God blessed us with an unplanned pajama day yesterday as our yard and roads were coated with a thin layer of ice, 5 inches of snow, and a finishing touch of graupple. I usually bustle about on Saturdays, running errands and "making groceries" (that's a term for you, Amandy), but not yesterday . . . pj's and a hoodie, the whole day! A forced day of rest was perfect, because I've battled a dandy cold all week. I would've purchased a whole bottle of DeLuce's Deliquescence, Flavia's Foup Formula had I been able to find it . . . instead I've popped Benadryl and Claritin capsules all week long.

Besides the normal pajama day activities of reading and snoozing, and watching the first three episodes of a new SciFy show called Caprica, Pops and I did a little cooking in the kitchen making a loaf of sausage bread. My co-worker friend, Debbie, shared this recipe with me a few years back . . . I never got around to trying the recipe until a couple of weeks ago.

Sausage Bread
1 loaf of frozen bread dough
turkey sausage
green peppers
diced onion
garlic
grated mozzarella cheese
Italian seasoning
1 whipped egg
Note: no particular measurements given, except for 1 loaf of bread and 1 egg . . . Debbie is one of those cooks like Nana Jane who just adds until it's right!

Spray bread pan with light coat of olive oil and let bread dough thaw for about 5 hours. When the bread is thawed brown ground turkey sausage in pan and set aside. Saute green peppers, diced onion, and diced garlic in a little bit of olive oil. Roll out bread dough to make a pizza like crust. Sprinkle browned turkey sausage, peppers, onion, garlic, and mozzarella cheese on the dough. Sprinkle Italian seasoning over the whole thing. Roll bread dough, pinching the ends of the loaf together as best you can. (Pops was a great helper here, as we loaded our bread roll so much that the goodies were being pushed out of the ends of the loaf as we rolled!) Place roll in bread pan. Brush an egg wash over the loaf. Bake for 25-ish minutes at 350. Let the bread roll cool a little bit before slicing it . . .

We've eaten the bread as is, but we added a marinara sauce as a side-dip yesterday. Mmm . . . so delicious!

Now it's Sunday, and as is usually the case in NC when it snows a bit, our world is at a stand still. Pops and I hit the driveway early this morning to chip away at the ice and snow so as clear a path out to the driveway so that the sun could do it's thing this afternoon. It reminded me of how the plows would clear one lane around the track at the SoHi football field to help with the melting process. It's been awhile since I've thrown snow and chipped ice, and I'm sure that by mid-afternoon, I'll be adding a little Advil to my Claritin regimen. That's alright though . . . I have thoroughly enjoyed this weekend of snow . . . the beauty of God's creation never ceases to be totally amazing!