 1 Comment

Spiked Hazelnut Hot Chocolate (A cocktail fit for a blizzard)

January 26, 2015 By Jackie Fo 1 Comment

I interrupt my regularly scheduled blog post due to … this massive blizzard taking over the Northeast! While I live in North Carolina and we’ve seen nary a drop of precipitation, news of the blizzard is everywhere and I am totes jealous of the snow. Although believe me, if North Carolina got two feet of snow the entire state would shut down for days, and that’s a fact. In the meantime, this post is for all my Northern friends and readers – here’s hoping the liquor store is still open!

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Hot chocolate evokes the warm and fuzzies and is the perfect match for a cold, blustery day. But if you’re going to be cooped up all day watching the snow fall (especially if you’ve got kids going stir crazy), a spiked hot chocolate is the way to go! I used Frangelico, a Hazelnut flavored liquor to give this hot chocolate an extra kick!

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The best part about this hot chocolate is that you can adjust the sweetness or hazelnut flavor per your taste. Just keep tasting until you’re satisfied with the sweetness level. You can drink it without any topping but where’s the fun in that? Top with giant or mini marshmallows:

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Or with whipped cream:

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And top with pieces of chocolate hazelnut.

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A rolled chocolate wafer is the perfect finishing touch!

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To whip up this hot chocolate, you’ll need:

3/4 cup boiling water or warmed milk

1 tablespoon cocoa powder (I used Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Cocoa)

1 oz. Frangelico

Sugar to taste

Your choice of Marshmallows or Whipped Cream

Hazelnut Dark Chocolate pieces (I used Ghiardelli)

Serve with rolled chocolate creme wafers

Directions:

Pour hot water or milk in mug and stir in cocoa powder and sugar. Add in hazelnut liquor. Add more sugar if needed. Top with marshmallows or whipped cream and top with pieces of hazelnut chocolate.

Enjoy while watching the snow fall!


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If it’s snowing in your neck of the woods (to quote my pal Al Roker) how do you plan to spend your snow days? Be sure to spend some time checking back on my blog this week as I have two delicious Superbowl food posts that you won’t want to miss!

Filed Under: DIYs, Party Tips and Food, Parties 1 Comment

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