Plan Your Super Bowl Party Food Now

Just when our New Year's resolve to eat healthier and get more exercise wanes, it is time to stuff oneself with Super Bowl party food and wallow on the couch for playoff weekends and the big event itself. Nothing perks up the post Christmas holiday doldrums like cheese dip and chips. So, forget Christmas lists and checking it twice. Start planning your Super Bowl party now.

Super Bowl Day is almost a two- part event, based on television, and you need to decide if you are having an all day affair or concentrating solely on the actual game. Because the Super Bowl runs late on a work night, your best bet is to have a two- stage party. Create the invitation as a Super Bowl Open House. By setting it up as an open house, friends can come and go. You can predict who will stop by and who will actually hang for the game.

For the daytime event, have plenty of beer, wine, and sodas. Set up a buffet table and encourage folks to bring snacks. Forget counting calories. Make sure you have tons of bags of chips, plenty of dip, and a huge warming tray of meatballs. Chicken wings of all flavors are a favorite, and have pizza delivery lined up on the speed dial. Creative foods are not expected at a Super Bowl party. Minimal presentation is required. This is the easiest party in the world to throw because it is all about fast foods and beer.

Sure the big screen is set on the all day Super blather, but for the afternoon gang, you need a game to spark up the activity. This requires some quick research on your part and some preparation prior to the party. Once the playoffs determined the conference champions, you have two sets of team information to use for trivia questions. Plus there is past Super Bowl history to use as fodder.