Make These Simple, Healthy Recipes for Your Game Day Watch Party

On game day, when spicy hot wings and cheesy dips usually take center stage, more wholesome food options can make a welcome reprieve.

Simply Organic and Frontier Co-Op make high-quality, organic spices and seasonings that promise to give big flavors to your foods for the big game. Simply Organic sources all of their spices directly from farms that use sustainable farming practices, and the member-owned Frontier Co-Op is on a mission to put the planet before profits with their quality herbs and spices.

If you’re planning your game day menu, they’ve shared a few of their favorite easy, flavor-packed, crowd-pleaser recipes that you can make in a snap — pun absolutely intended!

Potato Pizza Casserole

Ingredients

2 cups diced potatoes, divided
4 ounces chopped mushrooms, divided
12 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
2 teaspoons Frontier Co-op® Pizza Seasoning
12 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
15 ounces tomato sauce, no salt added

Instructions:

Soak potatoes overnight in 3 cups water.

Spread half potatoes on bottom of baking dish. Layer with half mushrooms and all of the cheddar cheese. Sprinkle half of the Pizza Seasoning on top.

Repeat with remaining potatoes, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese.

Pour on tomato sauce. Spread sauce evenly over top, and sprinkle with remaining Pizza Seasoning.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Chickpea Cabbage Wraps

Ingredients:

For the Wraps
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 tablespoon oil
2 teaspoons Frontier Co-op® Five Spice Powder
1 head purple cabbage
1 green, yellow or orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 large cucumber, thinly sliced lengthwise
3 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1 small jicama, peeled and thinly sliced (optional)
Fresh basil, for garnish

For the Dipping Sauce
3 tablespoons peanut, other nut or sunflower seed butter
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon Frontier Co-op ® Ground Ginger Root
½ teaspoon rice vinegar

Instructions:

To Roast the Chickpeas on Stovetop:

In a medium bowl, coat chickpeas with five spice and oil and toss to coat well.

In a skillet over medium heat, cook chickpeas until golden.

To Roast the Chickpeas by Air Fryer:

In a small bowl, combine chickpeas and five spice; toss to coat.

Place chickpeas in air fryer at 400 degrees for 5 to 7 minutes.

To Make the Wraps:

Select five large, intact cabbage leaves and lay them out on a tray.

Place 1/5 of each cut vegetable on each cabbage leaf, with ends of vegetables laying slightly beyond top end of cabbage leaf. Add chickpeas to cabbage leaves in equal amounts. Roll into wraps with bottom edge of leaves tucked under (if possible) or more tightly
wrapped.

Garnish cabbage wraps with fresh basil (optional).

To Make the Dipping Sauce:

In a small bowl, add nut butter, soy sauce, honey, ginger and rice vinegar.

Mix well.

Simply Organic Ranch Dip

Ingredients:
1 packet Simply Organic Ranch Dip Mix
2 cups sour cream

Instructions:

In a bowl, combine dip mix with sour cream, whisking to thoroughly combine. Place in refrigerator and let chill for 30 minutes.

Serve with crackers, chips or fresh vegetables.

Tip:
For a lighter dip, use 2 cups plain yogurt in place of sour cream.

Make a Wing Dipping Sauce:
Prepare dip and add blue cheese crumbles.

Make a Ranch Cheese Ball:
Combine dip mix with 1 cup cream cheese.

Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders

Ingredients:
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1 packet Simply Organic® Ranch Dip Mix, divided
1 cup sour cream
12 Hawaiian slider buns, sliced into tops and bottoms
1 pound sliced chicken deli meat
1/2 pound bacon, diced and cooked until crispy
10 slices Colby Jack cheese

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly oil a 9 x 13” baking pan.

In a small bowl, whisk together butter and half of the ranch dip mix.

In a separate bowl, add sour cream and remaining ranch dip mix, and whisk to combine.

Place bottom halves of Hawaiian buns in oiled baking pan. Brush liberally with ranch butter, reserving some for tops.

Layer half of the cheese slices on top, then the chicken. Spoon about ¼ cup sour cream ranch mixture over chicken, then top with bacon.

Top with remaining cheese slices, then place tops of buns over cheese. Reserve remaining sour cream ranch mixture for dipping.

Brush slider tops with more ranch butter. Cover with aluminum foil, place in oven and bake for 10 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 10 minutes, until tops are golden brown and cheese is melty. Serve and enjoy! Explore more party food ideas here.