Zombie Meatloaf Recipe (& Giveaway) by Bonnie Paulson, author of Falling Apart (Barely Alive Series)

Falling Apart

(Barely Alive #2)

Bonnie R Paulson

Days slip through Paul’s graying fingers. Humanity faces the end. His brother has the virus and is dying, too. 

Paul’s hopes ride on Heather’s genetic code. Her immunity leaves her unchanged and untouchable. What would she see in the zombie he was becoming anyway?

Dominic’s army of infected grows, capturing the south and leaving little alive in its wake. 

While Paul and his friends work on the vaccine, protecting the north becomes protecting the world. Heather is taken hostage and Paul races toward Dominic to save his heart. 

With his time “alive” shortened, Paul must do more than protect the uninfected. He has to get his brother and Heather back to Sandpoint before the zombies find them. Paul needs to survive the upcoming war before he finds himself defecting to the other side and leaving Heather to Dominic’s mercy.

He has three days to get the cure or he might as well find a fire to call home. 

Welcome to the second of three posts I have this week for the Barely Alive series!   Monday - An awesome guest post/character interview with Bonnie and Paul.  Tuesday:  An awesome zombie meatloaf recipe from Bonnie, sure to complete any doomsday themed meal!  And then on Wednesday I will have a review of Mostly Dead, book 3. 

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Thank you again, so much for having me! I have a gluten free recipe today… I don’t need gluten free, but sometimes, it’s just plain fun to see what you can substitute, like when Paul substitutes cow for human.

Zombie Meatloaf – Gluten Free

Half-pound cooked bacon (you can decide crispiness)

Two pounds of lean ground beef

Two eggs

One tablespoon dried parsley

One teaspoon Worcestshire sauce

One teaspoon soy sauce

Half cup ketchup (because this is inevitable in any meatloaf)

One tablespoon brown sugar

Half chopped onion

Directions:

Pre-cook bacon and chop into small pieces – not tiny.

Mix all ingredients including bacon into a bowl. Form on a pan – I use a cookie sheet because it gives the juices somewhere to go besides swarming the loaf. Bake at 350 until cooked through. Note: This makes for a denser meatloaf but doesn’t have gluten and will appeal more to that walking undead you call your mother-in-law ;).

About the Author....
Bonnie R. Paulson mixes her science and medical background with reality and possibilities to make even myths seem likely and give every romance the genetic strength to survive. Bonnie has discovered a dark and twisty turn in her writing that she hopes you enjoy as much as she has enjoyed uncovering it. Dirt biking with her family in the Northwest keeps her sane. 

Facebook

Twitter: @bonnierpaulson

Website

Goodreads: Bonnie R. Paulson 

Amazon links:

Barely Alive

Falling Apart

Mostly Dead

Barnes and Noble links:

Barely Alive

Falling Apart

Zombie Meatloaf Recipe (& Giveaway) by Bonnie Paulson, author of Falling Apart (Barely Alive Series)

Falling Apart

(Barely Alive #2)

Bonnie R Paulson

Days slip through Paul’s graying fingers. Humanity faces the end. His brother has the virus and is dying, too. 

Paul’s hopes ride on Heather’s genetic code. Her immunity leaves her unchanged and untouchable. What would she see in the zombie he was becoming anyway?

Dominic’s army of infected grows, capturing the south and leaving little alive in its wake. 

While Paul and his friends work on the vaccine, protecting the north becomes protecting the world. Heather is taken hostage and Paul races toward Dominic to save his heart. 

With his time “alive” shortened, Paul must do more than protect the uninfected. He has to get his brother and Heather back to Sandpoint before the zombies find them. Paul needs to survive the upcoming war before he finds himself defecting to the other side and leaving Heather to Dominic’s mercy.

He has three days to get the cure or he might as well find a fire to call home. 

Welcome to the second of three posts I have this week for the Barely Alive series!   Monday - An awesome guest post/character interview with Bonnie and Paul.  Tuesday:  An awesome zombie meatloaf recipe from Bonnie, sure to complete any doomsday themed meal!  And then on Wednesday I will have a review of Mostly Dead, book 3. 

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Thank you again, so much for having me! I have a gluten free recipe today… I don’t need gluten free, but sometimes, it’s just plain fun to see what you can substitute, like when Paul substitutes cow for human.

Zombie Meatloaf – Gluten Free

Half-pound cooked bacon (you can decide crispiness)

Two pounds of lean ground beef

Two eggs

One tablespoon dried parsley

One teaspoon Worcestshire sauce

One teaspoon soy sauce

Half cup ketchup (because this is inevitable in any meatloaf)

One tablespoon brown sugar

Half chopped onion

Directions:

Pre-cook bacon and chop into small pieces – not tiny.

Mix all ingredients including bacon into a bowl. Form on a pan – I use a cookie sheet because it gives the juices somewhere to go besides swarming the loaf. Bake at 350 until cooked through. Note: This makes for a denser meatloaf but doesn’t have gluten and will appeal more to that walking undead you call your mother-in-law ;).

About the Author....
Bonnie R. Paulson mixes her science and medical background with reality and possibilities to make even myths seem likely and give every romance the genetic strength to survive. Bonnie has discovered a dark and twisty turn in her writing that she hopes you enjoy as much as she has enjoyed uncovering it. Dirt biking with her family in the Northwest keeps her sane. 

