Healthy Tailgating Food to Make Ahead & Easily Reheat (or Enjoy Cold

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Healthy Tailgating Food Veggie Tray with Sour Cream Dip

Football tailgates aren’t traditionally pillars of health. Of course, all those cheesesteaks and burgers can take a break once in a while. Let’s give a little room for healthy tailgating food that’s still incredibly delicious! Put creative spins on all your favorite tailgate food ideas for a healthier approach. (Your stomach will thank you!) How do you eat healthy at a tailgate? Eating healthy at a tailgate isn’t easy! First, you’ll have so much food around […]

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Choosing a Great Tailgate Table

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Philadelphia Eagles Tailgate Table with Beer and Fireball and Cups

Besides a cooler of beer and food, the tailgate table likely holds the honored spot as next most important piece of your tailgating setup. Tailgating tables answer so many needs at a pregame party! First, there’s a sturdy surface for your flattop grill or other tailgate cooking appliances. Next, folding tables allow you ample space to lay out an impressive crowd-pleasing menu.   Finally, when all’s said and done, let’s be honest, we’re not just here […]

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Tailgating Setup – Everything You Need for a Great Tailgate Layout

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Tailgating setup starts with securing parking spaces together! Great view of Lincoln Financial Field

Last updated on September 12th, 2022 at 08:34 pmWhen you roll up to stadium parking at the crack of dawn, it helps to have an idea how to setup your tailgate party. Sure, you can wing it, but when tailgating, every moment counts before kickoff. Try these tailgating setup tips and layouts! Consider breaking out your tailgating party into zones! You’ll need a spot for food, beer and drinks, seating, and games, at the very least. […]

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Paper Mache Pinata for Epic Football Tailgating

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Tailgating Pinatas - New York Giants Pinata at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field Tailgate Party

Last updated on September 27th, 2022 at 02:38 pmYou haven’t lived until you’ve attended D Lot tailgates at the home of the Philadelphia Eagles… Freezing your butt off tailgating in a bomb cyclone, or took one to the face filming your hubs breaking open a DIY paper mache pinata made by you, exclusively for tailgating! Everybody’s tailgate party is a little different. Some are all about loud music and huge crowds. Others are all about top […]

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Best Super Bowl Drinks to Numb the Pain

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Super Bowl Drinks - Beer in Eagles Pint Glasses with Fan in the Background

Ahh, Eagles. Too bad, so sad. At least I can console myself in the fact that we’ve nabbed a better position for the draft. (In a highly controversial QB pull that I still feel a little woozy over.) But either way, we’re going to need some pretty strong Super Bowl drinks to down our sorrows come February. After the year we’ve had, 2021 feels like a great time for a selection of fun Super Bowl cocktails […]

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Easy Hard Cider Cocktails for Super Bowl & Beyond

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Blake's Hard Cider Lite Strawberry Kiwi - Sangria Cider Cocktail

Last updated on January 22nd, 2021 at 04:15 amSometimes all you really need to enjoy football and the year’s best commercials is a crisp and refreshing hard cider! (Or a few hard cider cocktails!) Step away from the demands of daily life and crack open a cold one. It tastes so good when it hits your lips! Actually, I’m enjoying one right now as I’m writing this, thanks to the very kind and thoughtful folks over […]

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Typical Tailgate Food for Your First Time Tailgating (55 Ideas!)

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Tailgating Philly Cheese Steak in a Red and White Checkered Wrapper

Last updated on January 20th, 2021 at 07:32 amWhether it’s your first time tailgating or even your 100th, some classic tailgate dishes are just meant to be. Check out our list of typical tailgate food to nail down an awesome menu for your next tailgating party. If it’s your first tailgate, you should really check out our Tailgating Checklist post with Essentials for Game Day. It’s the exact list we use before every Philadelphia Eagles tailgate we […]

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#1 Tailgate Breakfast Sandwich Meal Prep Guide

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Breakfast Sandwich Meal Prep Guide - Tray of Breakfast Sandwiches at a Tailgating Party

Last updated on January 6th, 2021 at 05:02 amBreakfast sandwiches are Just. So. Good. They are the staple of tailgating! They’re also our standby Sunday breakfast, along with chocolate-chip pancakes for the kids. When Covid trashed our tailgating fun this year, hubs and I decided to still enjoy some of our favorite foods – like tailgate breakfast sandwiches – on game day. To my great fortune, he’s taken on the breakfast sandwich meal prep entirely by […]

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Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Birthday Memoir

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Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Parade February 8, 2018

Last updated on January 5th, 2021 at 02:55 amAdrenaline. Jubilation. Incredulity. That odd yet so energizing “Is this real life?” feeling… It’s impossible to put into words all the emotions we experienced the year the Philadelphia Eagles went on to win the Super Bowl. We weathered every temperature, sweating it out on opening day, drenched and scorched from the sun. Freezing our asses off in a bomb cyclone tailgate on New Year’s Eve, fighting to get […]

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Triple Crown Breakfast Stromboli Recipe

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Homemade Breakfast Stromboli for Meat Lovers

Last updated on August 4th, 2021 at 10:43 pmThis Breakfast Stromboli Recipe is perfect for those who love a warm and hearty breakfast for tailgating or anytime! This meal is a meat lover’s dream. Breakfast Stromboli features sausage, bacon, and ham, along with egg and cheese, all spiral wrapped in a delicious, thin Italian crust. Hungry yet? My most requested tailgate food item, this Stromboli delights tailgate crowds all season long. By the way, if you […]

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