Speaking of Football...

One of the best things about taking up being a Sports Fan as a hobby is Sports Related Snacks. There are so many fun, quick-worded foods involved in watching sports. Foods like chips and dips and wings and slices and rolls and pockets and sticks! I love it. I especially love sports snacks that combine 2 other snacks, like the Pizza Roll, or the Pretzel Nacho. Unfortunately, a lot of the best pre-made sports snacks are not friendly to persons with Gluten Allergy. Which would make me very grumpy, if my cousin Jessie hadn't introduced me to the best and most delicious combined-snack football food ever: The Buffalo Chicken Cheese Dip. Oh yes.

Rachel Ray, I am only slightly sorry for stealing your delicious photo.

You will need:

20 Ounces of Shredded Chicken.
(I'm a big fan of re-inventing left-overs, so I usually only make this when I have some chicken already in the fridge, but if you don't, a cheap and easy alternative is canned chunk chicken. Look, we can't all be Martha Stewart, and Gluten Free living is expensive enough!)

16 Ounces of softened Cream Cheese

1 Cup of Hot Sauce (I use Louisiana Crystal)

and 1 1/2 cups of shredded Cheddar Cheese.

Optional Additions:
1/3 Cup chopped Jalapeno Peppers (to garnish)

Some recipes I've seen call for a cup of ranch or blue cheese dressing as well. I've never found a GF Ranch I liked, blue cheese isn't GF friendly and Jessie didn't use it in her recipe, (which is bangin') So I omit it, but if you don't have diet restrictions and would like a thinner dip, go ahead and add a cup of whichever you choose.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and in a casserole dish, mix the chicken, cream cheese, hot sauce, (dressing, if your using it) and one cup of the shredded cheese all together. Top with remaining shredded cheese and jalapeno garnish.

Bake for about 10-20 minutes, depending on how deep your dish is, or until top layer of cheese is bubbly.

Serve with celery sticks, tortilla chips, and/or GF crackers and pretzels.

May I also recommend a sturdy GF beer, like Red Bridge, for maximum Football Enjoyment?

Yeah,  now that's the stuff!