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Caramelized Onion-and-Bacon Dip
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Host a fun and interactive viewing party for a sports event or awards ceremony with appetizers and sweet treats that rival the main event.
Whether it’s awards shows, seat-of-your-pants auto racing or football’s ultimate Big Game, February is a month of competition! So gather the gang to cheer on favorite performers, race car drivers or athletes at a watch party.
Prepare delicious dips, sandwiches and appetizers with these recipes. Or order party and dessert trays from Hy-Vee to keep things going strong, even if the festivities head into overtime.
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Lasagna Dip
Although food is the focus at most watch parties, event-related games or contests beckon guests off the couch. A little friendly competition will get everyone into the spirit.
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
Break out the karaoke machine and see how your guests’ renditions of this year’s songs nominated for music awards stack up to the actual performances.
Baby, You’re a Star!
Ask guests to dress in their favorite team’s colors. In between the serious football action, lighten the competitive mood with fun games.
The Big Game Plan
GIVE OUT AWARDS
At the end of the evening, present “Hammy” awards in the categories of “Don’t Quit Your Day Job,” “Most Over-the-Top Performance” and “Secret Superstar.”
HOST A TRIVIA CONTEST
Put your guests to the test with their knowledge of current or past-year players, coaches and stats. Or blow up photos of guests who played high school football, and have the group guess their identities and the positions they played.
Bring a touch of Hollywood to your party and have guests shop their closets or thrift stores to re-create inexpensive versions of the most chic or ridiculous outfits worn by celebrities to awards shows in past years.
And the Winner Is...
PASS OUT THE BALLOTS
Before the show starts, have guests fill in their predictions of the night’s winners. Repurpose a thrift-store trophy (or gold foil-wrapped chocolate statue) to give to the guest who makes the most correct picks.
FUN FACT
The Big Game day gastronomics, by the numbers: Chicken wings are the No. 1 snack, with Americans consuming more than 100 million pounds. Pizza ranks second, with more than 12.5 million pizzas ordered. Also, more than 11.2 million pounds of chips are munched.
Elote Garlic Bread with
Pickled Onions
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Spanish for “corncob,” elote is Mexican street corn that gives a spicy new twist to classic garlic bread when combined with peppers and pickled onions.
Keep SOME COld ONES ON ICE
Be sure to have plenty of beer, wine, soft drinks and water on hand in ice-filled tubs or coolers.
