Happy Superbowl Sunday friends!

In true TampaFoodMom fashion, I look for any excuse to host friends and throw a party! Tonight, my husband and I are expecting some friends over to join our family for some football but more importantly, dining on some great home-cooked food.

I always lay out my food buffet early in the morning to help with placement and planning. Better to figure out if I forgot something as soon as possible!

I always run my menu ideas by my husband, two heads are better than one when it comes to party planning! Sometimes I’m stumped for original ideas, so it helps to bounce things off of him. I usually shop at a few different grocery stores for the best deals. Since I’m always at Publix dropping my son off at work, I grab BOGO and sale items while I’m there. Then I head down the road to Aldi for staples like my chicken dip ingredients and tortilla chips. Lastly, in this case, I ventured over to Winn Dixie since they had Boston Butt on sale for $.99 a pound this week. And voila, pulled pork became the main dish at the party.

Well seasoned Boston Butts ready to slow roast at 300, starting at 9am! Pulled pork is the star of the show tonight!
Checking the temperature, needs to be at 200 for pulled pork…. We’re almost there!
Finally, after 7+ hours in the oven, we have finally reached 200 degrees!
These bad boys started out as over 11 pounds of pork, major shrinkage!

I’m also serving homemade mac and cheese, baked beans, buffalo chicken dip, chips and salsa, potato chips and onion dip, coleslaw, Hawaiian rolls to make little sammys, and brownies & lemon bars for a sweet ending.

Cheesy ooey gooey homemade mac and cheese! Ready to bake in the oven!

I use the Frank’s RedHot Sauce, so naturally I make my buffalo chicken dip using their recipe, but with a few tweaks. And I’m stoked to share the recipe with you since it’s a crowd pleaser!

Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Chicken Dip

Ingredients

  • 1 large can Swanson’s white meat chicken, drained
  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup FRANK’S RedHot® Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce (you can add more or less, taste as you go!)
  • 1/2 cup ranch dressing
  • 1/2 -1 cup shredded mozzarella

Directions

Mix all ingredients in a sauce pan in the stove top. Starting with the cream cheese then adding the hot sauce, ranch, chicken and mozzarella cheese until mixture is heated through, stirring constantly so it doesn’t burn.

Bubbly hot Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Chicken Dip! Best eaten piping hot!

Serve your chicken dip with tortilla chips, toasted french bread slices and/or veggies!

Boxed lemon bar mix is a quick and affordable alternative to scratch made.
Brownies and M&Ms!

Whoever you and your crowd are rooting for, just remember to enjoy the experience!

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