Game Day Recipe: Potato Skin Footballs
Ask anyone who knows us and they’ll tell you we’re a football family. The hubs and I are both University of Florida alumni, so we’re obviously all over college football and, frankly, that’s where most of my interest in the sport lies. I follow our local team because I’m proud of my city, but there is only one time of the year when I don’t miss an NFL game…and that’s when the Big Game rolls around. Sure, watching the actual game is fun, but for me, the real action is in the tailgating. Who cares if we’re tailgating from the couch? Haha! Any excuse to bust out tailgating fare is A-ok by me!
So, I thought I would share one of my family’s favorite game day appetizers…It’s a fun take on traditional potato skins using oh so tasty Naturally Fresh Classic Ranch dressing, made with Naturally Fresh’s® own buttermilk, as the topper. Anyone can use sour cream…Why not switch things up a bit? And with the Naturally Fresh line being free of artificial flavors, colors and preservatives, you can feel good about serving it to your guests! No MSG in sight. This girl can get behind that!
Ingredients (serves 8):
8 oblong potatoes
1/4 cup butter
salt and pepper
1 1/2 cup shredded cheese
8 slices of cooked bacon
plastic sandwich bag
2 tbs of Naturally Fresh Classic Ranch Dressing
Directions:
1. Rinse and dry your potatoes (AKA footballs), poke some holes in them with a fork and bake at 400 degrees F for about an hour.
2. Let them cool a bit then cut in half (lengthwise) and scoop out the majority of the flesh.
3. Brush each potato skin with butter (front and back).
4. Salt and pepper to taste.
5. Broil for 8 minutes, flipping them halfway through.
6. Top each potato skin with cheese and bacon.
7. Broil for 3-4 minutes until the cheese is melted.
8. Cut off the tip of a plastic sandwich bag, add the Naturally Fresh Classic Ranch Dressing and use it to draw the “laces” on your potato skin footballs.
9. Enjoy!
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Oh yum! We love potato skins in our house! These sound awesome.
What a fun and cute idea. Not as cute as that adorable model of yours, but cute just the same. You can’t go wrong with potatoes, cheese, and bacon!
Oh wow those looks delicious. I do enjoy a good potato skin.
I’m with you, if my city isn’t in there I’m all about the super bowl parties and the food! Your potato skins look amazing. The ballerina likes them…She is adorable!!!!
I love potato skins and those are really cute. Have fun watching the game…and eating the food.
Those potato skins turned out SO cute! I love this brand dressing, it is my favorite. So creamy and delicious!
Your potato skins look so good!!! I am all about the food at the football party!!!
These potato skins are so cute. I can’t imagine they would last very long in our house – they are too delicious to be left uneaten…
These are my favourite appy!
I haven’t made them in ages because I over made them but after seeing the pictures I am craving one.
oi! They look delicious!
These are too easy! I am definitely going to make these. My favorite snack is potato skins
You inspired me to try these – If I make them for Super Bowl, I will let you know how they turned out. So cute, too!
My favorite game day dish is pizza, lol. Pizza is always my favorite answer. 😉 I like the idea of making the skins out of sweet potatoes!
One of our favorite game day recipes to serve is wings! That’s always on the menu during the game! lol I love these “football” potato skins too!
Oh yeah! I love potato skins and what a clever idea to use the ranch to make them look like footballs. I will be adding these to our Super Bowl spread this Sunday.
I could eat queso dip all day long.
I like BBQ mini hotdogs & meatballs. I also like tortilla chips & dip.
I love to serve a good buffalo chicken dip.
I love buffalo wings and nachos during the game!
Anything with cheese.
I love chicken wing dip.
We usually make homemade pizza, and I always have mozzarella sticks.
Nachos are my fav game day dish.
We like nachos and chili cheese dip, thanks!
My favorite is barbecued meatballs.
7 layer dip is a hit at our parties.
I like bbq chicken wings.
I love turkey chili!
I love wings. Spicy wings and ranch dressing! Yummy!
My favorite game day dish is wings.
Thank you!
white chili for me! thanks so much for the chances to win.
I love fried chicken.
My favorite game day dish is spicy wings, I love Your potato skin recipe. They look so delicious!
Thank You
I love pizza!
I love buffalo wings with ranch dressing,and potato skins with sour cream
I have eaten potato skins all my life but never iwth ranch dressing. This is a new idea for me!
It’s a delicious combo! Promise!