I entered the Pillsbury Monthly Recipe contest and the theme this month was appetizers. My recipe Tuscan Splendor Spinach Braid was chosen out of hundreds of recipes as one of the top ten finalists vying for $2500.00. Plus, you can copy the recipe–it is simple and delicious!
Would you please vote for my recipe tonight or tomorrow. You can vote once every 24 hours so either tonight or tomorrow before noon is your last opportunity to help me. I could win $2500.00 for me and Lily! You do have to register to vote on the Pillsbury site but you do not have to select to receive emails from them. It only takes about two minutes to sign up.
Please help me….$2500.00 will buy a lot of ingredients if I win!
Here is the link to vote: https://generalmills.promo.eprize.com/bakeoff/?WT.ac=HP_Left_Feature_Picture_MonthlyChallenge
*if for some reason the link does not work, go to http://www.pillsbury.com and click on the lower left corner of the page, the Monthly Challenge
Here is the recipe and a (lousy scanned) photo:
And here’s how to make it-so simple and delicious with only a few ingredients:
INGREDIENTS
1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations® refrigerated
seamless dough sheet
1/3 cup refrigerated black olive tapénade (from 7 oz container)
1 box (9 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed to drain
1/2 cup crumbled goat (chèvre) cheese
3/4 cup julienne cut sun dried tomatoes in oil, well drained
1 egg
1 teaspoon water
DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Unroll dough. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press into 12×9-inch rectangle.
2. Spread tapénade in 3-inch wide strip lengthwise down the center of dough leaving 1-inch edge on both ends. Layer spinach evenly over the tapénade. Top with cheese then layer with tomatoes.
3. With scissors or sharp knife, make diagonal cuts 1 inch apart on long sides of dough rectangle to within 1/2 inch of filling. Alternately cross strips diagonally over filling. Turn ends of braid up and press to seal. In small bowl, beat egg with water. Brush over top of braid.
4. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. To serve, cut into slices.
Thank you all for your support and votes!
Good Morning Gloucester 
I actually saw a Pillsbury commercial during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, a cooking segment hosted by Chef Marcel Cocit, that is for almost this exact recipe. He even went so far as to suggest using olive tapenade.
Main difference is he made individual rolls rather than a loaf, and used some pine nuts.
Perhaps you’ve already won?
http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/showrecipe.aspx?rid=47675&tab=recipe
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Or at least on the right track! Thank you so much for the positive energy John! Wow! they are sort of similar, huh? Thank you thank you!
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My pleasure…just signed in to Pillsbury. You got my vote. Good luck!
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Im still voting eveyday for ya .I just hope I can have a little taste of it next time you make it…LOL
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thank you guys! Their voting clock is 24 hours and the voting ends at noon tomorrow so thank you for casting a vote my way!
I think we will have to wait a few weeks to find out the winner but I will be shouting it from the rooftops, right next to Santa Claus if I win!
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