Gameday Menu

[nctarheel0619]

My youngest son has his first t-ball practice so I gave my tickets to my neighbor.  Therefore I am not tailgating.  Therefore i better get some dad karma.  With practice running from 6:30-7:30 i have no idea what I will be eating.  I have a sad feeling in the pit of my stomach right now.

If it makes you feel any better, I will not be doing any of that and I will be sitting down on my couch, watching the game, with a cold beer in my hand, while eating pizza.

[top dawg]

Dex, I believe I am going to do this tonight:

As I've stated before, I love these Johnsonville turkey sausages.  

What you have here are grilled turkey sausages complete with buns, fresh collard leaves and tomatoes sprinkled with black pepper, garlic and onion powder. I have topped it off with some Walmart brand sweet onion mustard and Dukes Mayo with olive oil (less fat).  

The onions are also grilled (but can be made in the oven). Just take a regular size yellow onion and cut out the core leaving a small bowl shape. Stick the bouillon cube (chicken or beef) inside the onion and place a pat of butter on top. Wrap in foil and cook until tender (maybe 30-40 mins. depending on how hot the grill is and what you prefer).  Again, don't get a great big onion as it will dilute the flavor. A regular sized yellow onion will suffice.

What I may do, which is not pictured here, is take some roma tomatoes and cut them kind of like a baked potato, or maybe with a slit, stuff them with some The Laughing Cow cheese wedges (I like the Queso Fresco flavor) and sprinkle just a tad of spices on it for flavor and add that to my menu.  

Depending upon how many sausages you eat, everything here can be kept to around 1000 calories. The sausages are 110 calories, as are the buns. The vegetables are basically nothing. The cheese wedges are only 35 calories, so everything is really relatively low fat and cholesterol.  Now the sodium intake is kind of high for the sausage and the bouillon cube, but if you limit yourself to two sausages, two onions and two tomatoes, you can still keep it under the RDA. Those sausages are kind of salty, but delicious. 

[kungfoodude]

Going back to my local watering hole that happens to be the home of the Patriots fan club. Time to dust off my #59 jersey for the first wear of the season.

 

I figure wings and various craft brews will be on tap(Lagunitas and AleSmith very likely to get a go).

 

Then I will probably polish off the night with a chilled martini glass filled with fresh Pats fan tears. Maybe an olive.

[kungfoodude]

Need someone to pick a beer for me tonight.

 

Beers

Two Roads Saison- 4.8%

Half Full Pursuit IPA- 7.0%

City Steam Naughty Nurse- 5.0%

Harpoon IPA- 5.9%

BBC Coffee House Porter- 6.2%

Lawsons Sip of Sunshine- 5.2%

Stony Creek 203 IPA- 6.1%

Goose Island IPA- 6.2%

Dogfish 60 Minute IPA- 6.0%

Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale- 6.7%

Allagash White- 6.7%

Lagunitas IPA- 6.2%

Sea Hag IPA- 6.2%

Ommegang Gnomegang- 9.5%

East Coast Brewing Beach Haus- 5.3%

Troegs Troegenator Double Boch- 8.2%

Jacks Abby Hoponius Union- 6.7%

Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale- 8.5%

I narrowed it down to my choices. I say pound 'em all and worry about the rest tomorrow.

[Dex]

Dex, I believe I am going to do this tonight:

As I've stated before, I love these Johnsonville turkey sausages.  

What you have here are grilled turkey sausages complete with buns, fresh collard leaves and tomatoes sprinkled with black pepper, garlic and onion powder. I have topped it off with some Walmart brand sweet onion mustard and Dukes Mayo with olive oil (less fat).  

The onions are also grilled (but can be made in the oven). Just take a regular size yellow onion and cut out the core leaving a small bowl shape. Stick the bouillon cube (chicken or beef) inside the onion and place a pat of butter on top. Wrap in foil and cook until tender (maybe 30-40 mins. depending on how hot the grill is and what you prefer).  Again, don't get a great big onion as it will dilute the flavor. A regular sized yellow onion will suffice.

What I may do, which is not pictured here, is take some roma tomatoes and cut them kind of like a baked potato, or maybe with a slit, stuff them with some The Laughing Cow cheese wedges (I like the Queso Fresco flavor) and sprinkle just a tad of spices on it for flavor and add that to my menu.  

Depending upon how many sausages you eat, everything here can be kept to around 1000 calories. The sausages are 110 calories, as are the buns. The vegetables are basically nothing. The cheese wedges are only 35 calories, so everything is really relatively low fat and cholesterol.  Now the sodium intake is kind of high for the sausage and the bouillon cube, but if you limit yourself to two sausages, two onions and two tomatoes, you can still keep it under the RDA. Those sausages are kind of salty, but delicious. 

too many nutrional facts love turkey sausage though.

[cookinwithgas]

Dex, I believe I am going to do this tonight:

As I've stated before, I love these Johnsonville turkey sausages.  

What you have here are grilled turkey sausages complete with buns, fresh collard leaves and tomatoes sprinkled with black pepper, garlic and onion powder. I have topped it off with some Walmart brand sweet onion mustard and Dukes Mayo with olive oil (less fat).  

The onions are also grilled (but can be made in the oven). Just take a regular size yellow onion and cut out the core leaving a small bowl shape. Stick the bouillon cube (chicken or beef) inside the onion and place a pat of butter on top. Wrap in foil and cook until tender (maybe 30-40 mins. depending on how hot the grill is and what you prefer).  Again, don't get a great big onion as it will dilute the flavor. A regular sized yellow onion will suffice.

What I may do, which is not pictured here, is take some roma tomatoes and cut them kind of like a baked potato, or maybe with a slit, stuff them with some The Laughing Cow cheese wedges (I like the Queso Fresco flavor) and sprinkle just a tad of spices on it for flavor and add that to my menu.  

Depending upon how many sausages you eat, everything here can be kept to around 1000 calories. The sausages are 110 calories, as are the buns. The vegetables are basically nothing. The cheese wedges are only 35 calories, so everything is really relatively low fat and cholesterol.  Now the sodium intake is kind of high for the sausage and the bouillon cube, but if you limit yourself to two sausages, two onions and two tomatoes, you can still keep it under the RDA. Those sausages are kind of salty, but delicious. 

I will be trying to incorporate some psuedo healthier things into my tailgate cooking this year and appreciate your report!

[Dex]

I will be trying to incorporate some psuedo healthier things into my tailgate cooking this year and appreciate your report!

put some celery next to the buffalo wings and thick creamy blue cheese. Solved.

[cookinwithgas]

[top dawg]

I will be trying to incorporate some psuedo healthier things into my tailgate cooking this year and appreciate your report!

Hey, here are the roma tomatoes. It tastes great to me, but I like my fresh foods.  The only thing is that you have to really stuff that The Laughing Cow cheese down in there because when you bite the tomato, the cheese starts to move. The only other thing I may try is just cut the tomatoes in half and spread the cheese on top.  Throw some spices on there that you like (for me, chives, parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, and a tad of red pepper powder), and you got something healthy worth sinking your teeth into. 

[Dex]

bump poo is weak right now

[jimfear]

[PandaPancake]

There's a game on tonight?

[Arroz con Panther]

I won't be eating...I'll be drinking at the Sierra Nevada brewery in Asheville where hopefully the game will be on.

[Toker Smurf]

Fug.  Stopped at the last store,  on the way home. Picked up some hard root beer and fixings for cheese steaks.  Got to the register and they were down,  couldn't ring me up.  Now the wife is picking up Little Caesars. 

Here is your damn pic.