Whether you are a Patriots Fan or rooting for Philly, everyone has to eat! Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest food day of the year, next to Thanksgiving… or so I have heard…

Here is a rundown via http://www.pursuitist.com ®

8 million: Total pounds of popcorn consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.

28 million: Pounds of potato chips consumed.

53.5 million: Pounds of avocados consumed.

222,792: Number of football fields worth of farmland to grow all that
corn, potatoes, and avocados.

11.8: Depth, in feet, of guacamole consumed if it were spread across the football field.

293,000: Number of miles of potato chips, laid end to end, consumed during the game.

1 billion: Number of chicken wings consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.

325.5 million: Gallons of beer drank by Americans that day.

493: Number of Olympic-sized swimming pools that could be filled with all that beer.

20%: Increase in ant-acid sales the Monday after the game.

Okay that last one…. made me giggle

I don’t see nuts on that list…. but I know their number has to be high too…..I have had this recipe for a long time so , in honor of America..and the great game …. this is for y’all !!

INGREDIENTS

1 egg white
1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
3 cups nuts of any kind. I used Peanuts, Cashews and Pecans
½ cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons McCormick Ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Course Ground Black Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees. Spray the bottom of a 9×13 Casserole Dish with cooking spray. In a bowl, add the egg white and vanilla until frothy.
Add the egg mix to the mixed nuts and fold until coated. ( I add the pecans after the first few folds, I don’t want them to break so I go a bit easy on them)
In another bowl mix your brown sugar and cinnamon. Add to the nuts and fold until coated. Spread the nuts evenly in your pan.
Bake for 50-60 minutes.
Stir every 10 minutes until golden.
Remove from oven and Spread out on a flat surface to cool, immediately sprinkle with salt and pepper while still hot.
Store in an air tight container.