Most ballparks have a surprisingly wide selection of food to choose from. When I was visiting my aunt in Pheonix, we went to Diamondbacks games at Chase Stadium (formerly Bank One Ballpark) and there was a massive concession stand behind home plate that specialized in hot dogs from all 30 baseball teams.

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Despite the selection, all of the food is still ballpark food, prepared in mass quantities and kept warm under heat lamps. After US Cellular Field was caught in a big health code scandal, the thought of eating food from a ballpark makes my skin crawl a little.

When you're at home however, your food options are basically limitless, you can have anything from a steak dinner, to a bag of microwaved popcorn. We all tend to have things that we come back to over and over again, comfort foods that we eat while the game plays. Since the season is starting this weekend, I'm looking for some ideas for meals to make during the season, new foods to try and what have you.

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For my part, I have three favorite foods for baseball, depending on what time the game is, and how much time I have to prepare the meal.

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Meal #1: Bacon-wrapped cheese dogs.

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I used to get these from a hot dog stand not far from where I lived, and now that I've moved I've been making them myself. It usually takes about fifteen minutes from the time I first open the fridge to the time I sit down with the dogs completely finished, so they can be made relatively quickly. I wrap the dogs in raw bacon, roll them in a mix of spices and brown sugar, then fry them together in a large frying pan on medium-high heat until the bacon is crispy. Topped with mustard and cheese, they're good to go.

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Meal #2: Chorizo-rice abomination

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If I'm totally honest with myself, this is one of the least appetizing bowls of food I've ever seen, but it's really delicious. This came about when I was really hungry and had almost nothing to make food with. I cut the chorizo into slices, and browned them in a frying pan before adding quinoa, rice, and bush's hot chili beans I also add a few spices and hot sauce to the concoction. It's rather spicy, so for those of you who don't like spicy food this isn't for you. This takes about half an hour to prepare.

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Meal #3: Baby-back ribs.

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It's taken me a little while, but I think I've finally perfected my baby-back rib recipe. The following is for two to three slabs of pork baby back ribs: Unlike a lot of people, I don't cook the whole slab of ribs at once, I cut them into quarters, four sections with three ribs each. Then I rub each section down with a blend of brown sugar, rosemary, allspice, celery salt, cayenne pepper, garlic salt, and black pepper. I put all the sections together in a large, disposable aluminum tin, then sprinkle more of the rub over the ribs, then about two tablespoons of worcestershire sauce sprinkled over all the ribs. After adding about two and a half cups of water to the pan, I cover the whole thing and put it in the oven at 250 degrees F for five hours. When the five hours are up, each section of ribs goes to the grill, where it is covered in the bbq sauce of your choice and grilled at about 450 degrees F for five minutes. This should produce ribs that are crispy on the outside, but tender enough on the inside to fall off the bone, and totally packed with flavor.

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What are your favorite baseball foods when you're at home? Add recipes and suchlike in the comments.