There may be a war breaking out around here soon. I’m not talking about a world war, just a war at my house.
It doesn’t center around who’s done or didn’t do the dishes or who wouldn’t just get out of the car to ask for directions or even who took the last piece of my Smoked Mozzarella Pizza Bread.
No, this is a serious one. And it’s sort of my fault. But maaayyybe, by design.
I’d been threatening to do it for about a year thanks to the dirth of boringness that appeared before my eyeballs. And finally it happened.
A few months ago we cancelled our Direct TV. Okay, they disconnected it.
See, ‘someone’ rented a movie and since I have all of the bills on autopay and my husband gets the email notifications because we don’t get paper statements (because we’re oh-so ‘green’ like that), and I was out of town and wasn’t missing the TV so didn’t really pay heed to his requests to get the dang bill paid, a running tally of about $8 bucks caused our traditional viewing habits to bite the dust.
No more Today Show with their pseudo-journalism and fake friendships to wake up to. No more late-night bantering back at the TV with Dave. And no more Food Network or Real Housewives. Since that was about the extent of my television viewing habits, especially given the lameness that is produced and titled “Must Watch Summer TV”, we decided we’d rather not.
Instead, we signed up for binge-watching every episode Netflix deemed available of Sons of Anarchy, Orange is the New Black, and up to season 3 of Breaking Bad. Oh Walter, how did it all go so incredibly wrong will Jax please grow out his hair for the new season so he doesn’t look like a prep school grad riding a Harley? I mean he’s still as cute as a button and all, but…character acting, please.
My man had agreed it was time to let the Direct TV aka cable go. On one condition: When football season rolled around we would reassess the situation.
He was okay with it until fall because as we all know fall = football = weekend TV watching = blabbing to your friends and people in the grocery store checkout line about who completely screwed the big game last weekend = totally a social ice breaker.
And then there’s the game day spectacle…and Nascar crashes and position jockeying…and the dronings on and on by Dan Patrick and laying blame as a know it all non-professional armchair quarterback. All things beloved by boys who will always be boys.
Ugh. Boys. Did we somehow completely forget about Paula Deen?
Last week we went to our friend’s house to watch the in-state rivalry kick-off football game. I dodged a bullet with that one. Then we were out of town and in the woods for anything that resembled sports watching over Labor Day. Wiping off the brow now.
But here we are with Week One’s journey to the Superbowl, not to mention college football’s fight to the national championships officially at our feet with no live television nor Colin Kaepernick in sight.
I’m just waiting to get called for a penalty by my man in want of his Sports Center. And then there’s me, the cable averting evil genius…
(This whole post is really a test to see if my husband reads these things the whole way through. If you do babe, I’ve got a lucky pigskin for you.)
Smoked Mozzarella Pizza Bread
Ingredients
- 1 round sourdough bread loaf
- ½ cup 1 stick butter
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- ¾ cup Smoked Mozzarella cheese shredded
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese grated
- Marinara sauce for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Sliced a round of sourdough bread lengthwise and then crosswise to about ¼ inch from the bottom of the round.
- Place butter in a microwave safe bowl with oregano and garlic salt and cook for 30 seconds in the microwave. Stir and cook for another 30 seconds. Take out of microwave and drizzle in 1 tablespoon increments into each side of cuts of bread, reserving 1 tablespoon butter.
- Combine the Smoked Mozzarella and Parmesan together and stuff slits of bread with cheese. Drizzle top with remaining tablespoon of butter. Wrap bread round in foil and bake for 30 minutes then open foil and bake for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove from oven and serve immediately with warmed marinara sauce for dipping.
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Um I’m dying over this bread. Like I would fight for that last piece too. Wow, bring this to my house please???
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OH man this bread! Love! We canceled our cable last month. So far so good. Husband is a little sad about college football but really only cares about the Seahawks games and we can watch those. We have been watching lots of Netflix love love love Orange is the New Black and we are now watching House of Cards which I also love. It’s also nice to catch up on older shows I never watched, binge watching Weeds during nap time. Next up: Friday Night Lights.
