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Superbowl Sunday 2021

I'm not really into football but I do love any occasion that calls for a celebration in snackage.  Plus, this year several people including my sister, kept assuring me that the Weeknd was incredible, so I was also anticipating a halfway decent Halftime show.  He was so cute and I may have liked it more if someone wasn't complaining about mediocre performances through the whole show. Miley Cyrus ended up impressing me though, as she tends to do and she brought out my Joanie, which was a sweet surprise.

  

Calzone 

Baked Feta - Hands down, thE most surprisingly delightful appetizer.  Tons of garlic, sun dried tomatoes, pepper flakes, herbs, good olive oil all baked around a block of feta, somehow creates a rich, taste sensation that is addictive as heck!  Warm crostini to dip in that festival of flavor is all you need.  This is what I'd call a super bowl. 

Pig Candy - Maple and Brown sugar coated bacon dries to a crispy sweet and savory treat.  This would be a great gift idea, maybe in a decorative holder.  This is special.  

Greek dip with fried wonton chips - most closely related to this recipe idea from the Savingdessert.com site. Very refreshing, lemony goodness!  I bought wonton wrappers for chile lime shrimp cups but realized I had over estimated my energy level, so I fried them up and used them for chips.  I didn't miss the pita one bit. 

little antipasto skewers. cute. 

Pear, prosciutto, arugula bites

Old fashioned Sour Cream and Onion dip with Potato Chips!  Is there anything better, especially when you haven't eaten this combo in years?

Great day....and a winter storm to boot

I Play My Drums for You

Christmas 2019

Potstickers

Pecan Pie Poundcake

Bloody Mary for P

Stuffed Mushrooms

Bacon wrapped Stuffed Jalapenos

Chipotle Pineapple Glazed Ham

Cucumber Sushi 

Bloody Russian

Quickie Calzone Stromboli hybrid after-thought

Ranch dip and Guacamole w/Chips

Open Faced Ham and Swiss Cheese Toastie

Even though we don't have children or family nearby, I feel responsible to make a celebration of food offerings for Christmas, an alter of treats if you will.  And since a there is a never ending need for home furnishings and retail establishments insist on shrinking the holiday to one single day off, I strained to pull together a menu of bite sized snacks.   The plan was to prepare each one slowly all day and keep cranking them out until the main roast ham was finished and finally serve that sliced and as open faced, cheese laden toast as the grand finale.  And that's how it played out.  Even though my intent was for each dish be it's perfect representation, I ended up a little Lucy in the factory assembly line by the middle of the day. 

You forget small details like I don't know how to make pot stickers and reading a recipe a week ago, is not quite adequate training.  One would think I'm the type to be thorough and well-planned out but most of my energy was spent setting a stage to create all day, which in the end, makes sense.  The outcome is more of a bonus for us to enjoy or have a laugh over.