Ice Bowl Crack Dip

Ice Bowl Crack Dip

We spend many Saturday's and Sunday's tailgating for football games. Any time there is tailgating there's good fellowship and good food (not to mention the good drinks)! With the Super Bowl just a week away, I thought it fitting to share some of our favorite game day tailgating recipes. I hope you enjoy these great and EASY recipes as much as we do! - GO PACK GO!

Ice Bowl Crack Dip

Ingredients
2 (8 oz) pkgs Cream cheese - softened 
1 (10 oz) Can of Rotel (Mexican or Original) - undrained
1/2 lb to 1 lb Italian sausage - browned (Depends on how much meat you like)


Directions
Brown sausage and drain excess grease. Place cooked sausage into a slow cooker (aka crock pot). Add softened cream cheese and Rotel. Cook on "Medium" or "High" for 1 to 2 hours. "Low" for 3 to 4 hours depending on when you need it ready. Stir every now and again to combine ingredients. Once it's nice and hot, it's ready to serve with the chips of your choice. We use Tostitos Scoops or Frito Scoops.


Will post a picture tutorial soon on Littlejudys.com so check back soon!

Game Day Cheese dip aka Crack Dip

Game Day Cheese Dip aka Crack Dip

We spend many Saturday's and Sunday's tailgating for football games. Any time there is tailgating there's good fellowship and good food (not to mention the good drinks)! With the Super Bowl just a week away, I thought it fitting to share some of our favorite game day tailgating recipes. I hope you enjoy these great and EASY recipes as much as we do! - GO PACK GO!

Game Day Cheese Dip aka Crack Dip

Ingredients
1 (16 oz) Block of Velveeta Cheese 
1 (10 oz) Can of Rotel (Mexican or Original) - undrained 
1/2 Lb Italian Sausage - browned 


Directions
Brown and stir sausage until its cooked and in small pieces. Drain and pour into a slow cooker ( aka croc-pot). Next,  cube the Velveeta cheese block into roughly 1 inch cubes. Add to slow cooker.  Open the can of Rotel and pour over the top of the cheese and meat that is in the slow cooker. Cover and heat on "High" for 1 to 2 hours, or low for 3 to 4 hours. Stir every so often to combine the listed ingredients. Once the cheese has melted completely, and it's good and hot, turn the heat down to "Keep Warm" or "Low". Serve with desired chips. We use Tostitos Scoops. 


If you have a larger crowd just double the recipe as follows.

1 (32 oz) Block of Velveeta Cheese 

2 (10 oz) Cans of Rotel (Mexican and Original) - undrained 

1 Lb Italian Sausage - browned 

Cook using the directions above.

Will be posting a picture tutorial on littlejudys.com so check back soon!

Game Day Meatballs

Game Day Meatballs

We spend many Saturday's and Sunday's tailgating for football games. Any time there is tailgating there's good fellowship and good food (not to mention the good drinks)! With the Super Bowl just a week away, I thought it fitting to share some of our favorite game day tailgating recipes. I hope you enjoy these great and EASY recipes as much as we do! - GO PACK GO!

Game Day Meatballs

Ingredients

2 pkgs Frozen precooked Italian Meatballs

1 (32oz) Jar of grape jelly (NOT JAM!) - We use Welches Grape Jelly

1 (32 oz) Squeeze Bottle of ketchup  

Directions

Combine listed ingredients in a Slow Cooker (aka Crock-pot). Turn heat to "Medium" or "High" heat depending on when you need them ready. Stir occasionally to get all of the ingredients combined. Once the meatballs are "fork tender" take one out and taste it. If it's still cool in the middle, let them cook a little longer. If it's good and hot...it's ready to serve.  If it's reached the serving stage be sure to turn down your slow cooker to "keep warm" or "low" temperature setting.  

If you are expecting a large crowd just double the recipe as follows.

3-4 pkgs Frozen precooked Italian Meatballs

2 (32oz) Jars of grape jelly (NOT JAM!) - We use Welches Grape Jelly

1 (64 oz) Squeeze Bottle of ketchup  

Cook using the directions above.

Will post a picture tutorial soon on littlejudys.com so check back soon!

Apple Seeds

Weekly Roundup of Apple Headlines

• The App Store hit a historic 10 Billion downloads (yes, billion...with a B) after being open only two and a half years verses iTunes which took seven years to reach this mark. 
• Apple commercial features both AT&T and Verizon airs.
• Apple working on physical keyboards utilizing motion controls to possibly replace the mouse.
• Verizon Wireless iPhone can be used as a wireless hot spot, but this nice little feature will set you back $20.00 a month. 
• Apple revamps their website with new animations and a darker menu bar.
• Apple now ranked 3rd in PC sales (iPad included in tally).
• Verizon Wireless iPhone to be open to pre-sale on February 3 @ 3AM est. 12 AM Pacific.
• Apple TV surpasses iPad for Netflix downloads/streaming
• AT&T activates over 4.1 million iPhones in their 4th Quarter. 
• News Corp to launch weekly news paper "The Daily" electronically for $0.99 a week for iPad.
• Analist speculate Verizon Wireless iPhone sales could reach up to 25 million in 2011.
• iTunes updated to 10.1.2 with iPhone CDMA compatibility. 
• Apple slips in the ranks of global mobile phone rankings with ZTE now at number four and Apple at five.
• Class action lawsuit filed against Apple in California over iPhone 4 glass breakage design flaw.

Tune in next week for another roundup of Apple news!

Why Your Light Beer Makes Your Fat

Beer bellies get their name for a reason. A lot of people have the misconception that switching to a "Light" beer a way to manage their weight and skip on the heavy carb beverage. While yes, switching to a "Light" beer will aide in some weight loss by cutting the carbs and calories, that "Light" beer still contains alcohol. Alcohol impares your body from losing fat. Without a full blown chemistry lesson, beer, once broken down in your body creates waste products known as Acetate and Acetaldehyde. Both the Acetate and Acetaldehyde signal for your body to STOP burning fat. At the same time, your body starts making fat from another waste product of alcohol called acetyl CoA. In short, alcohol stops the fat burning, and on top of that, builds more fat that the body can't burn. This same process happens when you drink any type of alcohol. Whiskey, gin, vodka, and wine included all inhibit the fat burning process. In short, if you're starting a diet or have been on a diet where you have seemingly "hit a the wall", try holding off on the adult beverages.  Set a goal to go without the stuff for 4 weeks. In no time, you will see that beer belly  start to shrink. And it's not like you you're never going to drink again, it's just 4 weeks. But then it's up to you to make better choices, or to buy bigger pants.