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Easy Game Day Foods

A win for Sunday's game the Vikings could be championship bound

so I pulled out some recipes that are sure winners for you with a football theme.
Cooking Tip for making your own football cutter shape  
Use an empty frosting container. Just cut the top and bottom off and flatten it. When it pops back up you'll have a perfect football! If you don't have a frosting container, try a soda can, juice bottle, or a disposable plastic cup. 

FOOTBALL BITES (WITH SUMMER SAUSAGE, CHEDDAR & RANCH)
Cook's Notes: Looking for a fun little treat to serve for game day? Consider this snack ready in 10 minutes. If you are lucky to have a football cookie cutter maybe even in less time.
Ingredients:
Favorite crackers (I used TownHouse because of their size/shape)
Summer sausage, sliced thin (about 1/8" thick)
Block of cheddar cheese, sliced very thin (about 1/8" thick)
Ranch dressing
Prep Tools:
1 small, rinsed-out aluminum can (like from green chiles), or a small round cookie cutter
1 ziplock bag, or frosting bag

Directions:
On a sturdy cutting board, use the aluminum can (or cookie cutter) to shape the cheddar and summer sausage pieces into individual "football" shapes. (See photo above.) Then assemble the football "bites", by layering cheddar and summer sausage atop the crackers.
Finally, pour some ranch dressing into a Ziplock bag, and then use scissors to snip a very small triangle from one of the bottom corners. Pipe the dressing onto the cheddar to complete the football bites.


Football Ice Cream Sandwiches
You’ll need:

• Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches
• Wooden Spoons
• Sharpie 
• Storage containers 
• White cake icing
• Resealable bag
• Icing tip #4 and connector
• Knife
• Optional: Chocolate sprinkles

Simple steps:

• Using a Sharpie, draw football plays, referee stripes or team colors on wooden spoons
• Unwrap your ice creams and lay them on a sheet of wax paper or in Rubbermaid container
• Pierce one end of the ice cream with a knife so that your wooden spoons can be inserted easily later
• Cut the edge of resealable bag, insert your icing connector and tip, spoon in icing and pipe football design
• Place in container and freeze until guests arrive.
• Insert wooden spoons, sprinkle container with chocolate sprinkles (to finish the look) and serve.
• Tip: If you serve them at halftime and they’re hard frozen, they should last the full 30 minutes!
  

Dark Rye Bread with Ham and Cheese Football Sandwiches

Cheese and Pepperoni Pizza

Check out BuzzFeed link for other fun football themed snacks
https://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/cute-football-snacks-for-your-super-bowl-party?utm_term=.xkP0gJxZr8#.gf49eZp4xB
Eat light check out some other options

http://www.cookinglight.com/entertaining/holidays-occasions/football-party-recipes

 Guacamole Dip