I got to admit…I am not a fan of football.

It’s probably the only sport I never followed much growing up. Instead living in Northern Canada I spent many winter days yelling “car!” while playing street hockey in bone chilling temperatures.

But I am a fan of food who likes to stay fit, so I still like to celebrate Super Bowl Sunday and cook up some game day guy grub that’s tastes great but is also a little healthier than the traditional gut busting snacks.

Of course an all-time favorite that packs a nutritional punch is Chili. But Chili is usually on our weekly menu anyway so I wanted to use SuperBowl Sunday to try another tasty treat but with a Dad Fitness twist.

Can you say Super Bowl without thinking, WINGS!

So here are 3 Tips for Wicked Wings that cuts the fat and sugar from your normal pub grub wings that are usually battered, deep fried and drowned in sugar laden sauce that will send your pancreas into insulin overdrive.

1. Baked Is Better- Baking the wings in the oven or even grilling them removes a lot of the grease from the skin and avoids adding even more fat by frying them in oil.

2. Spice Not Sugar- Avoid drowning your wings in sugary bbq sauce and use fresh herbs and spices to bring them to life and create fiery flavors.

3. Ditch the Dressing- Stay away from the Ranch and Blue Cheese dressings for dips and opt for Fat-Free Sour Cream or even Plain Yogurt to cooldown your palette after going heavy on the hot sauce.

Baked Parmesan Garlic Chicken Wings

Just the name alone is enough to make you drool over your football jersey…

Serves 4

1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt (1/2 tsp table salt)
2 1/2 pounds chicken wings
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (or melted butter)
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
2 garlic cloves, finely minced
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt (like Lawry’s)
*Fat Free Sour Cream or Plan Yogurt for dipping

1. Preheat oven to 425F. In a small bowl, mix together the oregano, rosemary, cumin and salt. Lay the chicken wings on a baking sheet and season the chicken wings with this mixture.

2. Bake the chicken wings for 45 minutes. While the chicken is baking, mix together the oil, fresh basil, garlic, parmesan cheese and seasoning salt.

3. When the chicken is cooked through, toss the wings with the garlic, cheese and oil.

These wings maybe lower in calories but they make up for it in FLAVOR!

For more recipes like this get my Manly Meals In Minutes Dad Fitness Cookbook at http://www.DadFitness.com

Give these a try and let me know how you like them by posting a comment below…

This article was written by Sean Barker.