I’m a football fan, but not for the reasons most other people are football fans.

Sure, I was raised in a football-loving home (Go Bills!), but as a kid, when your family throws gameday parties, all you know is that there’s going to be some damn good food available to nibble when no one is looking.

Chips with dips, bite-sized everything, everything under the sun off the grill, and – in my house at least – Easy Slow Cooker Chili! It was usually made to top off the footlong franks everyone was gobbling down during halftime, but I always chose to settle down with a warm bowl in my room, away from the shouting and cheering.

To this day, when I’m invited to a football party, I’m always hoping to see a crock full of chili among the other tasty food on the table… [Read more…]