Tea!

From the left: Teavana Black Currant, Raspberry Sangria, Rose Marzipan Delight, Adagio Raspberry Patch with Oolong #8, and Teavana Thai Tea Blend. In the cup: Adagio Raspberry Patch with some Orange Pekoe tea.

Crockpot Chicken

Yesterday morning at 6:15am, I put a whole chicken in my crockpot, shook some dried herbs (basil, rosemary, garlic powder, and a seasoned salt mix that contains peppers, among other things) and turned it on low. (I added no water, because everything I read said the chicken would create its own juice.)

12 hours later, I came home to a wonderfully smelling house, a tender chicken, and a yummy supper.

The top was a bit dry. I think a bit of olive oil brushed on top at the beginning might help this; I'm going to try it next time.

But I will definitely do this again.

Barbeque chicken pizza and calzones

This was my first attempt at calzones. Obviously they didn't really work, but at least all the filling didn't escape. I ate the pizza for supper, so we'll see how the calzones taste for lunch tomorrow.

Oolong Tea

After much taste-testing, I have discovered that I really like Oolong Tea. And no, not just because the name is fun to say--Oooooolong--but because the taste is smooth and as close to my normal tea as I can get.

My normal tea is Lipton. Regular, plain old tea. Nothing fancy, nothing flavored, just tea. The tea you get in many restaurants (well, maybe not Lipton, but Orange Pekoe/Pekoe Cut black tea.)

I've tried just plain Ceylon, I've tried Darjeeling, and just about everything else, but Oolong is my favorite so far in plain teas. Which is nice, because I ordered a bigger tin of it from Adagio.

I also ordered tea from Teavana, and both boxes arrived on the same day! Wow.

Hmm.

The pizza tastes like wood-fired pizza. It definitely has a different taste than pizza on a pizza stone! I wonder why that is?

Bread and Pizza

If I ever had to go wheat free, I think I would die.

Today's bread:

This is my 'enriched' white bread. (Enriched means eggs and olive oil added.) It's quite yummy.

Pizza on a griddle.
I read about this on a website, and decided to try it with the larger griddle. I haven't eaten the pizza yet, but the crust came out very nice.

There is one more bread coming--the enriched white bread with poppyseeds, basil, oregano, and rosemary.

Bread Failure

Well, my rice wine isn't good for bread. I used it instead of water yesterday in a loaf of what was supposed to be Oatmeal/Ginger/Cinnamon bread and... ick. Just ick. I won't do that again.

It tastes so terrible that I might just make the rest of it into vinegar after all. But we'll see.

Today, I'm making a more sedate loaf, just enriched white bread (with white whole wheat flour) and I'll be making pizza dough later on, for supper.