DUN DUN DUN!! Football Season Snacks

So football season is in full swing! My team is the Buffalo Bills. I grew up in Western Ny so it's pretty much a give. Not to mention my brothers and father are hard core fans. (All but one who is a Chargers fan) I thought it would be great to do a post about healthier options for snacks or appetizers while watching the big game. I've been hosting friends almost every weekend for the games which is great except all we have been eating is pizza. So hopefully this will help me spice things up a bit.

1. Bruschetta
I LOVE bruschetta!!! Turns out, it's so easy to make. All you need is Italian bread, tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, basil, and mozzarella. You can always use a balsamic vinaigrette to spice it up. Dice up some tomatoes, mix in a touch of olive oil and basil, place on a piece of Italian bread and sprinkle with mozzarella and bake for just a few minutes until cheese is melty and warmed through.

2.Chicken Kabobs.
I love this one because its so unique. I would never show up to a football party and expect kabobs of any kind. This is such a versatile option. If you know there are picky eaters coming you can set out multiple options to place on the kabob. Make some mildly seasoned chicken so that it is ready as well as some cooked veggies. You can use sweet peppers or hot peppers, onions, potatoes, tomatoes.... pretty much whatever you want! kabobs are fun and easy.


3. Mini Pizzas
So I know I said we've been having pizza but this kind would be a much better option and still yummy! I use a wheat tortilla shell. Put your sauce on it and mozzarella cheese. Then top with all sorts of veggies, maybe some chicken or turkey pepperoni. (trust me it tastes the same as the other pepperoni) bake until cheese is melted! mmmm yum!



I am looking forward to a new cookbook that the creator of the 21 Day Fix has come out with. It's called Fixate. It's available now I just need to order it. I NEED TO!If you are interested in healthy recipes with this cook book let me know and I can help you order it. The cost is $19.95

Healthy eating ladies and gents! And may your team kick butt!

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Happy Wednesday all. Congratulations to all. We've made it to the middle of the week. Thank God!

Well, we officially have one more thing off the check list. We got our engagement photos taken this weekend. Not going to sugar coat it..... I FREAKING LOVE THEM! It's so much fun taking photos with your significant other anyways (at least I think so, Him, not so much) To make it all better a good friend of ours did them. She and her husband made the whole experience that much more fun. After ours were done, I got to take some pictures of them for their one year anniversary that's coming up. (Congrats guys) We had the pictures taken at a dog park up here in northern NY. It's a quiet place with some older buildings and just some cool places that work awesome for pictures.  I was worried earlier in the week rain was on the forecast. Luckily, the rain disappeared from the forecast about mid-way through the week and we ended up with a beautiful day! Which is a nice change from the cold/rainy weather we had been having. The fur kids of course accompanied us for our pictures and were great sports at sitting still when we needed them to. Although, Chance (the lab) was just so excited he would roll over every time we tried to move him. He had no idea of what was going on. 

I thought I had my outfit pretty well picked out. Which, I did. I wanted to get a scarf to go with the white shirt I was planning to wear. Before we met up with our friends I went to good old Walmart to find myself a scarf. On the way to the scarf area I spotted a color of a shirt. I thought it would be nice to have something other than white so I grabbed a mint/seafoam colored one. (Yes some of my clothes are from Walmart, Yes I'm ok with it) I make my way over to the scarf section. I have very little fashion sense. I'm pretty laid back when it comes to all that. I'm usually in a solid color shirt and jeans kind of girl. Two ladies were standing there discussing scarves and what went with what, what pattern was cute... blah blah blah.. I asked them for their opinion on something that would go well with the shirt I had just decided to get and lucky for me they picked out something that matched perfect. Thank you random ladies in the Walmart for helping out the country girl with her fashion sense!

Thanks Allison for the pictures. They turned out great!