Thanksgiving is all about food and football. While the Thanksgiving feast is always filling and delicious, you can't forget about the food during the football. It is important to have some snacks your guests can nibble on while watching the big games of the day. Here are some great and easy recipes you can make to keep your family and friends satisfied while rooting for their team! 

 

 

Cheese Tortellini Salad and Guacamole 

These two recipes actually come from NFL's executive chef, Mark Peyero. The chef shares these recipes with football fans so that they can snack while watching the game and still have room for a big turkey dinner. He gives step-by-step instructions on how to make the delicious sounding cheese tortellini salad and some homemade guacamole as well. Find his recipes here. 

 

 

 

Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs are absolutely delicious and really easy to make! You can make them all sorts of different ways depending on what you like. A personal favorite would be spicy deviled eggs for the more adventurous eaters. Check out this recipe and browse the site for other variations. 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheese Balls

What could be better than a giant ball of cheese? You could be really creative and make a football cheese ball like this one or you could make a turkey cheese ball. Either way, your cheese ball is bound the be delicious and its great for snacking around the T.V. Check out this buzzfeed article here for all the best cheese ball recipes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpkin Dip

What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving and football than with pumpkin. Make this sweet dip and serve it with ginger snaps or gingerbread cookies and your guests will be forever grateful! Take a look at the recipe here.

Be sure to hit up Allrecipes.com for some more great ideas. 

Reach Staff Reporter Giulia Sagramoso here.