Did someone say football? I will admit I picked my college not based on academics but based on the size and breadth of the stadium. I walked into Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, and I felt like I had gone to heaven. I live, eat, and breathe football sometimes I lose my breath while watching football. You guys, It’s true! And I’ve come to accept and embrace that I would rather watch football than anything else when it comes to fall. That means I do a lot of sitting because let’s face it the only thing I run is my mouth. I can, however, catch pretty well since my kids throw everything at me that they can.

I tell you all of this because if I am sitting in front of the TV on the weekend, I need to make sure I am eating healthy. That is why I love these Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches and stadium veggie cups I make for our family tailgating party. They are easy to make, tastes great, and are easy to feed a crowd. I assume you could use this same basic recipe for any lunch meat, but the ham has the best flavor. I just love these Healthy Tailgating Recipes.

Healthy Tailgating Recipes

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Here is how to make my Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches

Ingredients:

– Rolls
– Sliced Ham
– Sliced Swiss Cheese (You can pick what ever flavor makes you happy
– Stoneground Mustard
– 1/3 Cup Melted Butter (I left this out to make it healthy)
– 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce (I put this on mine but my kids weren’t into it)

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Cut your rolls in 1/2 and place the bottom half in a nonstick pan.

Step 2: Put the Mustard on the roll (You can add the Worchestire sauce here if you like it)

Step 3: Put the Swiss cheese on the bun

Step 4: Fold the ham and then place the ham on top of the cheese

Step 5: Top the Hot Ham and cheese with the bun

Step 6: Bake your hot ham and cheese sandwiches in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Slice and serve!

These Vegetable cups are an even easier Healthy Tailgating recipe and take full advantage of the produce at Save- A- Lot.

Step: 1 Grab a cup or glass
Step 2: Put in some dressing at the bottom (ranch, blue cheese, french you pick)
Step 3: Cut the vegetable
Step 4: Get sticks to pierce veggies
Step 5: Pierce veggies/ meat (I used meat I cooked the night before for dinner (repurposing leftovers)
Step 6: Get fancy I used a shoe book to create a stage and then I put my veggie cups on platforms so the kids would race to get theirs.

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