Dips and drinks for Superbowl!

First off, I have to mention that I went back to my old design - a few friends of mine said they liked it better. :o)

Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend! All this talk of hosting for the big event, but now we're going out of town to Baltimore! Ha. So one of our neighbors is hosting instead. I feel badly, but hey, things happen. I will still make these yummy things and bring them over, because any excuse to make and eat food I jump all over. I loveee dips. I think a "dip party" is one of the best ideas ever. Mmmm, yummy. Here's one to start off with!

I absolutely LOVE guacamole. I have tried several recipes and honestly, this one doesn't seem like anything super fancy, but I have found this recipe to be the best and people love it! I don't take ANY credit for it; it was given to me by a friend. If you can't read the ingredients above, they are:

7 avocados (soft), 1 small red onion (chopped), 1 small tomato (chopped), 1 fresh lime, fresh cilantro - I use a lot, but we love cilantro! Start small and then add more. 1 tsp ground cumin, garlic powder (to taste - or fresh garlic), salt (to taste)

Remove the avocado pits and mash (I use a potato masher) the avocado in a bowl. Add all of the ingredients above leaving the salt, garlic powder and paprika at the end - it depends on how much you like each flavor, but I like to have a LOT! I usually start with half of the lime (microwave it for a few seconds and it's easier to squeeze) and then add more after I taste it. I almost always end up using the whole lime. Play around with it! I hope this is a good base. If you live near Philly feel free to invite me over to sample it. Mmmm.

Okay, I've been on a hunt for fun drinks to have that are Superbowl themed and here's what I'm going with. I found these at the about website, great site. For the Pittsburgh Steelers' theme (my hubby has been a Steelers fan his whole life, so you can see how big of a deal this year is!) it's called a Black & Gold. It features Blavod vodka, which is appropriately black in color, and goldschlager, which tastes like cinnamon and has gold flakes floating around in it. So pretty!

Black & Gold
2 oz Blavod vodka
1 oz Goldschlager

Pour the Blavod into a glass/cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake it really well. Strain it into a cocktail glass and top it with the Goldschlager. Voila!

Next up is the Cardinal's theme drink - it's called the Cardinal Cocktail. Mmmm, this one looks delish and you make it with red wine. Sign me up! You add some creme de cassis to the wine which is a sweet liqueur made from French blackcurrants.

Cardinal Cocktail
1 oz creme de cassis
red wine

Pour the creme de cassis in a wine glass filled with ice and then fill the rest of the glass with wine. So easy! And pretty.

Next, more dips!

XOXO,