We are bacon-a-holics around here. We eat bacon for breakfast, at lunch, in a pot of beans, and of course with salad.  You know the best thing about bacon? It gets my 3yr old to eat all his eggs in the morning.  For reals!  Because he knows that he’s gonna get bacon but has to eat all his eggs, he gobbles them up to secure that extra piece of bacon. Oh you laugh but I know how picky toddlers can be and I’ll about feeding my family a good, filling breakfast so if I have to use bacon to lure him in, so be it!

Oscar Mayer (one of our most favorite brands around here), wants to help make your Easter tastier and just flat out lovely with their Easter Breakfast Kit that of course, includes some Oscar Mayer Bacon.  One of the things I love about Oscar Mayer is that they partner with Feeding America and if any of you have followed me for any length of time, you know how important that is to me.

Right now, you can get a coupon for $1.50 off a package of bacon.  Take advantage of folks..we could all save a little money when we can.

Now for the giveaway.

TWO WINNERS will receive the following Easter Basket Breakfast Kit:

• Oscar Mayer Bacon Coupons
• $25 Grocery Gift Card
• 12pc Dinnerware set (Striped Eggs)
• Skillet
• Spatula
• Egg Timer
• Bacon Press

All of which, in total, values approx $125.

HOW TO ENTER

Leave a comment here telling me one of your Easter Breakfast Traditions.

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Giveaway ends on March 31st at 10pm CST. Good luck to all who enter!

Disclosure: I received a gift basket myself for my time and efforts. All opinions are my own, always have been, always will be.  Read my full disclosure for my blogging ethics.

And it comes to the end of sandwich week here at My Wooden Spoon but I’m leaving you with a super easy and VERY good sandwich recipe.  This was my absolute fave from Chef John Li and I’m sure it will become one of your favorites as well!

One thing I learned from the trip, is that a sandwich doesn’t have to be just  sliced white bread with sandwich meat. It can be cold or hot, with buns or tortillas, and can include your favorites ingredients other than lettuce and tomato.  Be creative so that the next time you’re serving up sandwiches, you’ll have eyebrows raised and smiles on faces with these not-so typical sandwich recipes!

And don’t forget to give the sandwich recipe I made a try! Roasted Red Peppers and Roast Beef Wrap!

This week’s sandwiches included the French Dip Roast Beef Sandwich with Caramelized Onions and Sweet Spicy Chicken and Bacon Wrap.

Earlier I shared the French Dip Roast Beef Sandwich with Caramelized Onion, today, a wrap.  Wraps are fun way to do sandwiches instead of the same ol’ bread slices and they make for a pretty presentation as well.

This recipe has 3 parts. The spread, the dressing, and the filing.  The dressing can be made ahead of time to save you some time.  Another great recipe by Chef John Li that I hope you guys all enjoy.

Remember, if you try some of these recipes, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comment section!

I’m declaring July 20- July 24 sandwich week here at My Wooden Spoon and will present you with 3 delicious sandwich recipes created by the VERY talented Chef John Li! Chef John Li is a corporate executive chef for Kraft for over 15 years and I had the honor to meet him at my visit to Oscar Mayer.

This entire recipe makes 4 sandwiches which will feed a crew!  Enjoy y’all!

Well, I Ain’t No Rachael Ray!

In early June, I had the chance to attend an Oscar Mayer event and learn about their Deli Fresh Meats.  Not only did we get to visit the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, we had to do was create a sandwich using their Deli Fresh Meats.  I’m probably one of the most uncreative people alive but after 6 sandwich taste-testing sessions with my family, I narrowed it down to a wrap called, Lori Falcon’s Roasted Red Peppers and Roast Beef Wrap. They guys at Oscar Mayer were nice enough to bring in a camera crew to make a video of us making our sandwich, which you can see below. You can see all the videos from the other bloggers at the Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh youtube page.

