Football Week – Irish Nachos

What’s football without some nachos?

And how do the Fitzpatricks do nachos?

Irish style!

How do you make nachos Irish Style?

With potatoes of course!

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WHAT YOU NEED:

2 russet potatoes, washed and dried

1/2 T olive oil

S&P

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1/2 lb bacon bits, cooked and drained on paper towels

scallions, chopped

jalapenos, sliced (optional)

sour cream

WHAT TO DO:

I like to think of this as a healthier version of potato skins, since you bake them and not fry them, but round these parts we just like to call them good!  Here’s how you make Fitzpatrick Irish Nachos….

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

Slice your potatoes into either round disks or long planks depending on what your favorite shape is.  Just make sure the slices are about 1/4-1/2 an inch thick.

Put the slices on a sheet pan and douse with olive oil, and S&P.  Mix with your hands to coat well.

Bake for 25 minutes.

Remove from oven and top with shredded cheese.

Bake for an additional 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Top with bacon, scallions, jalapenos, and sour cream.

Enjoy at kick off!

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Let’s go Pats!

Superbowl Countdown – Fitzpatrick Irish Nachos

How do you make nachos Fitz style?

With potatoes of course!

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2 russet potatoes, washed and dried

1/2 T olive oil

S&P

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1/2 lb bacon bits, cooked and drained on paper towels

scallions, chopped

jalapenos, sliced (optional)

sour cream

I like to think of this as a healthier version of potato skins, since you bake them and not fry them, but round these parts we just like to call them good!  Here’s how you make Fitzpatrick Irish Nachos….

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

Slice your potatoes into either round disks or long planks depending on what your favorite shape is.  Just make sure the slices are about 1/4-1/2 an inch thick.

Put the slices on a sheet pan and douse with olive oil, and S&P.  Mix with your hands to coat well.

Bake for 25 minutes.

Remove from oven and top with shredded cheese.

Bake for an additional 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Top with bacon, scallions, jalapenos, and sour cream.

Enjoy at kick off!

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These are soooo easy and sooo good!

We’re Styling – Connecticut Style

Look at Team Fitz!

We’re hanging out on our local ABC station WTNH Channel 8 on Connecticut Style.

If you just found us from the show, welcome!

Grab a cup of coffee and pull up a seat the Fitzpatrick’s kitchen table…

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We had an awesome time hanging out with the gang there in New Haven and we made some great recipes!

If you missed the live show or are looking on how you can make these with your kids, take a look!

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So Chic Sushi Rolls

2 whole  Spinach sandwich wraps

1 c  cooked white rice

1 c  grilled chicken thinly sliced

½ c carrots thinly sliced

½ c red peppers thinly sliced

½ c alfalfa sprouts

½ avacado sliced

Mayonnaise or mustard (for sticking)

memoirs from mommyville mas memoirs    We’re Styling – Connecticut Style Lay out the wraps on your cutting board.  Spread just a thin layer of mayo or mustard over the wrap to help everything stick.  Lay half of the rice down into the center of one of the wraps and press it out so it thinly covers the the wrap.  Do the same for the second.  Evenly distribute your chicken between the two wraps laying it in a straight line through the center of the rice. Follow suit with your carrots, red pepper, sprouts and avacado.  Now fold in the right section of your wrap over the ingredients and slightly pull back toward you, then continue to roll over and make your self a tube.

Cut your tube into sushi roll looking slices.  You can cut them straight or on an angle then arrange them on a plate.  Serve these with edamame or even edamame chips!  You’ll have your kids yelling, “Arigato.”

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I’m a Hungry Caterpillar – Dinner Style

1 tube refrigerated pizza dough (or buy some from the local pizzeria)

1 c pizza sauce

1 c pesto sauce

1 8 oz package mozzarella cheese

1/2 c sliced mushrooms

1/2 c sliced peppers, red yellow and green

1/4 c sliced olives

1/2 c chopped tomato

1/2 c sliced onions

shredded lettuce

basil leaves

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.  Cut your pizza dough into different shaped circles using a memoirs from mommyville mas memoirs    We’re Styling – Connecticut Stylecookie or biscuit cutter.  Arrange the circles in a long curving line so it looks like a caterpillar.  Alternate each circle between the pizza sauce and the pesto sauce. Top each with cheese and allow the kids to decorate each part of the caterpillar with the toppings.

