We have people over for dinners weekly and I have an awesome recipe to share with you for times when you’re in a hurry but need something delicious! This posthas been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GameTimeGrub #CollectiveBias
my personal favorite out of the three? the onion rings! They were crispy and delicious!
I purchased the Alexia products at Wal Mart.
Having 3 kids is crazy. I try to go out to just one outing a day besides dropping/picking them up from school because I get so overwhelmed! It takes about 40 mins. to get everyone ready and the diaper bag packed and to be in the car. So on Sunday we had people over for dinner and the theme was the Big Game day. It’s hard to go to a tailgating party(I guess anywhere in public, ha!) with all the kids and we are big believers in throwing parties in our home, that way we don’t have to leave the party or a gathering early, we put the kids to bed and then come out and the party is still going on right in our home! We recently bought a cow so we were excited to try out the steak and my husband makes awesome steak and guacamole. I wanted to make something simple and fast so I whipped up a sriracha dipping sauce to go with the three Alexia appetizers: onion rings, fries and the sweet potato fries and it was delicious. Good food is what makes a great party and every party I throw, I have to make sure the guests are fed good food and lots of it! I remember at our wedding I kept emphasizing to Jay that one thing I cared about the most at the wedding was that the guests are served a full dinner course with an appetizer, main dish and a dessert. I also have a motto in our home that whoever enters our house doesn’t leave the house without a satisfied stomach.
The party decorations were simple and easy, which is just my style. I made the backdrop using the orange paper plates I found from the dollar store and with a black permanent marker drew the basketball designs in. Using tape, I taped the plates onto the wall(20 plates total) and viola! A simple and fun backdrop. I used purple and yellow colors for the tablecloth and the plates and cups. A fun and silly thing I do with the kids when I am putting away the party decorations is we see who can jump and grab the highest decorations that’s taped to the wall, and my girls were asking me when we’d get to “clean up” even before the party was over!
And here’s the recipe for the sriracha dipping sauce, it is creamy and light with a kick of little bit of spice. You can add less or more of the sriracha sauce to make it to your preferred level of spice.
Sriracha Dipping Sauce
- 1 cup Greek yogurt(or 1 cup sour cream)
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2 teaspoons sriracha chili-garlic sauce (to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
sprinkle parsley flakes
Directions:
1. Combine all the ingredients together.
2. Put it in a bowl.
3. Sprinkle parsley flakes on top.
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Do you have any favorite recipes for dips? Please do share!
Dolce Vita says
Amazing post, thanks for sharing! That food all looks way too delicious and I can't believe that you created that backdrop yourself – I definitely thought that you bought pre-made basketball shaped wall stickies. I can imagine that it would be hard to go out with three kids but your party at home seems like it was even better than going out 🙂
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Anita Fosen says
Wow love it, looks great! xx
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