Getting ready for our Super Bowl Extravaganza!

Having become loyal fans of The Pioneer Woman and The Pioneer Woman Cooks, K and I have planned the food we will contribute to tomorrow's Super Bowl party by trying out a couple of PW's suggested recipes. K has been working hard cooking up a batch of his favorite baked beans in honor of my daddy—lovingly remembered as "O.D."—who made the best baked beans ever! That's all I'm going to say about the food. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves!

K has cooked the beans with the onions and salt pork for a couple of hours and they are now ready to start the baking process.

With the addition of the secret sauce the beans are ready for the oven.

Every now and then the beans are removed from the oven and "drizzled and sprinkled" with molasses and brown sugar.

One last time with the drizzle and sprinkle, the beans are then left to bake forming a nice carmelized crust on the top.

TaDaaaaah! Yummo, Daddy would be so pleased!

This is called Queso Amped-Up . . . made with spicy sausage, cheese, green chiles, along with tomatoes, onions, and Jalapeños . . . served warm with tortilla chips . . . Yummo!

This is a "before" picture of Bacon-Wrapped Crackers . . . but the secret is that there is a teaspoon of parmesan/romano cheese under each piece of bacon.

And here they are after baking for two hours in a 250° oven. Having never had one of these we just had to tried one . . . again —Yummo!

I'm also going to make my friend Mary's famous Artichoke/Crab Spread (made from the crab we trapped at Winchester Bay) to be served with toasted baguette slices.

Go Patriots! (because K was born in New Hampshire) but we wouldn't be real unhappy if the Giants won—so we can watch Eli Manning share the spotlight with his brother winning back to back Super Bowl games—and each being able to wear a Super Bowl ring. Wouldn't that be fun!