Easy Super Bowl Sunday Snacks

This probably won’t come as a news flash for anyone who
regularly reads this blog, but I’m not much of a football fan. (In case you
couldn’t tell, I spend my Sundays cooking food, not sitting on the couch
munching chips and drinking beer in front of a television, ahem.)

However, my father used to have season tickets to the Jets, and I was raised to be a football fan (and player,
though biology didn’t help with that—throughout high school I was skinny as a
rail), so I’m not immune
to the allure of Super Bowl Sunday. This weekend I’ll be watching the game,
you can bet.

I’ll be cooking up a batch of my favorite gumbo, the oyster,
chicken, and sausage version from my friend in New Orleans, David Olivier, and
I suggest you make that too. Don’t be scared of the roux—you can do it!

If you don’t feel like making such a big
dish, consider making some guacamole and fresh salsa. That’ll liven up any
gathering you might have. What will you be making to enjoy the game?

Guacamole

• 1 ripe avocado
• 1/2 lime, juiced
• 4 shakes Tabasco
• 1 sprinkle salt
• 1/3 tomato, diced
• 1 tablespoon diced onion
• 1 tablespoon diced cilantro

        Peel and mash the
avocado and combine with the other ingredients

Fresh Salsa

• 1 tomato, medium size, diced
• 2 tablespoons chopped onion
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, washed and chopped
• 1/2 lime, juiced, or to taste
• 2 shakes Tabasco
• sea salt, to taste

        Stir ingredients
together, and enjoy