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Hosting a Football Game with Crock-Pot Dr Pepper Pulled Chicken Sandwiches

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Slow Cooker Dr Pepper Pulled Chicken Sandwiches are made with chicken slow cooked with onion, BBQ sauce and Dr Pepper® topped with a vinegar and oil coleslaw in a hamburger bun for a simple game day meal.

Ten-hut! Fall is officially here which means college football season is in full swing! Time to huddle up with your friends to plan the who, what, when and where for tailgating and football viewing parties for the season. These Slow Cooker Dr Pepper Pulled Chicken Sandwiches are guaranteed to make you the MVP among your friends and family for Saturday football, along with just a few hosting tips!

How to score a big WIN in hosting

  • Keep it simple and casual. Saturdays are for relaxing even if a big game is on. When hosting, let people kick their feet up and take it easy.
  • May your food be warm and drinks stay cold! Stock the fridge with Dr Pepper and serve something warm for the main dish.
  • Snacks galore! Chips, dips, pretzels, peanuts, and a cheese platter set out next to television are a must.
  • Clean and restock the bathroom. Toilet paper, hand soap, clean hand towels and some air freshener are on the Dollar General shopping list.
  • Make sure there is seating for everyone. Move the couch, bring in some extra chairs or whatever you need to do to make sure everyone has a comfortable seat.
  • More snacks. Make sure there is no way the snacks will run dry before the 4th quarter. Overestimate the amount of food and drink you will need and keep the snacks flowing.


The main stop for game day snacks, drinks, cleaning supplies and a few fun decor items is Dollar General for a quick, convenient shopping experience with great prices. I already had chicken in the freezer that just needed to be thawed out so this entire game day meal was a breeze.

Dollar General List

  • Plates
  • Napkins
  • Cups
  • Dr Pepper
  • Variety of snacks
  • Cleaning supplies
  • Toilet paper
  • Air freshener
  • Hand soap
  • Serving bowls and platters
  • Utensils
  • Football decorations
  • Ingredients: vinegar, vegetable oil, onion, carrots, cabbage/coleslaw mix, sugar, salt, celery seed and BBQ sauce.

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Stock up and save on  Dr Pepper each time you visit Dollar General!

Slow Cooker Dr Pepper Pulled Chicken Sandwiches

The mix of sweet Dr Pepper Pulled Chicken with the tang of a vinegar coleslaw are the perfect combination for a game day sandwich. These sandwiches are mouthwatering and just SO DARN DELICIOUS. The secret ingredient to these winning sandwiches are the Dr Pepper. Adding Dr Pepper with its rich, indulgent, one of a kind flavor makes meat so tender and adds that really nice sweetness that you and your friends are going to love. Dr Pepper is the official drink of college football fans and a great way to create yummy recipes with its 23 flavors packed inside every can.
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Crock-Pot Dr Pepper Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
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Slow Cooker Dr Pepper Pulled Chicken Sandwiches are made with chicken, slow cooked with onion, BBQ sauce and Dr Pepper® topped with a vinegar and oil coleslaw in a hamburger bun for a simple game day meal. 

  • Dr Pepper Pulled Chicken
  • 3-4 pounds chicken breast
  • 26 ounces your favorite BBQ sauce (2 bottles)
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 12 ounce can Dr Pepper®
  • Coleslaw
  • 2-3 carrots, peeled and shredded
  • 1 head cabbage, shredded (may substitute 2 bags coleslaw mix)
  • 3 green onions, sliced
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup distilled white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1.5 teaspoon celery seed
  • 8 hamburger buns
  1. Place chicken into the slow cooker.
  2. Dice a yellow onion and place on chicken.
  3. Pour in a bottle of BBQ sauce, followed by a can of Dr Pepper. Cook on low for 6 hours.
  4. As the chicken cooks, prep the coleslaw. Start by washing the vegetables well and peel the carrots.
  5. Quarter the cabbage head and put into a food processor. Pulse until the cabbage is shredded and place into a mixing bowl.
  6. Grate the carrots and slice the green onions. Add to cabbage. Dollar General has packaged coleslaw if you want to save time! Two bags will equal a head of cabbage.
  7. In a small bowl, add sugar, salt, celery seed, vinegar and oil. Mix well and add to the bowl of cabbage. Stir, cover and place in fridge until the chicken is fully cooked.
  8. Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred in a mixing bowl. The chicken should shred easily with just a fork.
  9. Add 1 cup of BBQ sauce and 1 cup of the liquid and onion from the crock-pot. Mix in with the shredded chicken.
  10. Place a heap of chicken on a hamburger bun, followed by some coleslaw.
  11. Serve with a side of coleslaw and a cold Dr Pepper.

