Today was another lovely fall day, the breeze was awesome, still a little more on the hot side than I like it, but certainly better than the sweltering summer heat. I feel a little guilty that I didn't do more outdoorsy things today it was so beautiful out and I wasted so much of it inside Sigh... It has been a lazy Sunday for all of us, we watched a little nascar, and of course our favorite TV series Once Upon a time came on tonight the second episode in the new season and we watched it.

Now I'm sitting enjoying some crunchy peanut butter on pumpernickel that Hannah brought home for us to enjoy. Tomorrow I plan to make a dip, or fondue, to go with the rest of the loaf but tonight peanut butter on pumpernickel hit the spot. Its a new idea to me, I love a good juicy, drippy, Reuben piled high with corned beef and sour kraut and thousand island dressing and in fact its my go-to menu item when we eat at arby's but I never thought too much about what else you could do with Reuben. That's changed now that my Hannah works at a bread company, and with a loaf in the kitchen it is on my mind. So after discussing it with a friend, I have several ideas thanks to her.

Here are a few of the ideas we tossed around. What do you put on your pumpernickel bread?

Pumpernickel bread ideas

croutons

served (toasted or not toasted) with

Topped With

• Served toasted with flavored olive oil
• buttered with garlic and a touch of salt
• buttered and toasted with Parmesan and garlic
• served with braunschweiger
• served with any liver pate'
• dijon mustard and any deli meat
• ham and and Swiss crostini
• thousand island and Swiss grilled cheese
• thousand island and any cheese grilled
• mayo/Dijon mixture and any cheese toasted

These are just a few ideas and I have not tried most of them, but they are all ideas that I think sound wonderful and I intend to try some of them so check back here for those recipes.

Let me know what you do with pumpernickel the idea of anything but a Reuben with pumpernickel is new to me so I am open to suggestions..

For now though, I have to get back to imagination land, Clarissa and I have a serious game of pretend to get back to.. I am super girl and she is my daddy in this play session.. Fun stuff.. I love this child so much..