This post is hilarious for me, because after a 2 year hiatus the hubby and I finally caved and got cable. Like, this week. It was the sports that got us. Because as much as we love binge watching New Girl and old seasons of 24, you can’t stream live sports. Plus, we ran out of ways to subtly invite ourselves over to friend’s houses for every game. :)
Holy cow! Drool! This looks amazing. I want this so bad! I need a gluten free version of this in my life now!
And the next time you need a food tester – I’m available. Anytime.
Oh my, this is a loaf of amazing-ness! New to the site; thanks for the recipe:)
My boyfriend is getting ready to move in with me later this month. At this point, the only channel I can tell you for sure I get (outside of the norms like NBC, ABC, etc) is Food Network. I was informed that we WILL be upgrading the cable.
I think I’m gonna need a few rounds of this bread. Oy.
This is hilarious. I sometimes stick one-liners into my post to see if Paul will read them. And we don’t have cable either – but have the constant back-and-forth as to whether or not to get it back for this sport, or that show. It’s never-ending!
I wish this bread was never-ending. Brilliant, Heidi. Love the smoked mozzarella. (Thanks for linking to my marinara!)
Perfect football food. If you have football on your TV of course ;)
Thanks for linking to my not-foodie giveaway!
This looks incredible, Heidi!
goodness gracious. Cheesy bread… I’m so totally in.
Thank you so much for sharing my life lessons… aged bottled wine or cheap boxed wine… either one can do wonders!
A few things I must have immediately: that gooey cheesy bread. ViralApp from HootSuite so I can stop bugging my followers with a dumping of pins all at once. Better Instagram know-how. Thanks for the great links this week, friend!
Drooling over this bread – that gooey smoked mozzarella looks mouth watering!
So I’m not really a football fan (I know…), but I’d sit through anything for a piece of that bread!!! ANYTHING!
Hahahah! You evil cable genius. My husband has been wanting to do that for a very long time. I just don’t know what I would do without TV. God that sounds bad. Was it hard to just go to Netflix only? I think that my husband might regret the no cable call and miss ESPN… So maybe I could call his bluff and see how this goes. Also, I love that you tested your husband with this post. I sometimes test my friends with posts, it is so evil. I love it!
PS THIS BREAD!!!! I DIE! It is making me want to go back out to the store for a fresh-baked loaf of bread. I would eat this all alone. No shame!
We tried to cancel our cable, but gave up. I admire you for actually going through with it! With Netflix I don’t think you even need anything else. Have you watched House of Cards?
Oh, and this bread? Incredible!
Yes! We watched the first season, can’t wait for the next one. Kevin Spacey is cray-zee.
I want this entire loaf of bread to myself…and I’m not even embarrassed to say it…
Ohhhhhh…the windows in home #1….waaaaaaaant! It’s like being on vacation in your own home. This pizza bread looks amazing, I have a thing for smoked mozzarella, yum!
I know right? Perma view of gorgeous floral, where’s the fauna.
You can watch any show or game you want to at our house if you bring this bread! Love it!
As long as I don’t have to cheer for the Utes. Tell Josh.
Looks great. Talk about the perfect snack
I want to eat bread like this every day. Is that bad?
So many great links here. Annnnnnd this bread look amazing!
I’m not a football person but considering I’m getting cable soon (new apartment in D.C.!) I plan to watch my Real Housewives, Boardwalk Empire, Scandal, Once Upon A Time and Orange is the New Black with this bread in my lap! Looks AMAZING!
Besides smoked mozzarella would be tasty with gouda or habanero cheese..,will have to try!
Looks like I have a few more episodes to add to my list!
Fantastic! Perfect for football season and looks delicious! Pinning!
I am preparing for sport season in Australia, And I think this will be the perfect picking food! How gorgeous is that sauce you have used. Thanks for the simple recipes and get blog links from around the web