Game Day Feasts

My boyfriend and I are big Longhorns fans and this weekend their game against UTEP was not running on a channel we had at home so we went to a wonderful sports bar, the Old Pro. Watching everyone gobble down larger than life hamburgers, garlic fries, pizzas and tower nachos, it made me hungry for a game day feast of my own. Being on the more health conscious side, I wanted to create a feast that wouldn't ruin all of my hardwork. So for dinner we made grilled chicken sandwiches, garlic fries and a yummy salad. Here are the recipes:

(Served 2)
Grilled BBQ Chicken Sandwich with Caramelized onions and avocado
Marinate one chicken breast in your favorite BBQ sauce
While its marinating- prepare the onions and avocado
Put a little olive oil in a hot sauce pan with chopped onions, salt, pepper and a little sugar
The key to caramelizing onions is keeping it on a very low heat and let them simmer til they are perfectly done.
Slice the fresh avocadoes nice and thin and for some added heat we added thin slices of Serrano peppers.
Grill the chicken breast (about 5 minutes on each side, or until no longer pink in the middle but still juicy) and toast the sesame seed hamburger buns.
Cut  the chicken breast in half and place half a slice of sharp cheddar cheese on each half.
Assemble burgers with caramelized onions and avocado slices.

Garlic Fries
(for simplicity I got a frozen bag of waffle fries and baked them in the oven for about 25 minutes on 450)
Add to a mixing bowl: 2 gloves of garlic- thinly chopped, 2 tbs of olive oil, fresh parsley, and for some heat a little cayenne pepper, salt + pepper.
When fries are nice and crispy, slowly add to the bowl and mix so that all fries are evenly coated with the garlic mix.

Special Salad
Combine all ingredients and top with your favorite dressing (I used a homemade balsamic vinaigrette.)
Apple slices, cherry tomatoes, blue cheese crumbles, sliced almonds, spinach and red lettuce leaves, and red onions.

We thoroughly enjoyed our feast and I hope you will too!