Check out my Pecan Football Shaped Cheese Ball recipe below. Perfect for game day!
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One of the things I take the most pictures and videos of this time of year are outings with my family, like our recent trip to Houston for our first NFL football game. We saw the Texans plays the Bucs and loved every minute of it! I filled my phone with minute by minute pics of my girls and hubby enjoying the game, eating the food, touring the stadium, and even tailgating beforehand. After the game, I simply transferred all the files straight to Amazon Cloud. No worries. No hassle. My photo memories are safe and sound.
Scroll down for my Pecan Football Shaped Cheese Ball recipe.
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Game Day Pecan Football Cheese Ball
Ingredients
- 2 pkg. 8 oz. each cream cheese, softened and cubed
- 1 pkg. 8 oz. shredded Gouda Cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
- 1/2 cup mayo I like Duke's
- 2 green onions diced
- 1 cup pecans finely chopped
- 2 Tbsp. pimento strips
- Crackers and sliced veggies for dipping
Instructions
- Beat first 4 ingredients (cheeses and mayo) with mixer or add to a food processor until blended.
- Stir in onions and spread into a container.
- Refrigerate several hours.
- Remove from fridge, add to a platter or plate, and form into a football shape.
- Coat the cheese ball with the chopped pecans.
- Add pimentos for the lacing.
- Serve with crackers and veggies.
You can use whatever cheese you like for this recipe.
I shredded 2 cups of Gouda because I love Gouda on everything!
I added my pecans to a food processor until they were finely chopped.
They need to be same pieces to coat the sides of the cheeseball.
Add all three cheeses and mayo to a food processor and blend until combined.
Stir in onions and spread into a container.
Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
Remove from fridge, add to a plate, and from into a football shape.
Coat the cheese ball with the chopped pecans.
Add pimento strips on top for the football lacing.
Serve with crackers and veggies for dipping.
The perfect appetizer for game day!
Houston is only 3 hours away from where we live and we travel there often.
But this was our first trip to a NFL game.
I won the tickets in the Riunite Chili Cook-off!
Time for our first family trip to a professional football game!
We had great tickets in the end-zone.
I couldn’t believe how many people were in this massive stadium!
My little footballer in her Bucs jersey (I mean come on, Mama’s from Florida!)
and her souvenir football!
The girls did great! No crying and they didn’t mind the noise!
Ava actually chanted “First Football Game!” the whole time!
We almost made it to the end of the game….then Ava slept the whole drive home!
Keep your photo memories safe.
I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.
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