Adam and I aren’t big into football, or the Super Bowl, so we decided to head out to the grocery store as soon as the game began! We came home to watch a bit of the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet, and have spent much of the evening watching Ghost Hunters. I won’t even know who won the Super Bowl until tomorrow morning, most likely!
We did decide to do some sort of “Super Bowl Snacks” this afternoon: I made a bowl of Buffalo Chicken Dip! Last time I made it, on New Years, Adam made the observation that I never make buffalo chicken dip for us, so we decided tonight was a good night to have some.
On a baked Scoops chip... ignore the shoddy nails
And on celery... SO GOOD!
Dinner was a couple hours after our dip snack (which also included hummus and carrots!) and it was so very simple and delicious, but still a twist on a classic. We had grilled cheese and tomato soup! BUT of course, this wasn’t just any tomato soup, it was Pacific Foods’ organic roasted red pepper and tomato soup
Image from Pacific Foods
I fell in love with this soup about 2 years ago when I got a free sample of it at a baby fair with my friend. We were there towards the end of the day, and the Pacific foods rep gave me a whole carton of it to try at home, and it was love at first taste. This soup tastes super decadent, but only has 110 calories per serving, which is quite diet-friendly.
My grilled cheese featured Arnold’s wheat bread, low fat sharp cheddar and a sliced tomato. It came out just the way that my dad’s grilled cheese used to when I was little, and I swear that it has something to do with the amazing thing that is a cast-iron skillet!
Just like Dad used to make!
I of course, have a funny grilled cheese story. In college, when I had just started to really cook for myself, I decided I wanted a grilled cheese sandwich. I got out the bread, buttered both sides like my dad used to, heated a pan, assembled my sandwich in the pan and flipped it once. The first side was great and toasty brown. The second side though, decided to burn really bad. So I threw away the sandwich and made another one. Same thing happened. Finally, I called my dad and said “Dad, I’m trying to make grilled cheese and its just burning! What am I doing wrong?” He said “Did you cover the pan?” I blushed and giggled… nope, hadn’t covered the pan, which is why it was burning before the cheese melted!
Enough rambling… on to chilling for the last few hours of the weekend! OH! And I stole Jenn‘s idea of having a cute signature!
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You made me giggle when you mentioned Mount Trashmore
I love that you know what that is!
Yum! Buffalo chicken dip sounds so good! And I looove that soup. I ate it all the time this summer but completely forgot about it! I will pick up a box next time I go on a soup run, for sure!
Cute signature!
i didn’t know you had to cover the pan, either! i seriously can’t make grilled cheese LOL
Fabulous fooood!!
grilled cheese and tomato soup = the best meal ever?
I love that signature!
classic combo of grilled cheese and tomato! simple, timeless, never disappointing!
lol I never knew you had to cover the pan too! no wonder my sandwiches never turn out so visually appealing!
mmm that grill cheese looks AMAZING!
Good tip on the cover! Never thought of that. Also, the George Forman G5 with the grill plates works really well too — like a panini press.