The Ultimate Food & Fashion Guide For Your Holiday Bowl Game Entertaining
- Lifestyle
- December 11, 2025
Right now most of us are in the throws of celebrating the Holidays- gifting, decorating and merriment. Looking forward, this month has 500 or so Football Bowl Games. If you live with or are close friends of a fan- we have you. Hosting a watch party or guesting, we created this Food & Fashion Guide to elevate your Holiday Bowl Game experience. Let’s face it, during the game, you can always open your laptop and nab the after holiday sales too. So who’s the winner now!
The Ultimate Food & Fashion Guide for Holiday Bowl Game Entertaining
Today we are sharing a roundup of menu ideas that are crowd pleasers and also outfit ideas that are stylish and comfortable. Let’s take a peek.
The Ultimate Food Guide
Here are some menu ideas that are easy, crowd pleasing and are also perfect for grazing during the game.
Beef Stew | Salad | Crusty Bread | Apple Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream
Beef Stew is a great choice to serve for this time of year. Make it in a crock pot or on the stove and keep it warm in a crock pot. Make ahead items let you enjoy the game too. We all have our favorite beef stew recipes, however, we found some if you are looking for a new one. Click here for Ina Garten’s and here for Delish’s. To complete the menu add a salad and crusty bread. Salad ideas here and here. Below we have a collection of cookware and serving pieces for this menu. Click on any item for more information.
Sliders | Veggie Tray | Warm Spinach & Artichoke Dip | Cookies | Brownies
Serving Ham and Cheese Sliders is always a hit with a game crowd. Make these ahead of time and make more than you think you need, trust us. Bev makes an additional tray of Turkey and Cheese sliders-same recipe substitute turkey for the ham- so easy. Recipes are here and here. Round out the menu with a veggie tray that has a dill dip and a hummus dip. Also add a Warm Spinach and Artichoke Dip- recipe here with a basket of crackers- here. A tray of cookies and brownies and your bowl game party menu will be the real winner. Additionally, here are Bev’s favorite cookie recipe here and brownie recipe here.
Click on any photo below for more details and information on the serving pieces and bakeware we have also included.
Ultimate Fashion Guide For Your Holiday Bowl Game Entertaining
Whether you are the hostess, the guest or attending a game we have some outfit ideas that are certainly stylish and comfortable.
Hostess Outfit Style Inspiration
Earrings | Blouse | Purse | Jeans | Belt | Ballet Flats
This outfit is stylish for hosting and will be comfortable all day. The jeans are the rag&bone Miramar Wide-Leg Track Pants– a soft cotton terry fabric that looks like denim. Then paired with this Madewell Shirt, you could wear this alone or throw on your favorite team’s sweater. Click on any photo below for more information.
Warm and Chic Game Day Outfit Inspiration
Earrings | Sweater | Coat | Scarf | Bootie | Jeans | Belt | Tote
We love olive paired with denim and this Sweater and Coat combination is one reason why. The Dolce Vita Arya Bootie is stylish and also comfortable. This is especially important when your footwear is worn for many hours.
Click on any photo below for more details and information.
Casual Game Day Outfit Inspiration
1/2 Zip | Earrings | Jacket | Pants | Top | Pants&Top | Bracelet | Purse | Purse | Shoe | Sneaker
We found these great outfits that are comfortable enough for lounging while watching any bowl game and elevated enough for guests. The Rhone 1/2 zip and trouser and the OGL set with the high waist straight leg pant and the split hem top are perfect for staying comfy and warm. Click on any photo for more information and details.
We hope this food and fashion guide provides you with ideas and inspiration. Having a game plan for any holiday event this season, will let you enjoy each celebration. As always, thank you for joining us here!
Bev and Val
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