Cooking Games and Fires

The colder season is the perfect time to fire up the outside fire pit for some fun cooking games. And with the fire pit you can have a bit of fun with your children and even by yourself. Grab some long sticks and a few hot dogs and marshmallows and roast yourself up something nice. The fire pit is a great way to keep warm on a cool night, but you can easily spend some time on the weekend enjoying the fire pit during the day even if the weather isn’t that cold.

Build a fire and let it burn down enough that you have some nice embers. When it’s lunch time or just time for a bit of fun, haul out the hot dogs and sticks and teach your children or just enjoy roasting your own hot dogs. Get creative with the fire and cook other things as well on various sticks. Marshmallows are an easy choice, you can also cook cans of things like chili in the fire or even potatoes if you really want to get serious about open flame cooking. Always practice fire safety, of course, in these sorts of cooking games.

Cooking Games and Ooey Gooey Brownie Sundaes

If there is anything better than ice cream, it’s ice cream over a brownie. Brownie ala mode or really just a brownie sundae is easily one of the most delicious ways to consume countless calories while practically passing out in ecstasy. It’s for this reason that I truly love cooking game – you can make such delicious desserts.

When you make an ooey gooey brownie sundae, you can’t start with just any brownie. You need fresh brownies, preferably thick ones that are heavy. Don’t use the “cake-like brownies” in your recipe – you want the richest ones you can make. Once you have the brownies baking, take them out of the oven just a minute or two before they are well and truly done. You want them to be on the verge of being under baked so that they are extra moist and gooey.

Cut a hefty square of brownie and then dump a large scoop of ice cream on top. Cover with caramel and fudge sauce and top with plenty of whipped cream and cherries. The result is delicious, messy and rich. Yum!

Cooking Games and Dinnertime

Even if you enjoy cooking games, dinner time can be a challenge depending on the time that you normally eat. If, for example, you like to eat dinner early because you have young ones to put to bed, even the best cooking games can’t be done in the fifteen minutes you have to whip something up. You’ll need more time to dice and cut and prepare than you can find on a typical Monday afternoon. The solution to this is to not cook on a Monday night.

Cook on a Sunday instead. Make Sunday your family day to cook and then freeze or put away food items that you can pull out on a moment’s notice to prepare. Grab the casserole dish and reheat it on Monday. Use the crock pot on Tuesday and just dump in the basics before you leave the house. Wednesday is ideal for leftover and Thursday might leave you with the seasoned meat and potato dish you created. It’s hard to make cooking games fit in before dinnertime, but if you’re savvy, you can make it all work beautifully .

Cooking Games and Football

Football season is a great excuse to cook. You can create all sorts of yummy treats during football season that you can’t always get away with during the warmer months. If you like fall cooking games, invite a crowd over for a football game and you’ll be in business. Start with the main dish for the meal – it should be something relatively easy to eat while seated on the couch. Bowls of chili are nice and warm or sandwiches are easy as well. Perhaps create giant sandwiches to cut and share.

Your snacks are the central part of the game, of course. You can start with pretzels and chips, but then expand into things that are more fun for everyone. Pigs in a blanket and different kinds of pastries. Dips are always a huge hit and you can enjoy plenty of cooking games if you start to incorporate all of the fun dessert options as well. Cakes, pies and decorated cookies – there’s something for everyone during football cooking games.