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30 Easy Game Day Recipes Everyone Will Love

recipe round up, appetizers, entrees, partiesSheri SpalloneComment

Football season is here, and tailgating is in full swing! And for all the baseball fans, the excitement continues with playoff season—if your team is in contention, it’s the perfect time to cheer them on.

To make your game day entertaining a breeze, we’ve gathered 30 of our favorite recipes—quick, easy, and guaranteed crowd-pleasers!

Thanks for stopping by! 😊 Have you tried any of these recipes yet? Please drop a comment below and let us know your favorites.

Come back often for more family-tested recipes, entertaining ideas, and cooking tips using all our favorite Cherchies® gourmet products.

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"Munchdown" on these:

Dip away with these tasty dips!

Hearty Game Day Food

Cheese Please!

Charcuterie- Charcuterie or grazing boards are very popular right now. Pair Cherchies® Mustards, Pepper Jams, and Butter Spreads with your favorite cheeses and meats for the perfect complement to your charcuterie platter.

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Taco Bowl With Cilantro Lime Dressing Recipe

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Taco Bowl With Cilantro Lime Dressing Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

Hello friends. Let's taco 'bout tacos.

Does Taco (Mexican) Night appear regularly on your menu? It does in our home, in one form or another (tacos, enchiladas, fajitas, etc.). If our family had their way, every night would be Mexican/Taco night. So, what do you do when you have ground meat and don't have a stash of taco shells in your pantry and are trying to prepare dinner quickly? Make taco bowls!

Mixing up Taco Night and serving all the ingredients in a bowl can be a nice change and a lot of fun. Plus, just like taco night, with all the possible fixings set out, each person can make their personalized taco bowl to their liking, perfect for entertaining a crowd.

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This recipe starts with taco meat seasoned with Cherchies® Select Grilling Rub & Seasoning Blend. Then, we loaded the bowls with Goya yellow rice (a homemade yellow rice copycat is coming soon) and our favorite fixings, such as homemade refried beans (also coming soon), cheese, fresh green onions, addicting homemade pickled red onions, and a fabulously tangy Cilantro Lime Dressing as the finishing touch.

These bowls offer plenty of substitutions for whatever ingredients you have in your pantry or refrigerator. (See possible substitutions below).

Tacos are a fun and exciting dish to serve at home or any party or gathering. The harmony of flavor and textures is endless. So, mix up your taco (Mexican) night and create flavorful taco bowls instead. You won't be disappointed, and dinner will be ready in a snap!  

Thanks for stopping by. :) Comment below if you have any toppings to add. Return for more family-tested recipes, entertaining ideas, and cooking tips using all our favorite Cherchies® gourmet products.

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Here’s how they’re made:

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. ground meat

  • 1-2 Tablespoons Olive oil

  • 1 medium yellow onion, diced

  • 4 1/2 Tablespoons (Tbsp.) Cherchies® Select Grilling Rub & Seasoning Blend

  • 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp.) cornstarch

  • Yellow rice, cooked according to package directions (we tested with Goya Yellow Rice)

  • 1 can of refried beans, warmed in the microwave or on the stove (recipe for homemade refried beans to come soon)

  • Pickled Onions (If planning, you may want to make these ahead. They could be made a few hours ahead of your meal and chilled in the refrigerator).

  • Shredded Cheese (we used a blend of cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses, freshly shredded)

  • Sliced green onions

  • Cilantro Lime Dressing (below)

Cilantro Lime Dressing Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp.) Cherchies® Chardonnay Lime & Cilantro Seasoning (more to taste)

  • 1/4 teaspoon (tsp.) ground pepper

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise

  • 1/2 cup sour cream

  • 1 bunch of cilantro, stems included

  • 2 cloves garlic

  • 1 jalapeno, seeds removed, roughly chopped

  • 1/3 to 1/2 cups half and half

  • Zest of half a lime

  • Juice of half a lime

Dressing Preparation

Add all the ingredients to a blender or food processor. Blend for at least a minute on high or until ingredients are combined and the sauce is smooth.

Preparation

Combine Cherchies® Select Grilling Rub & Seasoning Blend and cornstarch for the homemade taco seasoning in a small bowl. Set aside.

Add olive oil and onions to a medium skillet. Cook the onions on medium heat until translucent.

Add your ground meat of choice (we used beef) to the skillet. Cook and stir until the meat is no longer pink.

Once the meat has cooked, add the homemade taco seasoning. Stir until combined. Cook for a few minutes. (**Depending on your meat, you may need to add a little liquid (water or broth), a Tablespoon at a time, until it is the consistency you prefer.

Now, the fun part begins!

Set out your fixings (toppings) and create a flavorful taco bowl! For our taco bowls pictured, we added meat, rice, refried beans, cheese, pickled onions, green onions, and our special homemade Cilantro Lime Sauce. Delicious!

Enjoy!

What kind of fixings can you substitute?

  • Your favorite guacamole recipe (or store-bought) or chopped avocado

  • Grilled corn

  • Drained canned corn

  • Your favorite salsas or pico de gallo

  • Sour cream with or without the Cilantro Lime Dressing

  • Pickled Jalapeños (recipe to come)

  • Chopped onions

  • Can of your favorite beans, rinsed and drained

  • Quinoa instead of rice

  • Seasoned, cooked chicken, fish, pork, or turkey for the beef

  • A tasty slaw

  • Tortilla Chips

  • Your favorite hot sauce

  • There are many more options!


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30 Favorite Labor Day Recipes

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30 Easy Labor Day, Memorial Day, or July 4th Recipes

Updated 8/31/2023.

Labor Day, the first Monday of September, typically means that white clothes are out, sales are in, summer holidays are over, and football season and classes begin. For many of us, "it's a welcome day off from work or school, to spend time with family and friends, ahead of what is likely to be a busier month than the last ".-Time Magazine.

Labor Day started as a part of the labor union movement to recognize the contributions of men and women in the US workforce, but it is now seen as a chance to celebrate the last weekend of summer. -www.dosomething.org.  

In honor of Labor Day, celebrate your day off and the "unofficial" end to summer with our 30 favorite easy recipes. These recipes would be perfect for Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day!

Comment below and let us know if you made any of these recipes. As always, thanks for stopping by:) Please come back again for more tasty recipes, entertaining ideas, and cooking tips.

Happy Labor Day!

Breakfast

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Recipe Roundup- 24 Quick and Easy Game Day Recipes

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24 Quick and Easy Game Day Recipes

Celebrating the Super Bowl is always more enjoyable with family and friends and when your favorite team is playing. Unfortunately, our beloved Philadelphia Eagles fell short of playing in the Super Bowl this year, so celebrating will be different. Aside from actually watching the game, our family’s next favorite thing is the food.

Are you hosting a Super Bowl celebration this weekend? Do you have your menu ready? We have taken the guesswork out of "What shall I serve for game day? " with some of our favorite game-day recipes. So, whoever you are rooting for, tackle your appetite with these easy-peasy game-day recipes.

Thanks for stopping by:) Comment below if you have tried any of these recipes. Come back again for more family-tested recipes, entertaining ideas, and cooking tips using all our favorite Cherchies® gourmet products.

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"Munchdown" on these:

Hearty Game Day Food

Cream Cheese of course!

Bonus!

Charcuterie- Charcuterie or grazing boards are very popular right now. Pair Cherchies® Mustards with your favorite cheeses and meats for the perfect complement to your charcuterie platter.

Make it a themed charcuterie board!



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