Football season is here, and summer tailgating is a fun time to fire up the grill to make the most of warm weather. Your game plan for serving up a delicious pregame meal can still be flavorful and festive while taking a lighter approach. Gearing up for game time typically means serving up plenty of snacks.
Refresh your game day strategy and aim to balance out your spread by featuring more nutrient-rich foods. Balance out your spread and make vegetables and lean proteins a key part of the plan. Grilling is a simple way to feed a crowd and serve up flavorful lean protein picks.
A fan favorite from the Food City Meat Department is grill-ready kebabs featuring chicken or beef with colorful veggies. Infuse game day flavor by whipping up buffalo chicken skewers. Balance the spicy buffalo chicken with a cool, creamy, blue cheese dipping sauce featuring Greek yogurt for extra protein and less fat and calories.
Garnish with green onion and pair with celery and carrots for some added fiber, color and crunch. Serves 4 Ingredients 2 packages Food City store-made shish kebabs 1 cup Food Club chicken wing sauce 2/3 cup Food Club plain nonfat Greek yogurt 2/3 cup Culinary Tours blue cheese crumbles 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Juice of 1 lemon – about 2 tablespoons Green onion, sliced thinly Carrot sticks and sliced celery One to three hours prior to grilling, place chicken kebabs in a container and cover with 1 cup chicken wing sauce, making sure kebabs are covered. Cover and refrigerate until ready to grill.
Preheat gas grill to medium. Grill skewers for 8-9 minutes, rotating and brushing with remaining buffalo sauce until chicken is cooked to 165 degrees. Meanwhile make the blue cheese dipping sauce: Whisk together yogurt, blue cheese, garlic powder, black pepper and lemon juice.
Garnish with sliced green onion. Serve grilled buffalo skewers with carrots, celery and blue cheese dipping sauce. If you’re looking for more healthy game day recipes for the grill, visit foodcity.
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