The big game is coming up and while you don’t want to miss out on the delicious snacks that come with it, you also don’t want to have a food hangover from eating nothing but junk.
These healthy-ish game-day snacks will satisfy your tastebuds and leave you feeling good too. These recipes are a tad healthy but also indulgent. Our favorite wine to drink with appetizers is our Snow White, so be sure to have a bottle of that on hand too!
Get ready to get in the zone with some fairer fare!
Charcuterie Board
Charcuterie boards are having a bit of a moment right now and we can appreciate why! They’re so easy to put together and can even stand in as your meal. Grab whatever you have around for a no-fuss, fancy-feeling snack. We used:
- A mixture of hard and soft cheeses
- A mixture of crackers
- Almonds
- Grapes
- Olives
- Proscuitto
- Pickles
- Pickled carrots
- Salami
Pair with: Snow White
Cream Cheese Veggie Bars
These bars are super easy to make, will give you a serving of vegetables, and are creamy too. You won’t be able to eat just one!
Ingredients:
1 package crescent rolls
8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1/4 cup ranch dressing
4 cups chopped vegetables
Sharp shredded cheese
Directions:
- Roll out the crescent rolls in a 13×9 pan so they stay together as one large piece of dough (do not separate them). Bake for 15 minutes until brown.
- Combine cream cheese and ranch dressing in a bowl.
- Spread the mixture over the cooled crescent roll.
- Sprinkle veggies on top with shredded cheese.
Pair with: Snow White
Sweet Potato Nachos
Sweet potato nachos are gluten-free and a healthier alternative to regular nachos, though just as delicious. Once you dig in, you won’t want to stop!
Ingredients:
3 sweet potatoes – washed & cut into 1/4 inch rounds
1 Tbs. olive oil
1 tomato
1 pepper
1 small onion
8 oz. black beans
1/4 cup chopped scallions
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 avocado
Salt and pepper
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a medium bowl mix potatoes, oil, salt, and pepper
- Place potatoes on two baking sheets lined with parchment paper, so the potatoes don’t touch.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Flip over. Bake for 10 more minutes.
- Combine potatoes on one baking sheet. Top with beans, pepper, tomato, and cheese.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Top with scallions, cilantro, and avocado.
- Serve with sour cream.
Pair with: Snow White or Marquette
Stuffed Spinach and Artichoke Mini Peppers
These stuffed peppers get their decadence from the creamy goat cheese. They’re made with mini-peppers instead of large peppers so they’re easy to pick up and pop in your mouth!
Ingredients:
6-8 mini peppers
4 cups spinach
1 Tbs. butter or oil
1/2 cup artichoke hearts, chopped
4 oz. goat cheese, room temperature
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Juice from 1 lemon
Salt and pepper
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut peppers in half and place cut side up in a baking dish.
- Heat oil in pan and add spinach. Cook until wilted.
- In a medium bowl, combine spinach with goat cheese, artichoke, lemon juice, parmesan cheese, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
- Add the filling to the peppers.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
Pair with: Snow White
Regardless of whether your team makes it all the way, we hope you enjoy time spent with family and friends over delicious food and drink!
