November 16, 2012 | 1 Comment

Throw A Chic Football Party That’s NOT Just Beer And Wings

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Over half of women in the US are now partaking in the party!  By partaking, we mean watching, and by the party, we mean football!  A recent study showed that 55% of American ladies watch football.  We have to admit, we’re a part of that percentage of ladies!  Just because we’re a part of the American football craze doesn’t mean we have to eat and drink like one of the boys though! Even serve these healthy snacks and entrees for your Superbowl party.  We even included gluten-free and vegan hot bites.  Below, we’ve put together a ladylike menu for NFL television nights! Follow these 3 simple steps to throwing the chicest football party in town for you and your football-loving gal pals!

Editor’s Note: Each of the full recipes below can be found on Whitney Bond’s food blog, “Little Leopard Book“.

Step One: The Food Swap + Dessert

Swap #1 – Replace the Chips and Dip with Homemade Hummus and Veggies.  Because hummus is filled with protein, antioxidants and Omega 3 fatty acids, it’s an appetizer the ladies will feel good about snacking on!

Hummus, Red Pepper Hummus., Eggplant Hummus, Celery, Carrots, Red Peppers

Swap #2: Instead of Fried Chicken Wings, try serving up Flavorful Buffalo Chicken Burgers.  These burgers are made with all-white meat chicken breast and packed with veggies and spices for a delicious treat with less than half the calories and fat as their fried wing counterpart!

buffalo chicken, buffalo burgers

Swap #3: Serve the burgers up with a side of Homemade Sweet Potato Tots.  These tots are gluten-free, vegan and packed with vitamins, because what’s more chic than healthy tots?

Sweet Potatoes, Sweet Potato Tater Tots, Tater Tots, Homemade Tater Tots

Dessert – Splurge on dessert with a sweet treat all the girls are sure to love, Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies!  These cookies combine every girl’s favorite thing, chocolate, with the hazelnut spread that’s sweeping the nation, Nutella!

nutella, chocolate chips, cookies, dessert

Step Two: The Drinks

Forget the beer, mix up some fruity sangria to keep things classy, yet sassy!  Who doesn’t love a little sangria?

sangria, fruit sangria, lemons, oranges, drinks, cocktails, spanish sangria

Step Three: The Décor

Who says a football party can’t have cute décor? Ditch those empty chip bags and pizza boxes for a lovely serving table for all of your delicious food and drinks!

serving table, table setting, decor

Wishing everyone a happy and chic  football weekend!!!

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Author:Whitney Bond

Whitney is a fashionable foodie, balancing her love for food, with a love for yoga, running and sequin dresses. On her blog, Little Leopard Book, she develops healthy alternative recipes to traditionally unhealthy foods and is passionate about cooking with gluten-free and vegetarian options. She's also obsessed with OU football, teaching her friends how to "Dougie" and eating hot dogs at every MLB stadium in America. If you like food, cocktails and a generally good time, you should follow her blog or follow her on Twitter @Whitney_Bond
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  • Parker

    Oh man that burger looks so good! I may have to make a
    couple test-burgers for myself tonight! We’re having a huge end of season
    football party this weekend for all my friends and coworkers at DISH, and this
    is exactly the kind of thing I’ve been looking for. My favorite tip from last
    year that I’ll be re-deploying is to always have more than one game on. With my
    Hopper, I’ll hook up three HDTVs in our living room. The Hopper has three
    tuners, so that will allow us to watch three different games, all at the same
    time in full HD! All these other tips you have will come in handy, too!