Thursday, January 10, 2008

Eat Salad for Super Bowl

an football fans cheer as enthusiastically for salad on Super
Bowl Sunday as they can for chips and salsa? They can when it's Newman's
Own® Super Pile-On Salad that is a hunky, chunky recipe of grilled chicken
marinated in Newman's Own® Mesquite Lime Marinade, chick peas, chunks of
tomato and cucumber, a handful of Newman's Own Organics® dried
cranberries or raisins, and shredded cheddar cheese piled high on a bed of
romaine lettuce and topped off with Newman's Own® Beta Feta dressing.

To celebrate Super Bowl 2008, Newman's Own® developed tasty, easy-to-
make, eat, and serve recipes for game-day get-togethers that are a bit
healthier than traditional big-game fare. The company is also launching a print
advertising campaign that will promote a healthier Super Bowl with snack and
meal ideas that include:

(all recipe quantities serve 4)

First Down Dip
Ingredients
Newman's Own® Black Bean and Corn salsa
Directions
Open salsa jar. Open bag of chips. Sit on sofa. Eat and watch game.

Undefeated Dip (otherwise known as Artichoke and Goat Cheese)
Ingredients
Goat Cheese (one package or 1 ½ cups)
Mayonnaise (1 cup)
Artichoke hearts (approx 2 cups chopped)
Parmesan Cheese
Directions
Combine all ingredients except parmesan cheese; spread in a baking tin and
sprinkle parmesan cheese on top. Bake uncovered at 375 degrees for approx.
20 minutes or until top is lightly brown. Top with Newman's Own® Chunky
Salsa with Roasted Garlic. Serve with chips or bread.

Super Pile-On Salad
Ingredients
Romaine Lettuce (1 head, rinsed and chopped)
Tomatoes (1 medium size, chopped)
Cucumbers (1 small, chopped)
Chick Peas (1 cup)
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Newman's Own Organics® dried cranberries and raisins
Grilled Chicken (2 breasts marinated in Newman's Own® Mesquite Lime
Marinade)
Newman's Own® Beta Feta Salad Dressing
Directions
Marinate chicken breasts with Newman's Own® Mesquite Lime Marinade. Grill,
sauté, or bake chicken. Cut into small bite-sized chunks. While baking (or
grilling) rinse and chop romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and toss in
bowl. Add chick peas, dried cranberries and raisins and sprinkle shredded
cheese. Top with Newman's Own® New Beta Feta salad dressing.

Passing Touchdown Pizza (otherwise known as Paul's Easy Hawaiian Pie)
Ingredients
Ready-made pizza dough
Newman's Own® pineapple salsa
Shredded mozzarella cheese
Applegate Farms Pepperoni
Directions
Prepare store-bought ready-made pizza dough; spread Newman's Own®
pineapple salsa; sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese and top with slices of
Applegate Farms all-natural pepperoni (I like to add extra chunks of
pineapple). Bake on a cookie sheet at 475 degrees until crust is lightly
browned and crispy (usually about 10 minutes).

Linebacker Lasagna
Ingredients
1 lb. Ground Beef (for a healthier lasagna substitute beef with ground turkey)
1 lb. Ground Pork
Onion (1 small)
Carrots (1 cup chopped)
Celery (1 cup chopped)
Garlic (1-2 heaping tablespoons)
Newman's Own® Marinara with Mushrooms Pasta Sauce
Newman's Own® Garlic Red and Green Pepper Sauce
Lasagna Noodles (2 boxes)
Ricotta Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Directions
Boil lasagna noodles per box directions. Meanwhile, sauté ground beef and
pork until lightly browned; drain grease from pan. In separate pan, sauté
onion and garlic in olive oil; add carrots and celery. When finished, combine
meat, vegetables, and 1 jar each of Newman's Own® pasta sauce. Line
baking pan with one layer of noodles; spread meat and veggie mixture; add
another layer of noodles and add ricotta cheese; place last layer of noodles
and spread a thin layer of meat, sauce, and veggie mix; top with grated
parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.


Baked Spaghetti Cakes
Ingredients
Spaghetti
Newman's Own® Tomato and Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce
Parmesan Cheese
Directions
Cook spaghetti. Heat up sauce. Combine together in pan and then drop
circular "cakes" of spaghetti onto a tin-foil-lined baking sheet. Top with
parmesan cheese and bake in oven at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes or
until slightly crispy. (The outside of these should be crispy, while the inside
remains soft making them a bit "neater" to eat while watching the Big Game.)

Bite-Sized All-American Dipper Wraps
Ingredients
Soft Tortilla Wraps
Sliced Ham
Sliced Turkey
American Cheese Slices
Chopped Romaine Lettuce
Directions
Combine ingredients into a wrap and roll. These wraps can be made as
sandwiches with Newman's Own® Two Thousand Island Dressing or as bite-
sized versions that can be dipped into Newman's Own® Chunky Salsa and
Roasted Garlic.

More recipes and Game-Day Party tips at www.newmansown.com

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