Facebook

Twitter: @bonnierpaulson

Website

Goodreads: Bonnie R. Paulson 

Amazon links:

Barely Alive

Falling Apart

Mostly Dead

Barnes and Noble links:

Barely Alive

Falling Apart

Guest Post/Giveaway - Melting Jane by Lissa Matthews

Melting Jane

Lissa Matthews

 Graham Hall is a twenty-six year old Texan with the job of his dreams. He's just finished his latest travel article and has earned some personal down time. With six months left on his cabin lease in the Colorado Rockies, Graham chooses to stick around and soon finds himself set up with a feisty, down on her luck in the love department candy maker named Jane. Jane hates driving in the mountains in winter and isn't used to being outside the kitchen, but when she arrives at the small isolated cabin and gets a look at it's tenant, she quickly forgets all about that. Jane is tongue-tied and ticked off. She's been tricked. Confrontations, slamming doors, and an extra cheese pizza later, Graham is caught up in Jane's tart tongue and curvy body. She denies her desire for him more times than she can count, and when she finally gives in, she is rewarded with scorching hot sex and a bliss she couldn't have imagined for herself. Graham's persistence and unrelenting pursuit leads Jane to believe that maybe life doesn't have to revolve around chocolate truffles, but rather should revolve around a delicious, well traveled, sexy younger man.

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Red Velvet Cake Truffles 
By Lissa Matthews


Being from the South, I've heard it's sacrilegious that I've never had Red Velvet Cake. Honestly, even though I've read several recipes for it over the years, I've never really thought it sounded all that special. Of course, the cake itself is incredibly gorgeous with it's deep red color and it's white cream cheese frosting. However, while I was in Cincinnati this year at the Lori Foster Reader and Author Get Together, I was sitting around a table with several other authors and when I brought up the fact that I'd never had so much as bite of Red Velvet Cake, wide eyes stared back at me, followed by the very serious suggestions that I MUST try it.


 I haven't yet had a chance to make it, until now, though instead of keeping it as a cake, I decided that bite-sized balls of cake and frosting might be a little more fun. Besides, if I happened to not like it, I won't have to dispose of a whole cake. To be perfectly honest with y'all, they are delicious! With or without the white chocolate coating, they are...yummy! It's a bit messy, time consuming, but wonderful and worth it. Bite-sized bits of happiness. Truffles come in all sorts of flavors and the concentrated sweetness in such small packages are a heavenly way to satisfy a sweet tooth. I know, I can't handle more than one at a time, two if I'm really suffering with need...grins. Such is the nature of Jane and Edward's truffle business in my book, Melting Jane. So, how about I share with you the recipe for Red Velvet Truffles I found at one of my favorite food blogs, The Baker Chick. 


Red Velvet Truffles 
1 box red velvet cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake) 
2 cups cream cheese frosting (recipe below) 
1 package white chocolate bars or melting chocolate 


1. After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl. 
2. Mix thoroughly with cream cheese frosting. (It may be easier to use fingers to mix together, but be warned it will get messy.) 
3. Roll mixture into quarter size balls and lay on cookie sheet. (I used a tablespoon to measure the amount and then rounded it into a ball.) 
4. Chill for several hours. (I froze mine for an hour or so and that was fine.) 
5. Melt chocolate in a metal bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. (don't let the water touch the bowl.) 
6. Roll balls in chocolate and lay on wax paper until firm. (Use a spoon to dip and roll in chocolate and then tap off extra.) 
7. When the first layer has hardened, you can drizzle a little more over the top for decor. Or- you could drizzle a different color of chocolate. Put any sprinkles or decorations on when chocolate is still wet, use more as "glue" if needed. 
8. I made these early and refrigerated them overnight and they were great! 


Cream Cheese Frosting 
Makes 3 cups. I know you only need 2 for the recipe, so try really really hard to find a way to use the rest :) 
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
Directions: In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar. Store leftover frosting in the fridge. 


 I believe I am going to be making more and more Red Velvet treats. Cupcakes, cake, cheesecake, whoopie pies, cookies, etc... I am so glad I took the suggestions to try it.

I will be giving away a copy of Melting Jane to one commentor who answers the question... What is your favorite cake?

Thank you for having me and letting me share a yummy recipe with you. If you wish to find out more about me, please visit me in one or all of the following places: 
Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Goodreads

About the Author....
Living in North Carolina, talented, multi-published author, Lissa Matthews, has many loves in her life: Family, friends, NASCAR, football, music of all kinds, cooking, BDSM, and last, but not least, coffee. She loves it so much, in fact, she and those who know her are surprised she hasn’t floated away on a caffeine-induced cloud while giving life to feisty heroines and hunky heroes.

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Guest Post - Kathleen Grieve - Dating 911 Book Tour

Today we have author Kathleen Grieve visiting to do a guest post! Please give her a warm welcome, and I hope you haven't eaten yet today, because you will definitely want to cook something up after this post!  Yumm!

Go here more information about the book, Dating 911 and for End of Tour Giveaway at CBLS! 

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TIS THE SEASON…

Morning!  In my current release, Dating 911, my heroine bakes when she is frustrated.  The task soothes and calms her.  This has been my experience when I design my cakes which can be seen on my Facebook page.  I thought I’d share a couple of those recipes with you for the holidays!  Hope you’re inspired! 

When my hero Jett is in the same room with my heroine, Roxanne he smells chocolate chip cookies.  You can’t go wrong with the Tollhouse Recipe which is here:

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
• 1 cup chopped nuts

·         Directions

·         PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

PAN COOKIE VARIATION: Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.

SLICE AND BAKE COOKIE VARIATION:
PREPARE dough as above. Divide in half; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Shape each half into 15-inch log; wrap in wax paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.* Preheat oven to 375° F. Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.