FUN FACTS

After Thanksgiving, Super Bowl Sunday is the second-highest eating day for Americans. The Hass Avocado Board predicts that we’ll consume about 100 million pounds of guacamole – and use 14,500 tons of corn chips to scoop it up. (See our fun BLT Guacamole recipe)

Nearly one in eight (13%) Americans order takeout or delivery food for the Super Bowl. The most popular choices are pizza (58%), chicken wings (50%), and subs/ sandwiches (20%). (Check out our recipe for Soy Garlic Ginger Chicken Wings)

According to the National Restaurant Association, pizza restaurants love Super Bowl Sunday – it’s their busiest day of the year, selling twice as many pies as any other day. (…And our recipe for Zucchini Pizza Boats!)

The average Super Bowl watcher consumes 1,200 calories. Potato chips are the top munchie and account for 27 billion calories and 1.8 billion fat grams, or 13,000 NFL offensive linemen at 300 pounds each.

175 baby carrots = 5 oz. nacho cheeseflavored snack chips = 700 celery sticks... each has 700 calories. You’d have to run the length of 123 football fields to burn them off.

According to 7-Eleven, sales of antacids increase by 20% on the day after Super Bowl.

About 2 million cases of beer are sold every year for Super Bowl weekend – which might explain why 6% of Americans call in sick for work the following Monday.

Avocado Chocolate Pudding

Ingredient:

• 2 large avocados, chilled

• 1/2 cup full fat coconut milk (not coconut cream)

• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1/3 cup maple syrup (or honey)

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Peel and remove the pit from the chilled avocados. Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and pulse until smooth. Garnish with chopped hazelnuts and a sprinkle of sea salt. (NOTE: if you still taste avocado, add more cocoa powder or an extra ½ teaspoon of vanilla)

Recipes and photos courtesy of Lisa Bryan, Downshiftology.com