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Tailgating Recipes

It's football season and everyone is in the mood for some tailgating food! Lifestyle expert Mindie Barnett offers some recipes for having the perfect tailgating party.

The Taproom & Grill, Haddonfield, NJ: Taproom Burger with fries

It's their signature burger with certified Angus beef, Applewood smoked bacon (that everyone loves) homemade crispy onion strings. It's a number one seller and the most popular! They also have 54 different beers on draft with a wide range of craft beers

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Taproom Burger and fries

8 oz certified angus beef

2 slices cheddar cheese

3 strips applewood smoked bacon

2 oz crispy onion strings

1 slice of jersey tomato

1 leaf romaine lettuce

1 fresh baked burger bun

4 oz French fries

Sea salt

Saute the applewood bacon until crispy. Fry the crispy onion strings. Grill the C.A.B. burger to medium rare. Melt the cheddar cheese on the burger. Build the burger starting with the burger and cheese, applewood bacon, crispy onions, tomato and lettuce. Deep fry the French fries until golden brown and toss with sea salt

 

Saladworks in Langhorne, PA: Fresh Farm Salad with Turkey Ranch Fusion Sandwich, prepared by Michelle Landis

Fall colorful hearty salad! A heartwarming mix of kale, lettuce blend, roasted butternut squash, candied nuts, red grapes, turkey, feta cheese and apple cider vinaigrette. As we know, kale is very popular.

The cold sandwich is more than just a sandwich, it features combinations of herbs, spices, cheeses and more! Create a toasted fusion of flavor served on fresh baked focaccia bread. The oven roasted turkey is infused with ranch dressing and a combination of different flavors of herbs, spices and cheeses with buttermilk herb. Sandwiches are all under 500 calories and the salad is under 500 calories including the dressing

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Farm Fresh Salad:

Ingredients:

Lettuce blend (romaine & iceberg)

Baby kale

Turkey medallions

Roasted butternut squash

Candied pecans

Seedless red grapes

Feta cheese

Procedure:

Start with romaine and iceberg blend and add in fresh baby kale. Toss with oven roasted turkey medallions and seasoned butternut squash. Blend in crumbled feta cheese, caramelized pecans and sweet red seedless grapes. Top with a homemade apple cider vinaigrette.

Turkey Ranch Fusion Sandwich:

Ingredients:

Turkey

Swiss

Romaine

Red peppers

Focaccia bread

Procedure:

Start with grilled white focaccia bread. Add thinly sliced oven roasted turkey breast and sliced swiss cheese. Top with chopped fire roasted red peppers and crisp romaine lettuce. Add a drizzle of homemade buttermilk ranch seasoned with fresh herbs and spices to top it off.

 

The ChopHouse, Gibbsboro NJ: Short ribs with mashed potatoes
Short ribs boneless super tender, cook it for a long time for a super tender pot roast, fall hardy dish with Yukon gold amber color mashed potatoes, black truffle demi sauce

Tra Thomas: Former Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle, jersey #72, currently full time coach for the Eagles
http://www.thechophouse.us/

Braised Short Ribs

Ingredients:

Short Ribs                                                          3 lbs

Salt & Pepper                                                    To Taste

Vegetable oil                                                     3 T

Carrots chopped                                              1 1/2 cups

Celery, chopped                                               1 1/2 cups

Onions, chopped                                             1 1/2 cups

Shallots, quartered                                         5

Tomato Paste                                                   1 T

Flour                                                                  3 T

Port Wine                                                         ½ Cup

Burgundy Wine                                              4 Cups

Rosemary                                                         3 Sprigs

Parsley                                                              6 Sprigs

Thyme                                                               8 Sprigs

Bay Leaves                                                       2

Garlic                                                                6 cloves

Beef Stock                                                        4 Cups

Procedure:

Heat oven to 350. (If bone-In) tie each short rib with kitchen string, and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat and brown short ribs on each side. Remove short ribs from the pan, and cook carrots, celery, onions and shallots until golden brown (5-10 minutes). Add tomato paste and flour and cook 4-7 minutes constantly stirring. Deglaze pan with port and red wine. After all ingredients are incorporated add beef stock.

Return short ribs to the pot and add remaining ingredients (rosemary, parsley, thyme, bay leaf and garlic). Bring to a simmer and cover. Transfer to oven and cook until meat is tender about 3 hours.

Transfer short ribs to large platter. Strain sauce through a fine strainer. Reduce sauce over medium heat until it thickens to a gravy-like consistency. Adjust seasoning to taste and pour sauce over shorts ribs.

6-8 Servings

 

Eatible Delights Catering, Philadelphia PA: BBQ wings

Hollis Thomas: Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman, #78, currently sports talk show host on 94 WIP in Philadelphia
http://www.eatibledelights.com/

2 lbs. of winglets

Seasoning salt

Granulated garlic

Black pepper

Liquid smoke

Standard BBQ sauce

Diced orange slices

Dry parsley.

Mixing bowls

Sweet potato whip

Large yams (6)

Butter 1 lb

Sugar 1 cup

Brown sugar ½ cup

Grand mariner liqueur 1 cup

Cinnamon ¼ cup

Mix up winglets after cleaning, with all of the seasonings. Let bake in the oven for 45 minutes, Take out of oven, and mix in the bowl with BBQ sauce and liquid smoke. Put back in oven, and let bake for another 30 minutes on 350, and take out and sprinkle with dice orange slices, and dry parsley

Sweet potato whip

Let Large yams, for 30 minutes, melt 1/ lb of butter Mix in sugar, melted butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar. After mixing with hand mixer, mix in grand mariner sauce, 1 cup for another 3 minutes.

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