Cheesy Jalapeno Dutch Oven Bread #GayLeaMom

Ever since I bought my dutch oven I've been wanting to bake bread in it.  I had pinned some recipes but just never got around to it.  When I picked up a pack of Ivanhoe Monterey Jack with Red Bell and Jalapeno Peppers I knew what I was going to do with it!  I love freshly baked bread and it has been too long since I made some.  Baking bread requires a lot of time waiting for the dough to rise so a no knead Dutch Oven Bread was a perfect choice because you mix up the dough the night before, let it rise overnight and then bake the next day it in your Dutch Oven...how easy is that?

Quick and Easy Salsa

I have seen this recipe for Restaurant Style Salsa on a bunch of different blogs.  I've never given it a try because it calls for Rotel and you can't get Rotel in Canada.  One weekend my brother was heading to the  States with his family so I asked him to pick some up for me.  This salsa is extremely quick to make and tastes great.  I used it in some Spicy Bean Burritos.  I also made some Baked Garlic Pita Chips and we dipped them in the salsa.  If you can't get Rotel, substitute 1 14 oz can of tomatoes and 1 can of green chillies for the Rotel.  I haven't tried this but I've read online that it's a good substitution.  most recipes for this salsa that I saw makes a huge batch.  This recipe I got from Mountain Mama Cooks and it made a reasonable amount.

Mexican Pizza

After making Light Whole Wheat Baguette I had some dough sitting in the fridge I wanted to use up and I didn't want to make more bread.  I had read this dough can be used for pizza dough so I decided to give it a try.  I had read on a couple blogs about Mexican Pizza and have been wanting to give try it.  My pizza was very light on cheese.  I would prefer much more.  One time I put a little extra cheese on the pizza and Hasan took a couple of bites and stopped saying he didn't like it.  So to make sure he would eat it I went easy on the cheese.  He also has another condition that the cheese must be yellow. Once I tried to put mozzarella and he didn't eat it because it wasn't yellow.

Baked Jalapeno Poppers

Updated: October 9, 2011
I made these again this week and I wanted to update the picture.  The one below is not any reflection of how yummy they were.  I've updated the recipe too.  I think I had a typo for the cayenne pepper because it was way too much.  The jalapenos from my garden were very small and this recipe makes enough for about 22 small jalapenos

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I know...I know...my picture for these sucks.  This is what happens during Iftar time.  There is no time to take good pictures.  I wanted them to be done right when it was time to break our fast so they would be nice and hot.  On top of it Bilal was running around, tripped and landed on his face.  He started crying so I had to drop everything and make sure he was okay.  By that time it was time to break our fast so picture taking time was over.

It is so hard do anything when Bilal is awake.  He is constantly climbing on the sofa and starts jumping up and down.  I'm always so scared he is going to fall and get hurt.  But I had to post this recipe despite the horrible picture.  These were so good.  I had planted jalapenos in the backyard.  Hasan and I had picked a bunch in the afternoon.  I thought it would be a great idea to try Jalapeno Poppers.  I Googled some recipes and I didn't have all the ingredients for any of them so I came up with this.