Super Bowl Snacks: Healthy Eats for the Big Game!

Avid football fan or not, I'm going to bet you have a Super Bowl Party to attend this weekend. And let's be honest, unless you are a fan of the two teams playing, this Sunday is much more a gathering for good food, ranking your favorite commercials during the Super Bowl and of course, watching the Halftime Performance. 

Worried about how you are going to stay on track with healthy alternatives during Gametime? Fear not, My Engineered Nutrition is to the rescue! I've gather my FAVORITE healthy recipes perfect for watching Big Game. You'll be a hit at your Super Bowl Party if you bring one of these dishes...and no one will be the wiser that it's healthy!

APPETIZERS

Brussels Sprout Chips

Baked Sweet Potato Chips

Buffalo Chicken Nachos

Gametime Guacamole

Avocado Lime Dressing

MAINS

Buffalo Chili

Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup

Bison Sliders

BBQ Chicken Pizza on Cauliflower Crust

Slow Cooker Carnitas

Buffalo Chicken Nachos

Yum

If someone were to ask me "what is the first food that comes to mind when you think of football", my answer without hesitation would be BUFFALO CHICKEN WINGS. They just go with football like peanut butter and jelly. Wings, a basket of fries and beer - doesn't exactly scream "healthy choices", right? 

While wings are great, I wanted to shake things up a bit and create a healthy alternative to the Gametime food we know and love. Why not combine buffalo chicken AND nachos?! These nachos have all the flavor elements you'd have with wings and a basket of fries...just in nacho form.

 I'm using my Perfectly Baked Sweet Potato Chips as the base to this nacho creation. Because they are so crisp and perfectly baked, they stand up to the test of acting as nachos. Next, they are topped with shredded chicken that I've slow cooked with Frank's Hot Sauce (yes, 2 ingredients - does it get any easier?) and a goat cheese ranch dressing that is bomb dot com. 

Buffalo Chicken Nachos

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours 10 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients: 

Sweet Potato Chips

• 1 recipe of Baked Sweet Potato Chips (4 servings) 

Buffalo Chicken (this will make more than you need for the nachos) 

• 2 chicken breasts
• 1/2 cup Frank's Hot Sauce

Goat Cheese Ranch Dressing

• 2 oz goat cheese  
• 2-4 tbsp light coconut milk (or milk of your choice)
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp onion powder  
• 1/4 tsp oregano
• salt and pepper  

For nacho assembly: 

• 4 servings Sweet Potato Chips
• 1 cup Buffalo Chicken  
•  Goat Cheese Dressing 
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped

Directions:

1. Start by making the Buffalo Chicken. Place chicken breasts in crock pot and coat with buffalo hot sauce. Allow to cook on HIGH for 4 hours.
2. During the last hour of the chicken cooking, prepare your sweet potato chips by following the instructions in my previous post.  
3. Also while the chicken is cooking, prepare the goat cheese ranch dressing. In a bowl, combine all ingredients and mix until a creamy dressing consistency is reached. I recommend to start by adding only 2 tbsp of milk. Check consistency - if it is too thick add more milk, tbsp by tbsp, until your desired consistency is met.
4. Once chicken has cooked, shred chicken with forks within the crockpot. Mix chicken with the sauce within the crockpot - we don't want to drain this! 
5. To assemble, on a parchment lined baking sheet arrange sweet potato chips. Top with 1 cup of shredded chicken. Next, drizzle ranch dressing over chicken and finish with scallions and cilantro.  

Nutritional Information (1 serving) 

200 calories - 15.5 g Protein, 21.5 g Carbohydrates, 6 g Fat