Your usual Thursday parts of wit, pith, and mirth will be played this week by beer, cheddar and weenies.
Take these three ingredients in. Let them wash over you. Now go. Make.
Category Archives: comfort food
Touchdown Thursdays: Greek Dip
We did it. We survived the first week of the 2012 football season. RG3 made a lot of people in my parts remember why they ever signed on for Skins fandom. Peyton made me remember why I love him so, even in that terrible orange jersey.
And stomachs all across this great land cried out for Tums, and a week of rest.
With that thought in mind… on to the dip!
Touchdown Thursdays: Hot Corn Dip
Depending on your team of choice, each year holds something different for you. For us sad Browns fans, all most years we chalk up to “rebuilding.” For other teams, that Lombardi Trophy is so close, yet so far away. Others plain suck, but look forward to that nice draft pick. Others feel like sting of riding that middle .500. And others, believe it or not, just win!
This year, and this team of Touchdown Thursdays, we’re going all the way. No mediocrity. No buffalo chicken dip. No football decorated cupcakes. This is “put on your big girl panties, and DIG. IN. food.”
Enough with the pep talk, on to the hot deliciousness.
Kick-Offs & Recaps
The Fantasy line-up is set. The jersey perfectly rumpled. The beer cold. The chips and dip aplenty. Dish with clear line of sight of the southern sky – for maximum Sunday ticket reception.
It’s here dear friends. The day of days… NFL FOOTBALL!!!
Old School Macaroni Salad
Creamy. Comforting. Classic. Tangy. Crunchy. Snappy.
The One. The Only. Old School Macaroni Salad! YEAH!!!
Summer Pasta Salad with Pesto Vinaigrette
Wagon wheels, cavatappi, spirals, campanelle – Ohhhh, shapes! These are things that run through my head in the pasta aisle. Other adults experience this phenomenon too… right???
Blueberry-Gingersnap Crumble
The embers are glowing. The meat has been cooked. The corn charred. And you’re not going to invite your dessert to the charcoal party? Shame on you!
You might have thrown a pineapple or two on the grates, but a cobbler probably never crossed your mind. Well step into the light my friends, grilling is the way to go.
Like a blueberry cobbler on campfire crack, this dessert will change the way you look at that last cookout course.
Heirloom Vegetable Pizza
You sit up. You’re sweating. Your heart’s pounding. You’re salivating. Were you dreaming about Ryan Gosling shirtless? Were you running from a herd of zombies? Nope, you were dreaming about the best pizza you ever ate!
Man, I should get my food related lusts analyzed – constant dreams of my favorite pizza in the world, Planks in Columbus, can’t be healthy. I had the misfortune fortune of living a few houses down from this pizza wonder during undergrad, and no matter where I go, I’ve been looking for a pie that rivals this guy. Sweet sauce, tons of cornmeal, thin crust – perfection.
Coming across this recipe last summer and knew I had to tackle it because it fulfilled these two requirements, and then some.
Cucumber Hendrick’s Soup Shooters
When you look at a cucumber, what do you think? Perfect for tea sandwiches? Great marinated with vinegar and dill? Over the eyes for depuffing? Something inappropriate for sharing on this site???
I look at a luscious summer cucumber and think, “Man, they’d be awesome mixed with gin and thrown into a soup.” Just me?
Goat Cheese Potato Salad
Picky eating ain’t my thing, but when it comes to potato salad, I’ve got a few ground rules. No eggs. No raw yellow/white onions. No Yukon Golds. No yellowy matter pretending to be dressing. So usually, I’m pretty disappointed when it comes time to grab some from the picnic spread.
This recipe – saves me from all that nonsense. It’s got creaminess, tang, zip, texture, chunk, and funk. I’d like to think of it as a little slice of potato salad heaven.
