Happy Opening Day Eve!
The Cardinals home opener at Busch Stadium is tomorrow, but we decided to have our traditional ballpark dinner a day early. We started with nachos:
The main course was hot dogs and brats, with lots of toppings…my favorite is still the Chicago dog!
We had the same dessert as last year…a homemade cookie cake with Schnucks Cardinals ice cream on the side:
Hopefully this will be a good season!
We spent all winter staring out the window waiting for this day to arrive…the day of the St. Louis Cardinals home opener!
We had our usual Opening Day feast, with a minor twist. I decided to make my German recipe for the month, Sauerkrautkuchen, as an appetizer…I figured the sauerkraut gave it baseball vibes, at least for those of us who like kraut on our brats! Of course we also had our traditional Opening Day nachos, too:
For dinner we had hot dogs and brats, and Fitz’s Cardinal Cream soda. I always have to have a Chicago-style dog on Opening Day.
This year, instead of buying a Cardinals cookie cake, I made my own! I served it with Cherry Cardinals Crunch ice cream from Schnucks:
For me, fashion is always an important part of a celebration…I haven’t worn this particular jersey on Opening Day for a few years, so it was time. I paired it with my Cardinals necklace and earrings, plus my Loungefly (not pictured).
Now we just have to wait and see how the game turns out…there was a rain delay, so they got started late, but they’re winning as of right now!
Today was the St. Louis Cardinals home opener…and they won! We had our annual Opening Day feast, and it was a little bit familiar and a little bit different. We decided that this year, we would skip our usual Chicago style dogs and brats and instead try recipes featuring “Sonic’s Signature Chili” from Sonic the Hedgehog: The Official Cookbook. We had “The Perfect Chili Dog,” which was topped with chili (of course), shredded cheddar, chopped onions, and mustard. Next was “A Rival’s Chili Dog,” topped with chili (again), and a simple slaw. Both were delicious!
We also tried a (red) drink from the Sonic cookbook: “Knuckles’s Fruit Punch” which was light and refreshing (and yes, I chose blue swizzle sticks so we could pretend they were Sonic’s quills!).
I let Schnucks take care of dessert, with a giant cookie cake from their bakery and Cherry Cardinals Crunch ice cream!
We didn’t have nachos or pretzels this year…we really didn’t have time to enjoy eating them with how busy today was. But we really enjoyed trying some new recipes, and even if the menu was slightly different, the vibe was the same!
Yesterday was Major League Baseball’s Opening Day, and the Cardinals opened the season at Busch Stadium. It was an exciting day…Jordan Walker, the 20-year-old rookie who just got the call to the Big Leagues, not only started the game but got a hit in his first at-bat. Tyler O’Neill hit a home run for the fourth consecutive Opening Day, which tied a Major League record. We got our first look at our new catcher, Willson Contreras. Adam Freaking Wainwright sung the National Anthem before the game! But it was also bittersweet…how strange was it so see an Opening Day without Yadier Molina behind the plate? Wainwright, who should have been our starting pitcher, instead started the season on the injured list. Speaking of injuries, our brand new catcher took a 103 mph wild pitch to the knee. And in the end, despite scoring nine runs, we still lost (I think our pitching needs some work!). So it was a fun day, as always, but it didn’t quite go the way we had expected. That didn’t stop us from enjoying our traditional Opening Day feast, starting with a new addition of Cardinals sugar cookies that turned out surprisingly well, even though decorating cookies is not the thing I’m best at (I blame my poor handwriting skills for that!):
We had ballpark-style nachos as an appetizer…no matter how good they are, though, they’re just not the same as eating nachos at Busch Stadium!
For dinner, we had Chicago-style hot dogs and brats. They stopped selling neon relish in our area (the nerve!), but Ryan stopped at a new Chicago-style restaurant nearby, and they kindly gave him a cup of relish. Too bad I forgot all about the onions I chopped, though!
For dessert, we had ice cream sundaes, and I even got out the dish we got at Busch Stadium last summer:
I love Opening Day…it’s like baseball Christmas, and something I look forward to every year!
Chickadee is, of course, excited about the Cardinals Opening Day, but she’s also excited about finally getting to wear the Elsa baseball jersey she got for her birthday…it kind of took its time getting to her, so she hasn’t had a chance until today!
Yesterday was one of the funnest days of the year…Major League Baseball’s Opening Day! And the Cardinals got to start their season at home with a win in Baseball Heaven. Chickadee and I were very excited!
As usual, we had a special Opening Day dinner. We started with the traditional ballpark appetizer of nachos:
Hot dogs and brats were the star of the meal…with root beer, of course!
For dessert, I decided to put in a little extra effort…I made baseball cake pops!
This is going to be such a special season for the Cards, with Yadi, Waino, and Albert riding off into the sunset together. It’s just the beginning of our fairytale ending…I can’t wait to see how it all unfolds!
Today is Opening Day at Busch Stadium!
And a bonus picture from yesterday…at the dentist after a cleaning and still no cavities!
If you had told me at the beginning of the year that we would be celebrating baseball’s Opening Day at the end of July, I wouldn’t have believed you, but here we are. Like so many other things this year, our Opening Day dinner was a bit scaled back, but we still enjoyed some favorites like nachos, Chicago-style hot dogs, and brats, and Chickadee is, as always, ready to cheer on the Cardinals!
It’s that time of year again…today, the Cardinals returned to Busch Stadium for their home opener! I made sure we had the ingredients for all of our baseball favorites on hand for tonight’s dinner…pretzels with cheese sauce, stuff for hot dogs (including the chili and Chicago-style variety), brats, nacho fixin’s (I finally bought a container of Matt Carpenter’s Mojo Salsa at Schnucks!), and “Baseball Cakes” for dessert, in both the day game and night game flavors:
It’s always a fun meal to put together, and everybody’s dinner ends up being a little bit different:
It’s too early to say whether or not the Cards will have their first Busch Stadium win of the 2019 season today or not, but it’s been a fun day, and it’s #TimetoFly!
Baseball is back in St. Louis!
After what has seemed like a never-ending winter (that still isn’t over!), today’s Cardinals home opener came as a bright spot in an endless sea of grey. We had our traditional Opening Day dinner of hot dogs, brats, pretzels, and nachos, with special baseball cupcakes for dessert. All the fixin’s for Chicago-style hot dogs, chili dogs, and brats are quite a sight!
As always, I also took a picture of the Fab Five in their Cardinals gear:
Happy Baseball Day St. Louis!