Football Treats: Terren's "Go Pack Go" Fruit Pizza & Potato and Corn Soup

Had a few friends over for the game on Sunday and Terren brought over the a fruit pizza.  But not just any fruit pizza, a Packers fruit pizza...

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Terren's "Go Pack Go" Fruit Pizza
Ingredients:

• 1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
• 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 small container blueberries
• 1 can of chunk pineapple
• 1 Kiwi
• 1 small container strawberries

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease or spray 12-inch pizza pan or 13x9 baking pan with cooking spray. In pan, break up cookie dough; press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust.
2. Bake 16 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
3. In small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Spread mixture over cooled crust. Arrange fruit over cream cheese into a "G" as pictured above.

In addition, I also cooked up a potato soup and Amber brought over some great oven bake bread.  Here's the details on the potato soup.

Yeah, I decorated for X-mas already...get over it.

Potato and Corn Soup

Ingredients:

• 2 TBSP butter or olive oil
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 4 slices bacon, chopped
• 2 TBSP dry sherry or white wine
• 2 large russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch dices
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 tsp table salt
• pepper
• 1 cup milk
• 1 can of corn (12 oz), leave a few for garnish

Directions

1. Heat butter or oil in large saucepan over medium high heat.  Add onions and bacon and saute about 5 minutes.  Make sure bacon looks a little crispy versus rubbery.  Add potatoes and sherry; cook until sherry evaporates, about 30 seconds.
2. Add stock, salt and pepper to taste.  Bring to boil.  Reduce heat to simmer; cover and cook until potatoes are tender, about 15-20 minutes.  
3. Add corn and milk; cook until warm and if the consistency isn't where you would like it, you can always add a little bit of instant mashed potato powder to thicken it up or milk to thin it out.
4. Garnish with a few kernels of corn...or green onions or parsley would look great as well.  Serve with a good artisan bread.