Healthy Hacks For Favorite #GameDay Snacks

In an effort to stay on track with my 2018weight loss goals, I've scoured the Internet and recipe books for healthy low-fat hacks for some of my favorite Super Bowl Snacks. Below are some that were so good, I had to share. 

What is a super bowl party without a big pot of something to keep the beer guzzlers on their feet? Chili is my go-to. And since last year, turkey chili is all I make. With the right ingredients, no one will even notice. Load in the veggies and you've got yourself a low-fat healthy meal. Go crazy and serve fat-free Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Promise, no one will know. 

Turkey Chili

 If you haven't tried Buffalo Cauliflower, and it you love buffalo wings, you're missing out. The roasted cauliflower has a nice crispness that makes this dish work. Try it. You'll love it!  

Roast cauliflower at 425 degrees for 20 minutes or until slightly browned and crispy. Toss with your favorite buffalo sauce and serve with celery sticks, fat-free blue cheese or ranch for a nearly guiltless snack! Full Recipe, here.

Can the nuts and roast savory chickpeas. They are beyond addictive and so friggin easy to make! I make spicy, salty, cheese and sweet ones. After you roast the chickpeas, you can coat them in just about anything and it will work.  

These are so good I make them year round!
Recipe, here.

 Don't forget the Game Day Helmet O' Fruit! Fruit is such an easy way to offer a healthy sweet treat. Buy the watermelon, carve the helmet then when guest asks whet to bring, tell them fruit to fill your helmet. Easy, inexpensive and a crowd pleaser. 

Fresh Baked Pretzels! This is a great snack that you can make two or three batches through the night to sop up the alcohol in your guests. Kids love them too! 

These are SO GOOD and low fat too!
Made with refrigerated bread sticks, so no prep! Recipe, here.

The cheese dip is my guilty pleasure. I could eat through gallons of Queso. Gallons. This recipe calls low-fat cheese and your low-fat chili. The combo makes a hearty low-fat cheese dip everyone will love. 

Add chili, loads of veggies and reduced fat and/or fat-free cheese! Step-by-step, Here.

The Ultimate Gridiron dip tray filled with yummy low-fat healthy dips. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea. What a fun way to create a huge dip tray, perfect for the coffee table in front of the TV. This will keep you and your guest snaking on goodness all night long.  

Complete walk through, here.

Low-fat Hacks For Your Favorite Game Day Snacks

I'm just gonna come out and say it, Super Bowl is all about food and socializing. If a commercial is on, I may stop talking to watch, but if I watch a combined five minutes of the actual game, it'll be better than last year. 

In an effort to stay on track with my 2017 weight loss goals, I've scoured the Internet and recipe books for healthy low-fat hacks for some of my favorite Super Bowl Snacks. Below are some that were so good, I had to share. 

What is a super bowl party without a big pot of something to keep the beer guzzlers on their feet? Chili is my go-to. And since last year, turkey chili is all I make. With the right ingredients, no one will even notice. Load in the veggies and you've got yourself a low-fat healthy meal. Go crazy and serve fat-free Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Promise, no one will know. 

Turkey Chili

 If you haven't tried Buffalo Cauliflower, and it you love buffalo wings, you're missing out. The roasted cauliflower has a nice crispness that makes this dish work. Try it. You'll love it!  

Roast cauliflower at 425 degrees for 20 minutes or until slightly browned and crispy. Toss with your favorite buffalo sauce and serve with celery sticks, fat-free blue cheese or ranch for a nearly guiltless snack! Full Recipe, here.

Can the nuts and roast savory chickpeas. They are beyond addictive and so friggin easy to make! I make spicy, salty, cheese and sweet ones. After you roast the chickpeas, you can coat them in just about anything and it will work.  

These are so good I make them year round!
Recipe, here.

 Don't forget the Game Day Helmet O' Fruit! Fruit is such an easy way to offer a healthy sweet treat. Buy the watermelon, carve the helmet then when guest asks whet to bring, tell them fruit to fill your helmet. Easy, inexpensive and a crowd pleaser. 

Fresh Baked Pretzels! This is a great snack that you can make two or three batches through the night to sop up the alcohol in your guests. Kids love them too! 