 

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Game Day

Hosting game day is pretty relaxed. No need to be a perfectionist and scrub every inch of the house. Do a quick clean of the house making sure the bathrooms are stocked, set up the television viewing area with plenty of seating and prep some food. Begin your Dr Pepper Pulled Chicken Sandwiches 6 hours before kick off, make sure the drinks are cold and have plenty of snacks available! Do you have any hosting tips for game day? Share them in the comments below.

Ham, Cucumber and Sprout Sandwich with Spicy Mayo

Ham, Cucumber and Sprout Sandwich with Spicy Mayo

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Ham, Cucumber and Sprout Sandwich with Spicy Mayo is what’s on the menu. A monster sized sandwich with hearty bread, thin sliced deli meat, crispy cucumber, fresh sprouts, and a touch of spice stacked high.

Spring is here and I am craving fresh ingredients and cold sandwiches. Now, if  someone could tell Cincinnati that spring has arrived, that would be fantastic. Last week the temperature got up to a whopping 76 degrees and the next day it snowed. I wish I was kidding. This weather is such a teaser but that is alright. Cincinnati may not be ready for spring but I sure am!

 

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What is the secret to building a perfect sandwich for the spring season ahead? Quality ingredients and simplicity.

During this time of year, sandwiches are basically an everyday lunch item in my household. The Ham, Cucumber and Sprout Sandwich with Spicy Mayo has only 6 ingredients but is not short on flavor. My Walmart grocery list always has Pepperidge Farm® bread, Hillshire Farm® Thin Sliced Honey Ham, Hellmann’s® Real Mayonnaise, fresh fruits and vegetables as part of my pantry and fridge basics. I added a spicy sriracha today for that extra special touch.

 

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Pepperidge Farm is a staple in my household and the star of any sandwich. In my opinion, it is all about the freshness of bread due to the double sealed packaging and the hearty wholesome ingredients that make it so delicious. I also really enjoy Pepperidge Farm for my morning toast with a cup of coffee on the side.

 

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Not all lunch meats are created equal. Hillshire Farm® has no artificial flavors or bi-products and is slow roasted for hours making it taste so much better than other lunch meats. Hillshire Farm® Thin Sliced Honey Ham has a touch of sweetness and double packaged to ensure freshness.

Does anyone else wash and reuse those plastic containers or is it just me?

 

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To be honest, I am not a big mayonnaise person. My family loves it but I am picky in this department. How I eat my mayonnaise: Using Hellmann’s® Real Mayonnaise and intensifying the flavor. Today, I intensified the flavor with sriracha which really takes this sandwich to the next level of deliciousness.  I also love the fact that Hellmann’s® Real Mayonnaise is made with real, simple ingredients including eggs, oil and vinegar. Sometimes, simple is better!

Have you ever tried Hellmann’s® Real Mayonnaise on the outside of your bread for a crispy grilled sandwich? Hello yumminess! Give it a whirl, you will not be sorry.

 

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What do you need to put on your next Walmart shopping list to make this hearty, fresh sandwich?

  1. 20 ounce squeezable Hellmann’s® Real Mayonnaise
  2. 9 ounce package Hillshire Farm® Thin Sliced Honey Ham
  3. loaf of Pepperidge Farm Whole Grain Oatmeal bread
  4. sriracha
  5. cucumber
  6. fresh sprouts (I prefer the broccoli sprouts)

Looking for more delicious sandwich ideas?  Check out these simple meal ideas here.

