Rhodes Blog- Pepperoni Bread

Today I'm over at the Rhodes Bread Blog guest posting.  I made some yummy pepperoni bread.  It's soo easy to make and really good.  We love it for lunch or dinner.  But we really love it when we're watching a football or basketball game on tv.  It's great alone or dipped in marinara sauce or ranch dressing.  I've made it with different meats and lots of different cheeses too. 

It is so versatile.  Just keep a loaf of Rhodes frozen bread dough in your freezer and you can add whatever meats and cheeses you have on hand.

   

Now go thaw a loaf of Rhodes bread and start planning your dinner now.

2011 ReCap

Looking back over the past year, I picked out a few of my favorites from 2011.
It was hard to choose but here's what I came up with.

Oatmeal Carmelitas

These are easy to make.  A crowd-pleaser and I almost always have all the ingredients already in my pantry and fridge.  Or maybe I like them so much, I keep the ingredients on hand.


Cherry Checkerboard Cookies

These were a fun "lady cookie" as I like to say.  They take some time and not the kind of time your teenager would appreciate as they (and their friends) grab them by the handful.  Therefore, a lady cookie.  I made them for my book group the first time.

BLT Pasta Salad

One of our favorites salads when the tomatoes are fresh on the vine. It's a BLT and pasta salad in one!

Lemon Bars

These are definitely one of my favorite treats!  The hubby doesn't care for them as much as I do (He'd rather have chocolate).  So it's best I only make them when I can give most of them away.

Apple Cider Chicken Marinade

This makes The, Most, Moist chicken.  Ever!  The fresh herbs make it soo tasty too.  After making it the first time, I now grill up twice as much chicken as we need because the leftovers get eaten just as fast.

Today I'm over at the Rhodes Bake-N-Serve blog.  I made Cheesy Pesto Bread.  I love it.  Bread and Pesto, two of my favorites things.  The Cheesy Pesto Bread is easy to make and it is very versatile.  You can make it to eat as a pizza, serve it as an appetizer, but I also love it sliced up with soup.  It's definitely soup weather around my neck of the woods.  So bring on the soup and the Rhodes Cheesy Pesto bread.

Head over to the Rhodes Bake-n-Serve blog to see the step by step instructions.  You can be enjoying this great bread for dinner tonight!

Winner!!!

The winner of the Gold Medal White Whole Wheat giveaway is...

Sue

I'm sending you an email and your gift will be on it's way!

Gold Medal Giveaway

Do you use whole wheat flour in your baking?  Would you like to use whole wheat flour more than you already do?  Well Gold Medal is making it easier.  Gold Medal now has White Whole Wheat Flour in the stores and it's great!

Look what Gold Medal sent me to try out their new White Whole Wheat Flour.  One ceramic cookie jar, a coupon for a FREE 5lb bag of White Whole Wheat Flour and a great set of recipe cards that call for whole wheat flour.  All of the recipes look great. I'm still working my way through them all.  But I'll be showing you the Pumpkin-Spice bars in the next few days.  I've been baking with this flour and love it.

Now Gold Medal wants you to try it out th White Whole Wheat Flour for yourself.  They are giving away this same kit to one JuliesfoodLove.com reader.  You just need to enter by midnight on Sunday, October 30th to win.  Winner picked by random.org.   Then Gold Medal will be sending your gift on its way.

The weather is getting colder.  It's time for me to pull out the crockpot.  I usually cook in the crockpot once or twice a week when the weather starts to turn cold.  I know it's a great alternative to heating up the house with the oven in the summer too.  But we tend to do a lot of outdoor grilling in the summer.  So it's slowcooker time around our house.

This is an easy way to cook a pot roast.  We love pot roast sandwiches or add barbecue sauce and make it a bbq beef sandwich.  But this meat is also great on salads or nachos or in burritos.  The leftovers don't last long around my house.  I always have the seasoning on hand and when the meat goes on sale I usually stock up.  That makes this an easy meal.  Just pull the meat out of the freezer one day and throw it in the crockpot the next morning.

Easy Pot Roast for Sandwiches

1 pot roast, my crockpot easily holds a 5-6 pound roast

McCormick's Montreal Seasoning

Oil the inside of your slowcooker.  Place pot roast inside of slowcooker.  Generously season the roast with Montreal Seasoning, usually a few Tablespoons.  The seasoning can get peppery.  If you're not a pepper fan, then go easy.  Cover and cook on high for one hour. Reduce heat to low and cook an additional 6-8 hours.  Try not to lift the lid during the cooking time.  

Here's how it looks before shredding.  See that yummy juice in the bottom? Don't pour it off. It will be absorbed into the meat after you shred it.  Now shred the meat using 2 forks

Serve warm on rolls or bread.

 

*water is not needed, really

*if you don't have the time to cook on high first, that's ok. Just cook on low for 8-10 hours

*For bbq beef, just add the sauce to the meat after shredding. Can heat on low for another 30 minutes. But not necessary

Rhodes Guest Post-Almond Cream Cheese Squares

Today I'm over at the Rhodes Bread Blog posting about Almond Cream Cheese Squares.  It's another great recipe from the Rhodes Home Baked Family Favorites cookbook.  I know you've heard it before, but I Love this cookbook.  Every recipe has a picture, a must for me and cookbooks, and they are so easy to make. Rhodes makes it easy. 

These Almond Cream Cheese Squares are so delicious.  You might just want to take the leftovers to work or you will be tempted to eat the whole pan.