**This giveaway is now closed, thanks for all the follows and comments! Holly, Sherry, and Jenny each won a garlic chopper of their very own! (Ladies – check your email for more info!)***
Before I had Little K I remembered friends telling me how your vocabulary, movie catalog, and music presets change so much after you have a baby. Instead of Maroon 5 it’s the Wiggles, instead of damn it’s oh gosh!, instead of Hangover 3 it’s Baby Einstein. I always laughed at their joke, but didn’t quite understand how right they were. I guess I always thought it was a conscious effort to sensor yourself. You stub your toe and rather than swearing like a sailor you look over at that sweet smiling baby and say, “whoops a daisy!” Maybe it starts out like that, until you find yourself saying, “weeeee!” to an empty car. True story.
The other day I was rounding a particularly tight corner and suddenly I heard myself saying, “Weeeeeee!” I cut myself short in bafflement. I didn’t just say that, did I? (When I hit a big bump or round a tight corner, I always tell Little K, “Hold on!” or “Weee!,” even though I have him strapped so tight in that car seat we could probably be off-roading in the Rocky Mountains and he wouldn’t have a clue.) I have a long car ride to get to work each day and my fellow commuters know that you start to have conversations with the radio – “Oh Baloney! It’s gonna be 85 on Monday, in your dreams, punk.” you talk out loud to yourself about your day – “Gotta get that TPS report filed!” – and you even have one-sided conversations with the cars around you – “Ok sweetie, you have plenty of room – just merge already! Mmkay?” But what you do not do is talk in baby voice about the man walking his doggie or how bumpy a ride it is, and you certainly don’t yell out weeee! when you’re coming off an exit ramp!
But I did and I sat there stewing in embarrassment for a minute before I started giggling and said “WEEEEEEEEE!” even louder. I am comfortable with the fact that I’m a Mom through and through now – even when baby isn’t in the car – and, heck, it’s fun to say weeeee! And so, because I want you to say weeee, I am giving away three rolling garlic choppers! The details to enter are at the end of this post.
Garlic Bread
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You guys, how did I not know garlic bread was so easy to make?! I have to admit, I’ve always bought the pre-buttered garlic french loaf from the bakery section of my grocery store, rather than just making it myself. I thought it had to be kind of a pain to prepare and probably wouldn’t taste as good. But it’s yummy and easy. #totalpackage (Recipe here, Simply Recipes.)
Ease to Prepare: 
Why oh why did I think this would be difficult? I can’t explain it. Get out your handy-dandy rolling garlic chopper – if you don’t have one enter to win one below – and chop up zoom up (while screaming weeeeee! like a crazy person) a couple of cloves of garlic. Mix that and some fresh chopped parsley into the butter – spread and bake!
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As I’ve said before, a simple recipe needs simple instructions. And, as usual, Simply Recipes has a picture to go with every step – you know, just in case you forgot what a piece of buttered bread looks like. She also includes a couple of ways to prepare it – one for crispy cheesy bread and another for soft garlicky bread. I used the first method, but skipped the cheese. (Also, I used a cookie sheet and it worked fine. She specifically says not to and instead to use one that can handle high temps. Mine handled it just fine.)
Food: ![five-star]()
If you don’t love garlic bread you need to go to the doctor. Be sure feed some garlic bread to your love so you’re both reeking – that way you’re not blasting him or her out of the room with your stanky breath.
Clean up: ![five-star]()
This is probably the best part of the recipe. You have a teeny bowl to clean up and maybe a knife or two. And, if you used the rolling garlic chopper you just have to give it a quick rinse. I don’t bother soaking it or sending it through the dishwasher. Just rinse off the garlic and dry!
Cost: ![one dollar]()
I don’t know why, but I had it in my head that this would include a lot more than it did. The other great thing is that you can easily swap out ingredients for what you have on hand. I have chives in my garden, and I plan on trying those out in lieu of parsley next time. And instead of Parmesan cheese maybe a little mozzarella!
**This giveaway is now closed, thanks for all the follows and comments! Holly, Sherry, and Jenny each won a garlic chopper of their very own! (Ladies – check your email for more info!)***
Now for the fun part! Leave me a comment telling me one thing to enter to win a rolling garlic chopper of your own! The contest will close on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 at 8am CST. Tell me one thing:
Do you talk to other drivers on the road? Sing in your car? Crack jokes to yourself?If you’re a mom or dad what word(s) are in your vocab now that props up in conversation at unfortunate times? (Mine is probably pooper. #kidding #notreally)How do you prefer your garlic bread? Cheesy? Extra garlic? Crunchy? Or maybe you are a wild one and put something out of the box on your bread? Tell me!!
BONUS! Get up to four extra entries if you:
Like my Facebook page,Follow my Pinterest Krystal cooks. board,Follow me on twitter, orSubscribe to my blog via email/rss reader/Wordpress follow/etc.
Just make sure you come back and leave a separate comment telling me about each follow/like so that you get the extra entries in the contest! Winners will be chosen at random and announced on this post and Facebook next week!
This is not a sponsored post. I have not been compensated by Chef’n – I just really like my garlic roller and want you to have one too!
