Sidelines

I had to outdo myself today, I had no choice.  Had leftover buttercream icing, you see, a 7 year old's fake birthday happening last Saturday.  You weren't invited.  The oohing and aahing over the best vanilla cupcakes ever made interesting, and a stick of butter combined with 3 oz cream cheese, 3-1/2 cups powdered sugar, a teaspoon vanilla, a quarter cup cream, yes heavy whipped, now we're talking.

Not like to each other, remember the banishment, it's everlasting.  But back to these French Rolls, they're sublime AND amazing.  Plucking my eight hideaway rolls I'd of course snuck in the depths of my freezer...waiting, just waiting for a purpose, a sandwich straight from heaven.

It was of course the French dip, thank God I reserved a package of deli roast beef, easily nabbed off the shelf of a Sam's Club.  So you combine two packs of Zesty Italian dressing mix with a mere 16 ounces of beef broth, an entire jar of pepperoncinis, juice not included...crockpot with roast beef on low until you're all ready to sit down for dinner.

Bake those well-risen French rolls, extras for tonight, some for butter and jam, the rest sneaking their illicit way back into the freezer.  On the side I have crafted Mel's barbecue pasta salad, subbing bacon for the sausage as recommended in her comments.  And tonight we'll ice the rest of today's vanilla cupcakes, with multi-colored buttercream icing, the joy's more than you can fathom.