Apple Bread

I've become obsessed with apple bread. I've always loved quick breads, but Zucchini is only in season for a couple of months, I hate bananas, and it's just weird to make pumpkin bread any time other than fall. So I needed a new go to loaf bread for when Zucchini isn't in season and this is it. You know when you get apples at the grocery store and get home to find they're mushy and terrible. Don't throw them out, make this bread!!!

Adapted from: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/apple-bread-2/

Ingredients:
- 3 Cups Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 3 Eggs beaten
- 2/3 Cup White Sugar
- 2/3 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Apple Sauce (I like strawberry flavored. It randomly enhances the apple flavor of the bread. Totally weird.)
- 1/2 Cup Oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups shredded apple (About 3-4 medium apples. If you prefer chunks of stuff in your bread, feel free to chop up apples instead of shredding them.)

Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Whisk together the flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, sugars, apple sauce, oil, and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Add in the shredded apple.
- Spray two loaf pans with PAM and divide the bread batter between them. Bake in preheated oven for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from pans and cool. Serve with a thick slather of butter. MMmmmm.

Blackened Chicken Spice Rub

One of my favorite recipes is Blackened Chicken Alfredo, and this is the recipe I use for my Blackened chicken. Simply apply the rub to the chicken, brown it in a pan, and finish it off in the oven while you make your alfredo.

Blackened Chicken Spice Rub:
- 1 TB Garlic Powder
- 1/2 TB Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Cumin
- 2 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 tsp Cayanne
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 tsp Paprika
- Scant 1/2 tsp Chili Powder

Grilled BBQ Chicken

Quick BBQ Chicken Recipe for the Grill

Marinade:

- 1/3 Cup Oil
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Cumin
- 1/2 tsp Paprika
- 1/4 tsp Cayanne
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 1/2 Cup Water
-  Splash Apple Cider Vinegar (Maybe 1 TB?)

BBQ Sauce (Adapted from the Neeleys):

- 1 Cup Ketchup
- 1/2 Cup Water
- 2 TB Vinegar
- 3 TB Sugar
- 3 TB Brown Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/4 tsp Ground Mustard
- 1 1/2 TB Lemon Juice
- 1 1/2 TB Worchestershire