These are SO GOOD and low fat too!
Made with refrigerated bread sticks, so no prep! Recipe, here.

The cheese dip is my guilty pleasure. I could eat through gallons of Queso. Gallons. This recipe calls low-fat cheese and your low-fat chili. The combo makes a hearty low-fat cheese dip everyone will love. 

Add chili, loads of veggies and reduced fat and/or fat-free cheese! Step-by-step, Here.

The Ultimate Gridiron dip tray filled with yummy low-fat healthy dips. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea. What a fun way to create a huge dip tray, perfect for the coffee table in front of the TV. This will keep you and your guest snaking on goodness all night long.  

Complete walk through, here.

2017 Super Bowl Fun Facts

With Super Bowl less than a week away, I thought I would share a few fun facts so you can blow minds around the water pitcher with your brilliance! Below are 10 Wow-The-Crowd Super Bowl 2017 Fun Facts

1. The Fifty-First Super Bowl (LI), Will be played on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in Houston, Texas at NRG Stadium, between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots. 



Bonus: The Super Bowl Television Broadcast is rotated between NBC, CBS, and FOX. Below is the schedule through 2023!

• NBC will televise the event in 2015, 2018, and 2021
• CBS will televise the event in 2016, 2019, and 2022
• FOX will televise the event in 2017, 2020, and 2023

2, This is Huston's third time hosting the Super Bowl. The first was, Super Bowl VIII in 1974. Then again for Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004. 

3. The official Hashtag of Super Bowl LI is #SB51 

4 . Lady Gaga is headlining the 2017 Super Bowl Half-Time Show. You may remember her wowing the crowd with the National Anthem before last Year's Super Bowl 50. 
               

5. The Vince Lombardi Trophy, awarded to the winning team, is made of 6.7 pounds of Tiffany and Co. sterling silver. (Tiffany & Co.)

6. The first Super Bowl (1967) was a match-up between the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers. Though, it wasn't the Super Bowl; the game was known as AFL-NFL World Championship Game until 1970. (The game was televised on both NBC and CBS!) 


7. 1.23 billion chicken wings will slopped down on Super Bowl Sunday; four for every American. (National Chicken Council) FYI: Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day for consumption of food and drink for Americans, behind Thanksgiving Day. (Reuters)

8. The coveted winning team Super Bowl Rings are provided by the NFL. The winning team is allocated 150 rings, costing the NFL roughly 5-Million; depending on the current cost of gold and gems. If the team wants more, they have to pay out of pocket. FYI: To date, the most expensive Super Bowl Ring ever made was made for the 2015 Super Bowl Winners, The New England Patriots, each ring cost a whopping $36k.

9. a 30: commercial during the Super Bowl costs 5million. FIVE. MILLION. I hope Snicker's plan to do the first LIVE Super Bowl Ad goes off without a hitch. Look for it live in the first ad slot of the third quarter

            

10.  If you would like to attend this year's Super Bowl, it will cost you a STUPID three-and-a-half-grand. And that's for the cheap seats. Tickets on StubHub start at $3,499, includes food and drinks. 

On Ticketmaster exchange website, Super Bowl 2017 tickets start at $3,733 and go as high as $16,360. Last report, Super Bowl 2017 single game tickets are selling for as high as $22,000. FYI: Belive it or not, $3500 is comparable to the ticket prices for Super Bowl 50. The cheapest ticket for last year’s Super Bowl was just over $3,000. 

BONUS TIP: Desperate to go? Consider being a volunteer! During the 10 days leading up to the event, over 10,000 volunteers are needed. Recruitments for volunteers for Super Bowl LI began in August 2016. Over 15,000 people were interviewed in order to create the team of 10,000 volunteers which will be assisting in all of the Super Bowl activities.

Oh, and one more fun-fact for the party animals, next to the Fourth of July more beer is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year. $1.01 billion is spent on beer in the two weeks surrounding the Super Bowl at grocery and convenience stores. That's an estimated 325.5 million gallons of beer! (Nielsen) 

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Happy Super Bowl!  I hope your team Wins! 

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