Super Bowl snacks, the homemade, Tasty Thursday version!
January 29 
Super Bowl Sunday – the junk food day of the year.
There’s no secret that junk food is a huge business. Let’s face it – those chips and dips just taste great! But you don’t have to ingest all those chemicals in order to bliss out your taste buds . . . here are 3 tried-and-tested homemade versions of those Super Bowl favorites – Buffalo chicken strips, ranch dressing, and blue cheese dip.
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BUFFALO CHICKEN STRIPS
- Boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips
- Your choice of spice combination: I like 2 TBS chili powder, 1 tsp cumin, ½ tsp garlic powder, and a pinch of salt (up to ¼ tsp) USE WHAT YOU LIKE!!!
- 2 TBS coconut oil or butter
- 2/3 c Franks HotSauce
DIRECTIONS
- Toss chicken strips with spice mixture and place in a baking dish
- Bake at 350 for 20 minutes
- Meanwhile, melt coconut oil and stir in Franks HotSauce. Heat until bubbling slightly and you can smell the vinegar
- Toss chicken strips with hot sauce mixture.
- Bake another 10 minutes.
- Serve with ranch dressing and blue cheese dip!
RANCH DRESSING
- ½ c mayonnaise
- ½ c sour cream
- ¼ c buttermilk
- 1 clove garlic, pressed or minced
- ½ small onion, very finely minced
- 2 scallions, minced
- ½ tsp basil
- ½ tsp oregano
- ¼ tsp dill
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- good pinch salt
- small handful each cilantro and parsley, finely chopped
DIRECTIONS
- Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl.
- Refrigerate until flavors meld. Best made ahead of time!!!
- Taste before serving and add salt or pepper (or fresh lemon juice) if needed
BLUE CHEESE DIP
- ¾ c mayo
- ¾ c sour cream
- juice from ½ lemon
- ½ c crumbled blue cheese (no need for the really great stuff here!)
- ½ small onion, very finely chopped
- 2 scallions, minced
- about 20 grinds of fresh black pepper
DIRECTIONS
- Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl.
- Refrigerate until flavors meld. Best made ahead of time!!!
- Taste before serving and add salt or pepper (or fresh lemon juice) if needed