Daring Bakers: Dutch Crunch Bread

Hey friends! I'm sorry it has been so incredibly long since I've posted - I apologize! I have been so swamped with homework it has been ridiculous! And I still am, actually. I have also bought into The Hunger Games craze - read the books, if you haven't. They are phenomenal! I literally cannot put them down.

And Josh Hutcherson + Liam Hemsworth? It's a beautiful thing.

If you've seen the movie, what do you think of it? And do you like Josh better with blonde hair (as Peeta in THG) or with his dark brown hair? I gotta say, I can't decide, although I think I'm leaning towards blonde!

Alright - I shall give you more updates on my life later. For now, check out the bread I made this month with The Daring Bakers!

Sara and Erica of Baking JDs were our March 2012 Daring Baker hostesses. Sara & Erica challenged us to make Dutch Crunch bread, a delicious sandwich bread with a unique, crunchy topping. Sara and Erica also challenged us to create a one of a kind sandwich with our bread! 

There is my beautiful brown rice dutch crunch bread I made! Isn't it pretty? Although I did not take a picture of the sandwich we were required to make (oops), I highly recommend trying this on a tomato sandwich! Simply toast the bread, spread with some mayo, and add sliced tomatoes. Seriously, it's good! 

My bread was a little under-cooked. Oops. I think my loaf pan might have been a little smaller than what was specified, so I needed to cook the bread longer and didn't. Oh well. It was still tasty, although I can't say I absolutely loved this bread. I thought the topping was rather flavorless and the bread kind of...well..boring. I don't know. Wasn't a huge fan. Which is why I will not be posting the recipe. If you are interested, go look up the recipe for yourself!

Speaking of bread...

Hah. Okay. I'm done with Hunger Games references....for now :)

Much love,

WIAW #23: Procrastination & The Hunger Games

Welcome to another week of WIAW! 

At first, I was not going to participate in WIAW this week - I have been so absorbed in reading The Hunger Games before the movie comes out this Friday (and getting sunburned in the process, I might add...) that I have been severely procrastinating on my homework all day today. Well, hey, at least I finished the first book in the series in two days, right? That's a pretty big accomplishment. And it was so good! I literally could not put it down. And then, when I told myself to do homework, I picked up the second book and began reading. 

Uhg. 

So, seriously - I have to go do homework. But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to WIAW with my other blogger friends :)

The other thing I've been realizing recently is how much I'm blessed. I have so many product reviews coming up, and I literally could live off of the food in my dorm room for weeks. I have been. Every time I try to gobble up all my food, piles more miraculously appear. It's ridiculous. But I'm so blessed to be able to do this, and to live this way! I've also realized that I've been neglecting God a little lot recently, and I need to stop that. I need to get myself back on track. Last night, when my mind was still preoccupied with The Hunger Games, I opened my Bible to this passage:

Psalm 71. There were two parts in this passage I really needed to hear: Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go, and deliver me, O my God, from the hands of the wicked. That is what stuck with me. I need to get myself together and be the better person I know I can be. 

On to this weeks eats!

{breakfasts} Love Grown granola with yogurt & banana, granola with almond butter, honey, & vanilla flax milk {lunches} tofurky sandwiches with mustard, carrots & hummus, fresh fruit {dinners} pesto rice & steamed carrots, portobella mushroom fajitas {snacks} peanut butter, apple sauce, m&ms

On a side note, wanna see some cute pictures? 

Stuart & my puppy, Piper

My puppy, Piper! In a tutu :) So cute!

That's all she wrote, folks! Time to do homework....maybe :) 

Much love,