Baseball's league championships underway: schedule of games and easy recipe for game-watching munchies

The NLCS is underway and the ALCS starts tonight (Monday) Even though the Cardinals are not in it, Cardinals fans can enjoy the games with some great snacks.

Here’s the schedule for the games and how to watch them.

NLCS

Brewers (1) vs. Dodgers (2)

Schedule

Game 1 (at MIL): Sunday, Oct. 11 on FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One
Game 2 (at MIL): Monday, Oct. 12 on FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One
Game 3 (at LAD): Wednesday, Oct. 14 on FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One
Game 4 (at LAD): Thursday, Oct. 15 on FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One
Game 5 (at LAD, if necessary): Friday, Oct. 16 on FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One
Game 6 (at MIL, if necessary): Sunday, Oct. 18 on FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One
Game 7 (at MIL, if necessary): Monday, Oct. 19 on FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One

ALCS

Rays (1) vs. Guardians (2)

Schedule

Game 1 (at TB): Monday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas
Game 2 (at TB): Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas
Game 3 (at CLE): Thursday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas
Game 4 (at CLE): Friday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas
Game 5 (at CLE, if necessary): Saturday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas
Game 6 (at TB, if necessary): Monday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas
Game 7 (at TB, if necessary): Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas

The photo at the top of the page shows a snack your family and friends will love to eat. Our friend, Becky Hardin, who runs “The Cookie Rookie” website shares the recipe.

“This copycat recipe for homemade Gardetto’s is an easy way to make a delicious snack mix for your family or parties,” says Becky Hardin, “Homemade Gardetto’s snack mix is a savory, crunchy blend of mini pretzels, rye chips and cereal tossed in a flavorful seasoning.

“It’s my favorite salty spicy snack mix and even my kids love it. Whether hosting a movie night or holiday parties, my copycat Gardetto’s Recipe is always a crowd-pleaser.”

Ingredients

6 cups Chex cereal rice and corn work well
3 ounces Grissini Torinesi thin breadsticks broken into 2-inch pieces (1 package)
2 cups itty bitty minis pretzels
½ cup butter (1 stick)
1 ounce ranch seasoning store-bought or homemade
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon hot sauce
½ teaspoon seasoning salt
1½ tablespoons garlic powder
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups Gardetto’s Special Request Rye Chip

Instructions

- Preheat oven to 300°F. Since this recipe requires two baking sheets, set one oven rack to upper middle and one to lower middle.

- In a large mixing bowl, combine cereal, breadsticks, and pretzels.
  
  6 cups Chex cereal,3 ounces Grissini Torinesi thin breadsticks,2 cups itty bitty minis pretzels
- In a small saucepan, over medium heat, combine butter, dry ranch dip, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, seasoning salt, garlic powder, and black pepper. Whisk well and cook until butter melts. Remove from the heat.
  
  ½ cup butter,1 ounce ranch seasoning ,¼ cup Worcestershire sauce,1 tablespoon hot sauce,½ teaspoon seasoning salt,1½ tablespoons garlic powder,¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Stir well and pour butter mixture over the cereal mixture. Stir until all dry ingredients are thoroughly coated.
- Spread half of the cereal mixture, in an even layer, onto a baking sheet. Pour the remaining half over the second baking sheet.
- Place baking sheets in the oven and bake for a total of 30 minutes. After 15 minutes, add half the Gardetto’s Rye Chips to each tray and stir.
  
  2 cups Gardetto’s Special Request Rye Chips
- Rotate the baking sheets, top-to-bottom and front-to-back. Bake another 15 minutes. If the cereal isn’t crispy, bake another 5-15 minutes.