My favorite part of football season is the parties, naturally, and around my house there are usually lots of hungry fans gathered. Over the Labor Day weekend we watched the first college games of the season as well as US Open Tennis and while the guys were grilling chicken wings, DD & I whipped up some dips that were fast and fabulous!
When we found out that Saturday was National Bacon Day, we HAD to make sure it was on the menu. But we wanted something lite, you know with bacon, hahahahaha BUT, when I looked at my Pinterest boards there was a very appealing Bacon, Corn & Guacamole from homeiswheretheboatis. Perfect!
We popped over to the grocery store with about 1 million other Labor Day beach goers and grabbed a few things but the avocados were HARD AS ROCKS. DD, being the brains of the family, suggested using ready made guac…….huh, that’s pretty brilliant….
So we improvised and used this as a base and made a 4 layer version of traditional 7 layer dip and it was devoured
We were too lazy didn’t want to add onion since NG {Nicest Guy, DD’s hubs} doesn’t really like onions, so we added chopped sweet red pepper, 2 ears of oven roasted corn and 8 slices of crispy bacon, and a little S&P and it was Happy National Bacon Day!
It was awesome!! And we felt good about getting some veggies on the menu, this will be making a regular appearance at our house!
The Sausage Queso was a big hit too,
We used ready made queso {Costco brand, it’s wonderful} and added 1/2 lb of breakfast sausage, and 1 jar of bean and cheese dip
I know Julia Child would not approve but hey, this was my “Laborless weekend”
Which in reality it wasn’t because I did 8 loads of laundry on Monday after the kiddos left
But great fun was had by all and we have 2 new super easy recipes for game day!
The fans around here come in all shapes and sizes…
I know, it gets a little ridiculous
But you’ve got to show your Tide Pride!!
Here are the recipes:
BACON & CORN GUACAMOLE DIP
Ingredients
- 2 ears fresh corn cooked {roast in oven or grill for extra flavor}
- 8 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1/2 red pepper chopped
- 1/2 guacamole prepared guacamole
- S&P
Instructions
- Combine ingredients, using as much guacamole as you prefer and season to taste. Serves 6
Notes
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SAUSAGE & BEAN QUESO DIP
Ingredients
- 16 oz prepared queso dip
- 1/2 lb breakfast sausage
- 14 oz prepared Bean & Cheese Dip {Totitos}
Instructions
- Brown sausage in skillet, crumbling as it browns and drain well.
- Wipe out skillet with a paper towel and add sausage, queso and bean dip back to skillet.
- Cook mixture over medium low heat until melted and blended.
- Transfer to a 1 quart baking dish and bake in the oven at 350 for 15-20 minutes to get mixture thoroughly heated. Serve with sturdy corn chips. Makes 8 servings.
Happy Fall Football!
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I will be joining these great parties:
Memories by the Mile, Tuesday Trivia
Worthing Court, Home Work Wednesday
The Style Sisters, Centerpiece Wednesday
No Minimalist Here, Open House Thursday
Stone Gable, Tutorials, Tips & Tidbits