INGREDIENTS

• Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Slow Roasted Roast Beef
• Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
• Ground Cumin
• Garlic Powder or Clove of Garlic
• Soft Flat Bread
• Avocado, cubed
• Tomato, chopped (and seeded if you like)
• Havarti Cheese
• Red Roasted Peppers
• Lettuce Leaf
• Salt & Pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

Mix the cream cheese, cumin, garlic, and roasted red peppers until well blended.  Spread of a layer of cream cheese mixture over flat bread tortilla.  Place a lettuce leaf on each flat bread tortilla and top with 2-3 slices of roast beef.  Sprinkle evenly with avocado, tomatoes, and cheese.  Starting at one end, roll up each flat bread tortilla so that it looks like a large burrito.  Cut in half and serve 2 pieces on a 6″ plate.

Eat & Enjoy

Enjoy the video.  I’m clearly not made for TV and I would love for the counters to be just a bit taller so that I don’t look near as big!

More to come on sandwiches to get you through the hot Summer!

Just another side dish idea.  We try to cook potatoes in a variety of ways and for everything but mashed, we use red potatoes. Basically you throw all this in a bowl, mix and bake. Pretty simple. I chose to use light dressing and no cheese since I’m trying to lose weight but normally we do add cheese.  Another great variation of this if you don’t like ranch, is to chop up an onion, mix it in, and cover with 1 cubed stick of butter.  Ummm, yeah, not so great on the heart but it sure is good.

The casserole pan is Emile Henry, some of the finest bakeware around. I love the way it cooks and if you have the chance to pick up some pieces for yourself, you should!

Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup Light Kraft Ranch Dressing
• 1/2 cup Kraft Shredded Cheddar Cheese (optional)
• 1/4 cup Oscar Mayer Real Bacon Bits (or real bacon)
• 2 lb. small red potatoes, quartered
• 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
• Salt & Pepper

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix dressing, cheese and bacon bits in large bowl. Add potatoes; toss lightly.  Spoon into lightly greased 13×9-inch baking dish; cover with foil.  Bake 40 min. Remove foil; bake an additional 15 min. or until potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with parsley.

I just came back from an Oscar Mayer event Wisconsin and while the discussion was sandwiches and “brown bagging it” (more on that later), it was Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile that captured my heart.  You’ve seen it on TV and it’s been around for years and years so being able to step inside a piece of history was kinda cool. Of course after that, I couldn’t stop singing the song! And just in case you can almost remember the words, check out this video of the commercial made back in 1965.

And did you hear that whistle at the end?? Maybe you even remember them! They still give those whistles away from the Wienermobile! I got two, one for me and one for me son.

The original 1936 Wienermobile was scrapped for metal back in the World War II days but there is a very old 1953ish model that’s in the Henry Ford Museum. The one I had the privilege to see is a 2004 model and driven by two girls who go cross country and participate in various functions.

It was so much fun being a part of that history and now I can say, I really am an Oscar Mayer Wiener!

It’s great to see the Wienermobile has their own Hotdogger Blog and you can even follow the Wienermobile on twitter!

Do you have any Oscar Mayer memories to share?? I would love to hear them!

I’m sitting at the Dallas/Ft.Worth airport waiting to depart to Wisconsin for a fun Oscar Mayer event!  All who were invited had to create a sandwich using the Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Meat.  My family had a blast taste testing all the different ones I created and I can’t wait to see what the others came up with! 

We’ll also be discussing what brown bagging means to folks these days.  I know that a lot of people carry their lunch to work so I’d love to know what your brown bagging tips are!  I always carry a lunch tote full of eats when we’re gonna be working out on the ranch for a long period of time and even to town for the kiddos to have some snacks but these days, it’s actually an awesomely frugal way to eat in town if you can’t afford to eat out.   

So, please share your ideas, tips and even your creative sandwiches and when I get back, I’ll feature some!  My sandwich used the yummy Roast Beef. 

Sorry for the short post, guess I’ll see ya when I get back!!  If you want to follow me on twitter, I’ll be using the hashtag #oscarmayer