Bake on 425 degrees for 15 minutes or until cheese is nice and melty.  Take it out of the oven and arrange your caterpillar on a bed of shredded lettuce and basil so it’s sitting in the “grass.”

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Last up, the awesome after school snack that we didn’t have enough time for…

Nacho Mama’s Nachos!

1 c  peanut butter

½ c cream cheese

2 T honey

1/4 c orange juice

2 large apples, sliced

2 large pears, sliced

½ c strawberries, sliced

1 large banana, sliced

1 kiwi, sliced

1/2 cup blueberries

1/2 cup raspberries

1/4 c walnuts

½ c shredded coconut

Heat a small saucepan over medium heat.  Add peanut butter, cream cheese, honey and orange juice.  Mix together and allow to simmer over low heat.

Arrange apple and pear slices on a plate (like corn chips in regular nachos).  Pour the peanut butter mixture over the apples and pears (like nacho cheese sauce).  Arrange strawberries kiwi and banana on top (like nacho toppings) and sprinkle with blueberries, raspberries, and shredded coconut.  These are definitely not your Mama’s nachos!

If you have a nut allergy household you can make this with sunflower seed butter instead of the peanut butter!

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Lots of yummy love,

Alex aka Ma What’s For Dinner

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Ode to the Sunset Grill – Chunky Chicken Nachos

Back in the olden days when I was just a young pup of about 19, I landed my first waitressing gig.

It was at a great little place in Boston called the Sunset Grill & Tap.

They were famous for their hamburgers…

their beer (this was back before the whole microbrew craze and we were famous for having over 100 beers on tap and over 400 more in bottles – oh and being only 19 I didn’t know what any of them tasted like, of course, no really…)

and their NACHOS!

The nachos…oh the nachos…the nachos were amazing…

First off, the nachos are enormous! I mean huge. 4 college football players would have issues finishing the plate.

And they were topped with yummy goodness…

Cheddar Cheese, Salsa, Ground Beef, Tomatoes, Sour Cream, Lettuce, Olives, all on top of tri color corn chip delight.

Here, I’ll show you…

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That’s Brady, a few years back, sitting behind a plate of Sunset’s nachos. Doesn’t he look like Cooper now? Creepy huh?

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That’s me and Keegan on that same visit to Sunset, and yes, I’m enjoying one of those beers I never got to try…just go with me on this one.

So I was in Boston last weekend and didn’t make it to the Sunset for my favorite nachos so I decided to whip up a plate of these at home. I made mine out of ground chicken to lighten things up a bit, well as much as you can lighten up nachos that is…Let me first apologize for these pics. I broke my camera so I had to take these with my iPhone…The pics may be slightly sad but the nachos were awesome.  I though the hubs was going to cry…he may have shed a tear he liked them so much.

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Serves 6 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes

1 lb ground chicken

1 packet taco mix

3/4 cup water

large bag of tortilla chips

2 cups of cheddar cheese

1 tomato chopped

1 small red onion chopped

1 avacado chopped

4 T chopped cilantro

1 head of iceberg lettuce, sliced

chopped olives

sour cream

sliced jalapenos

Preheat your oven’s broiler.  In a large skillet brown your chicken over medium high heat.  When it’s cooked through season with taco mix and 3/4 cup water.  Cook for an additional 5 minutes.  Place a single layer of tortilla chips on a baking sheet.  Sprinkle with half of your cheese.  Place under the broiler for 3 minutes.  Remove from oven and top with more chips, chicken mixture and remaining cheese.  Place back under the broiler for another 5 minutes. recipes for kids appetizers    Ode to the Sunset Grill   Chunky Chicken Nachos

Remove from oven and transfer to a serving dish.  Top with lettuce, tomato, olives, avacado, cilantro, onions, jalapeno, and sour cream.  Serve ‘em up hot and gooey!  I like to add tobasco to mine too.

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