Super Bowl Sloppy Joes

The great thing about Super Bowl parties is that you can just resign yourself to eating unhealthy for 4-6 (or 8 hours).

For this year's Super Bowl we gathered at friends' house in Chelmsford. While the game was disappointing (our beloved Patriots going down again), the party was not. From Island Kielbasa to Johnny's multiple flavors of wings to Korynn's fruit salsa, it was an awesome mix of delicious foods.

I love a good sloppy joe from time to time. (Fantastic makes a great vegetarian Sloppy Joe mix, btw). My entry this year was 4-meat Sloppy Joes. I based it off of a Rachel Ray recipe but added some fresh tomatoes, buffalo and veal, and apple cider. I would have liked to serve them on the Brazilian hot dog rolls, but the Porter Square Shaw's apparently doesn't have as many Brazilian customers as the Stop & Shop in my neighborhood.

Super Bowl Sloppy Joes

• 1 lb chorizo, casing removed, chopped
• 1 lb ground pork
• 1 lb ground buffalo
• 1 lb ground veal
• 3 Tbsp Onion powder
• 5 cloves of grated garlic
• 2 Tbsp paprika
• 2 Tbsp roasted ground coriander
• 2 Tbsp Jamaican allspice
• Sea Salt
• Fresh ground Black and White Pepper
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1/8 cup Worcestershire Sauce
• 3 Tbsp lime juice
• 2 cups apple cider
• 1 15-oz. can of tomato sauce
• 5 tomatoes chopped

1. Brown chorizo in la little oil
2. Add pork, buffalo and veal – brown
3. Stir in spices and garlic
4. Add brown sugar, Worcester sauce and lime juice, cook 5 minutes on medium low
5. Add tomatoes, apple cider, and tomato sauce
6. Cover and turn down to low
7. Stew 20 Minutes

I needed to add about 4 tbsp of corn starch/water mix at the end to thicken the sauce.

Cream of Avocado Soup

Quick delicious soup. Serves two (if one of them is me) or three.

The amounts except for the Recaíto and the avocados are guesstimates.

Two Haas avocados, peeled, pitted and chopped

1/6 of a quart of plain Greek yogurt

Whole milk

Three cups of chicken broth

2 tablespoons of Goya Recaíto

3 oz Monterey Jack

Hot sauce

1. Heat broth with Recaíto to a boil
2. While that is happening, blend avocados and Greek yogurt in blender.
3. Add milk to blender in bits and blend, stir. Repeat until smooth but still thick.
4. Pour blender ingredients into boiling broth
5. Turn down to mid-low
6. Whisk until smooth
7. Shred in Jack and stir
8. Add hot sauce to taste (a like a lot of bite ~ others probably would like less)
9. Simmer on low until cheese is melted

I ate mine with a Narragansett porter. (A lighter beer might be wanted by people who aren't me).