Easy SuperBowl Food

No matter if you are for the Steelers or the Cardinals, you'll want to have your Superbowl food ready in time for the half time Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band show!

Superbowl food is typically chips, dip or salsa, chili and that sort of thing. If you want to get fancy, you could make some quesadillas or small toasted sandwiches. I know some people who go for the shrimp platters and that sort of thing, too.

For example, take some loaves of that little cocktail bread - I like the rye - and make a bunch of little toasted cheese sandwiches. Now, you can get as creative as you like. Use different sorts of cheeses and meats. You could even make mini ruebens.

Same for quesadillas. You can make just plain cheese quesadillas with some salsa on the side, or get fancy with beans, chicken or beef inside.

We're going to pull out the stops with Crabmeat Quesadillas with Mango Pineapple Salsa this year. You can serve these with regular bottled salsa, too. Fruit salsas are especially good with chicken, pork or seafood. Here are the recipes:

Crabmeat Quesadillas

8 ounces crabmeat
1 cup finely sliced onions
10 (8-inch) flour tortillas
8 ounces Monterey jack cheese, shredded
3 ounces cream cheese
1 (4 ounce) can green chiles
Salsa

Preheat oven to 175 degrees F.

Mix crabmeat, cheese, onions and green chiles. Cover tortillas with crabmeat mixture and fold over in half.

Using an iron skillet or griddle (my preference) heat the tortillas on each side until they are lightly brown and cheese is melted. You can weight them down slightly with a lightweight pan when you toast them. Put on baking sheets in oven to keep warm until ready to serve. Cut into wedges.

Serve hot with salsa.

Mango Pineapple Salsa

1 mango or papaya, diced
1/2 cup finely chopped white onion
1 cup diced fresh pineapple
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
4 ounces diced green chiles
3 to 4 dashes hot pepper sauce

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate. This salsa will keep in the refrigerator up to 3 days.


Have fun, and I hope your team wins!

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