The Kitchen Prep: tailgating

If you've popped in from time to time since last year, you may remember a little series I put together called "Tailgate Thursday". It was created out of my love for Fall, football season, fashion, and tailgate food {And cocktails. Let's not leave out the cocktails.}

Every Thursday {or, um, Friday. Or following Monday. Things got busy, ok?}, I'd feature one SEC college football team and create a few recipes fitting for a themed tailgate. My friends Carla & Liz helped me out with the cocktail creations and fashionable game day gear.

It was one of my first "big" blogging projects, meaning it was one of the first times I made a commitment to post on a specific day of the week and work with other bloggers. It was also one of the first times I thought, "Man, this whole blogging thing can be exhausting!"

Guess what happened about half way through my series? I totes ran out of steam.

As a result, I barely cranked out 5 more Thursday posts... and never got around to sharing the 12th and last post of the series, which happened to be dedicated to my beloved Gators!

The shame.

I still have that post in my drafts and I'm putting a few final touches on it so I can finally give it all the fanfare it deserves because...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK!!!

I have no idea why I'm so jazzed about every Saturday for the next 12 weeks being pretty much shot of any chance at productivity. Or about exceeding our monthly entertainment budget throughout Fall {because you can't go watch a football game without buying beer and/or wings}.

Despite the many hours that will be spent not doing things I should be doing, I love it just the same. :)

You know I couldn't let you start college football season without some tailgate goodies... so I've put together a comprehensive list of recipes {organized by team, of course!} to ensure you "kick off" the season deliciously! {Just click the name of the school to head over to the post containing the recipes!}

And for my Gator friends... I promise I'll be sharing that post from the archives very soon!

Happy Football Season, friends!

{And GO GATORS!}