PRESS RELEASE – Easy-to-Tackle Recipes For Pleasing Football-Sized Appetites

Easy-to-Tackle Recipes For Pleasing Football-Sized Appetites

Ready, set, hike! Football playoff season is here! From the Fiesta Bowl to the Super Bowl, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) has put together a Bowl Frenzy Recipe Resource with easy-to-tackle recipes perfect for pleasing football-sized appetites.

Score big with your football fans by serving up a delicious spread including
- Fiesta Wraps;
- Half Time Skins;
- Idaho® Potato and Chicken Gumbo;
- And more!

Even better, Idaho® potatoes are a low-calorie, nutrient-packed addition to any meal.

- One Idaho® potato has 26 grams of carbohydrates. Superior athletes like Olympians and football players need at least 60-70% of their diets to be comprised of complex carbohydrates like those found in potatoes. With the added benefits of vitamin C, fiber and potassium, could there be a more perfect food for an athlete?

- Each 5.3 oz Idaho® potato is only 110 calories, contains zero fat and cholesterol, and is packed with nutrients including 45% daily value of vitamin C, nearly two times as much potassium as a banana, fiber, protein, vitamin B6 and complex carbohydrates. At about 25 cents per potato, that’s a lot of nutritional bang for your buck – and even better, your quarter!

- Feeling anxious about the big game? Eating potatoes can actually calm you when you’re feeling stressed because potatoes and other carbohydrate-rich foods contain serotonin, a chemical in the brain that regulates mood.

- Idaho® potatoes can make you smarter! Studies have shown that foods high in carbohydrates encourage greater mental clarity.

Appetizing Football Facts

The average American eats 126 pounds of potatoes a year. It would take 5,704 pounds of Idaho® potatoes to fuel a football team & staff for one football season. (Of course, this does not account for football-sized appetites.)

The 2009 Idaho® potato harvest produced nearly 13 billion pounds of spuds. That’s enough potatoes to fill one football field nearly 500 times! (360’ L x 160’ W x 10’ H)

One Idaho® potato has 26 grams of carbohydrates. Superior athletes like Olympians and football players need at least 60-70% of their diets to be comprised of complex carbohydrates like those found in potatoes. With the added benefits of vitamin C, fiber and potassium, could there be a more perfect food for an athlete?

Each 5.3 oz Idaho® potato is only 110 calories, contains zero fat and cholesterol, and is packed with nutrients including 45% daily value of vitamin C, nearly two times as much potassium as a banana, fiber, protein, vitamin B6 and complex carbohydrates. At about 25 cents per potato, that’s a lot of nutritional bang for your buck – and even better, your quarter!

Feeling anxious about the big game? Eating potatoes can actually calm you when you’re feeling stressed because potatoes and other carbohydrate-rich foods contain serotonin, a chemical in the brain that regulates mood.
Idaho® potatoes can make you smarter! Studies have shown that foods high in carbohydrates encourage greater mental clarity.