 

Ham, Cucumber and Sprout Sandwich with Spicy Mayo
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Ham, Cucumber and Sprout Sandwich with Spicy Mayo
  • 2 slices Pepperidge Farm® Whole Grain Oatmeal bread
  • 4 slices cucumber
  • 1/4 cup fresh sprouts
  • 1 serving Hillshire Farm® Thin Sliced Honey Ham lunch meat
  • 1/4 cup Hellmann's® Real Mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
  1. Gather all ingredients, cutting board, knife, small bowl and spoon.
  2. Thinly slice your cucumber.
  3. In a small bowl, mix 1/4 cup Hellmann's® Real Mayonnaise with 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce. Mix with spoon and place on a slice of Pepperidge Farm® Whole Grain Oatmeal bread.
  4. On the second slice of bread, stack the sprouts, 1 serving Hillshire Farm® Thin Sliced Honey Ham lunch meat, and 4 slices of cucumber.
  5. Place your mayonnaise spread slice of bread on top and serve.

 

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10 Not So Boring Lunch Ideas

 

 

10 Not So Boring Lunch Ideas features 10 awesome lunch ideas from some of the best food blogs around. These recipes are focused on simple options to take to work in a brown bag and everything is eaten cold or needs just a quick reheat in the microwave. Lunch is the most difficult meal to plan for in our house. We are so busy and the basic turkey sandwich or unhealthy hot pocket just doesn’t cut it. Forget about spending money on eating out everyday, we would go broke real quick. So we have stepped up those boring turkey sandwiches and even found a hot pocket replacement down below that is a must make if you love Shepherd’s Pie as much as we do!

 

10 Not So Boring Lunch Ideas

 

The Ultimate Vegan BLT from Strength and Sunshine features a wonderful BLT option made with sliced eggplant in replace of bacon!

vegan-blt

 

Copycat PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps from Baking Beauty with delicious flavors  in a lettuce wrap.

pf-changs-lettuce-wrap

 

Avocado Egg Salad from Sugar, Spice, and Family Life feature a wonderful sandwich amps up your regular egg salad with added avocados and some nice seasoning.

Avocado Egg Salad

Avocado Stuffed BLT from Wholesum Yum is exactly what it sounds like, an avocado with bacon, lettuce and tomato inside and they look amazing!

avocado-stuffed-blt

Spicy Buffalo Honey Mustard Croissants from here at Simply Made Recipes with a must have recipe for Spicy Buffalo Honey Mustard.

Spicy Buffalo Honey Mustard Croissants

Bacon Avocado Broccoli Salad again from Wholesum Yum has bacon pieces, avocado chunks, broccoli, cheddar cheese and mayo.

bacon-avocado-broccoli-salad

Shepherd’s Pie Pockets from Eat.Thrive.Glow. When I saw these I knew they had to be on the list with lamb, peas, carrots, and potatoes wrapped in a crescent roll. Everything you love in a Shepherd’s Pie but in an easy reheat hand pocket.

shepherds-pie-pocket

Three-Cheese Veggie Sandwich from Diabetic Foodie. Diabetic Foodie had me at 3 cheese. Provolone, cheddar, and swiss cheeses with a Sundried Tomato Pesto.

3 cheese veggie sandwich

Bacon Lettuce Tomato Avocado Chicken Salad Wraps from Love Bakes Good Cakes. Say that 5 times fast. There is just something about avocado, bacon, chicken and tomatoes together that just make a perfect lunch and wraps are perfect and so simple to take for lunch.

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Kale Pesto Chicken Sandwich here at Simply Made Recipes has a delicious homemade kale pesto that is to die for!

Kale Pesto Chicken Sandwich

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Kale Pesto Chicken Sandwich

Kale Pesto Chicken Sandwich with a kale almond pesto sauce, tomatoes, chicken on French bread. Perfect for a warm lunch straight out of the oven or reheated the next day. We eat these cold too, prepare and wrap them in foil the night before and grab a lunch on the go. This sandwich really is all about that kale pesto! Fresh ingredients and nutritious kale with almonds and a little bit of olive oil and garlic. If you have never made a pesto before, do not at all be intimidated. All the ingredients get dumped in the food processor and blend until it is a nice and consistent paste like sauce. The rest of the sandwich is basic, simple baked chicken and cheese with tomatoes so the kale pesto really amps up your boring, regular sandwich into something you can look forward to at lunch.  You may have some kale pesto left over, you can store in a sealed container in the fridge for about 2 weeks.

