Whiskey Cheese Dip

And a football food round-up of recipes to inspire your Super Bowl party.

Whiskey Cheese, recipe and photo by me, Anna Vocino

TL; DR: Do NOT order beer cheese at a bar. Make Whiskey Cheese at home. Meditate. Investing in EHK is closing in two weeks. Buy Eat Happy Kitchen sauces in a store and get $2 per jar from my Venmo account. Salt Dust.

Happies, I am so behind on everything I need to get done to run a business, still accommodate my voice over clients, create content (including turning in a book draft soon), sit on the board of a non-profit whose big gala event is less than a month away, launch the first annual Corkscrew Comedy Festival in my area, and oh…be a wife, mom, friend, human support to those in my network.

I cannot seem to catch a breath, and I committed to doing 365 days of meditation. Lemme tell you, that goal has been majorly challenged by my inbox screaming at me to do all the things.

Then I realized, I can’t NOT meditate.

There are too many things to do, and they all feel equally as urgent.

So what I’ve learned is to SHUT OFF my brain for 10 minutes (ok, maybe “pause” is a better word), close my eyes, and take a few breaths.

THEN, decide what needs to get done from a place of having chilled for a hot 10 minutes.

Let’s talk BIDNIZZZZ!

INVEST IN EAT HAPPY KITCHEN (CLOSING SOON):

There are only two weeks left to invest in Eat Happy Kitchen!! This opportunity will be closed forever on 2/24/2025. Since starting our raise, we have been able to launch into Amazon, pre-launch our cheese bites, re-package our spices into tins for a late spring launch, and the big news:

We’re doubling our store count as Kroger is bringing us into 477 stores (King Soopers, Fred Meyers, QFC, Ralph’s, Fry’s, and Smith’s).

Let’s GOOOOOOO!!!!

SALT DUST AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!

There are 50 canisters of Salt Dust available on our Amazon page, and we are sending them 300 more this week. While we have to price the canisters $1 higher than how we price them at our site, Amazon is a great way to try out the Salt Dust without having to pay shipping (if you are a Prime member).

I’VE GOT MONEY BURNING A HOLE IN MY VENMO POCKET…

We cannot sell our sauces online for another week while we transfer our 3PL warehouse from TN to PA.

So go here to see which grocery store near you carries our pasta sauces. Pickup a jar (or many), and email me your receipt and Venmo account, and I’ll send you $2 per jar until I run out of Venmo cash or until 2/15/2025.

OK, here’s the round up of football party food, and let’s be honest, the second most important part of this newsletter (The first being the recipe for Whiskey Cheese, which combines our two favorite things: liquor and casomorphin).

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And now for the Whiskey Cheese. Simple to make, easy to eat.

I’m always in search of the most indulgent football party food I can invent, and this one might be in the top 5. It’s a rich dip, to say the least.

As always, here’s the downloadable, printable PDF of this recipe.

Enjoy!!

WHISKEY CHEESE

(Yields 2 cups)

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 1/2 cup diced onion

• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder

• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 4 cups fresh grated extra-sharp cheddar cheese, brought to room temperature

• 3 tablespoons cream cheese, brought to room temperature

• 1/4 cup whole milk

• 1 tablespoon diced jalapeño, plus extra for garnish

• 2-3 tablespoons whiskey, to taste

Stove Top instructions:

Heat the olive oil in a nonstick sauce pan brought to medium high heat until shimmering. Cook the diced onion until soft. Add the onion powder, garlic powder, and salt until aromatic and the onion starts to brown. Turn the heat to medium and add the shredded cheddar, cream cheese, and milk and melt them, stirring often so the cheese does not harden or burn. Fold in the diced jalapeño. Stir in whiskey, 1 tablespoon at a time, to taste. Garnish with additional chopped jalapeño. Serve immediately with cut veggies or Rosemary Thyme Pita chips from Eat Happy Too.

Slow Cooker Instructions:
If you have a mini slow cooker, soften the onions in a stove top sauté pan per instructions above, then pour the onions and remaining ingredients into the slow cooker and cook on low for one hour until melted. Stir thoroughly and garnish with additional chopped jalapeño before serving.