Cooking at Home: Super Snacks

Watching football on Sundays is an important tradition in my home. We especially love our Vikings, but we can get wrapped up in any good game and appreciate great plays from every team (except for three of them – they know who they are!). Accordingly, Super Sunday is a festive occasion at my place. It's a celebration of a season that, no matter how it went for our hometown heroes, always brings my family joy and togetherness.

When it comes to the Big Game, I'm not in it for the commercials or the snacks – though I appreciate them both. I love nachos, wings, pizza and any and all dips. The one ever-present fan fave that's not on my draft list, however, is chili. (I'm famous for not loving soup, so it stands to reason that chili's not for me, either.) But, as a meat sauce, chili is tops – particularly atop a hot dog, a burger or poured over a pile of french fries. My Chili Cheese Fries and Loaded Chili Cheese Potato Skins are as good an excuse as any to take part in the party, whether you're into the championship game or not. My fellow football fans will love them as well – and can take comfort in the fact that the preseason is just six months away!

Warmly,
Rachael