 

Kale Pesto Chicken Sandwich
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Kale Pesto Chicken Sandwich
  • French bread (I bought two small ones today)
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1/2 bunch of kale
  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 4 slices provolone cheese
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil plus more
  • 3/4 cup almonds
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese
  1. Gather ingredients, cutting board, knife, foil, food processor and baking sheet.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Wash all fruits and vegetables.
  4. Take both the chicken breasts and fillet them because you want them to be thinner for the sandwich.
  5. Lay foil over baking sheet with the 4 pieces of chicken. Cover with a pinch of olive oil, salt and pepper and all sides. Let cook for 40 minutes.
  6. While the chicken cooks, begin the kale pesto sauce.
  7. In the food processor, dump 3/4 cup almonds, 1/2 cup olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, 1 cup parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste, and 10 kale leaves. Blend for 3 minutes. Taste and add salt if needed. Blend 1 more minute.
  8. Slice tomatoes.
  9. After chicken is finished cooking, remove from oven.
  10. Assemble sandwiches with chicken on bottom, cheese, tomatoes, and kale (optional), slather top of French bread with the kale pesto and viola!

 

 

kale-pesto

 

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Root Beer Pulled Pork Sliders

Root Beer Pulled Pork Sliders are only 4 ingredients and cook in the crock-pot 8 hours for an easy, affordable family friendly dinner or game day snack. Make sure to get a quality pork and look for pork shoulder or pork butt because that is what will shred the best for these little sliders. Pick your favorite root beer brand and BBQ sauce brand and any type of slider buns. Typically, when making a pulled pork I would recommend a lot of great seasoning for the meat as it cooks but for these I let the root beer do the work and buy a great tasting BBQ sauce to top it off.

 

Root Beer Pulled Pork Sliders
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Root Beer Pulled Pork Sliders
  • 2 pounds pork shoulder or pork butt
  • 1 bottle root beer of your choice
  • 1 cup BBQ sauce of your choice
  • 12 pack slider buns
  1. Gather ingredients and crock-pot.
  2. Place pork in crockpot, I add a few pinches of salt and pepper to the meat and dump bottle of root beer in.
  3. Set crock-pot on low and let cook 8 hours minimal.
  4. Remove pork from crock-pot into a large mixing bowl and use 2 forks to shred the pork.
  5. Add one cup of your favorite BBQ sauce and mix into the pulled pork.
  6. Toast the sliders if you please and assemble the sandwiches.
  7. Try a delicious slaw on top if you please and enjoy! Dinner doesn't get much easier than this!

 

 

Root Beer Pulled Pork Sliders

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Bomb Sauced Breakfast Muffin

The Bomb Sauced Breakfast Muffin with a fried egg in a green bell pepper, freshly sliced avocado and our creamy avocado Bomb Sauce on a toasted English muffin is what’s for breakfast! Healthy, simple and nutritious. We love this little trick of frying the egg inside a slice of green bell pepper, it makes cooking eggs a breeze and tastes so delicious. The creamy avocado sauce on top makes this breakfast sandwich extra special.

 

Sliced Bell Pepper

 

Fry the Egg

 

Bomb Sauce

 

Avocado Breakfast Muffin

 

 

Bomb Sauced Breakfast Muffin
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Bomb Sauced Breakfast Muffin
  • 1 English muffin
  • 1 egg
  • 1/8 green bell pepper
  • 1 slice Monterey jack cheese
  • salt
  • pepper
  • Avocado Bomb Sauce in desired amount
  • 1/8 avocado
  1. Gather ingredients, cooking pan, prepared avocado Bomb Sauce , knife, cutting board, and cooking spray.
  2. Slice avocado as pictures show to create a little "holding cell" for the fried egg.
  3. Cut the avocado into slices.
  4. Put one green pepper slice onto a pan on medium heat and add an egg in center. Make sure the pan is hot enough that the egg begins to cook immediately.
  5. Salt and pepper egg as desired.
  6. Toast the English muffin as the egg cooks.
  7. Once egg is thoroughly cooked, layer your breakfast sandwich with the fried bell pepper egg, a slice of Monterey Jack cheese, 1/8 of a sliced avocado and top with a desired amount of the creamy avocado Bomb Sauce

Bomb Sauced Breakfast Muffin

 

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