First Football Saturday....

Well...our "Welcome to Fall" evening turned out to be a little bit of a bust, since it was in the 80's and HUMID when we went to dinner:(  Oh well, we licked our wounds with a little Federici's pizza...

And some ice cream from Applegate Farms...but alas, I had to stick to coconut & graham cracker since pumpkin was not available there yet...nor, was it seasonally appropriate on Friday;(

SATURDAY, HOWEVER, was UBER seasonal...as the temperature had dropped about 10 degrees and THIS was on at my house ALL. DAY. LONG...

Yes kids...it's college football season;)  And, being the seasonally appropriate wife that I am;), I figured Saturday called for some "Man Food" in the form of pulled pork, garlic & cheddar spiral potatoes and some zucchini (OK, the zucchini-not so manly, but it was necessary;) hahahahahhaha....

I remember getting a spiral potato recipe in the mail sometime in the mid-80's, yet they STILL make an appearance at our table on all-too-rare occurrences;)  For these potatoes, I started out melting a few teaspoons of Smart Balance in a skillet.  Once that melted, I added about 4 crushed cloves of garliccccc to toast up...LOVE:)

Scott had thrown the foil wrapped potatoes on the grill for about an hour.  Once they were almost done, he took them in and I ATTEMPTED to cut them into neat spirals....'attempted' being the operative word;)  Mine got a little mucked up;)...

Next, we topped the potatoes with the garlic butter, a little cheese and a few scallions....

...making sure to get cheese & garlic in all of the layers;)....Don't mess around! ;)

I threw them in the toaster oven long enough to melt the cheese...and WALLAH!  Spiral Potatoes with Garlic and Cheese in every bite!  Delish! :)

And considering the bottles of BBQ sauce that we had got on our trip to the Middle had been STARING at us SINCE Mid-August...I'm surprised it took us THIS long to crack them open;)  But Saturday was the DAY, as we made our Pulled Pork with some Sweet Baby Jane sauce from Pappy's Smokehouse...HEAVEN! :)

And in TRUE BBQ fashion, we threw the pulled pork onto a slice of Texas toast....yum!!  SOOOO GOOD!

And, like I said, a little sauteed zucchini to round it out;)  Must say...these things are pretty irresistible too;)

So I think Scott DEFINITELY enjoyed his 'first football Saturday';)  His plate looked mighty tasty too;)

We went for a picnic at my in-laws yesterday and I have a few "seasonally appropriate" dishes for a small picnic we're having today;)  Should be good!  I'll fill you in tomorrow....ENJOY THE REST OF THIS GLORIOUS WEEKEND!!!! :)