A day of cooking... some successes and a failure.

Our friend was visiting for the night so I was feeling up to planning some delicious things to make for the day.

For breakfast... well, all I ever wanted was a belgium waffle maker.  Everytime we go out to eat for breakfast, I always crave is a belgium waffle.  The fluffy, golden waffle.  It's heaven.  But, I always want something a little more substantial so I end up ordering an egg and bacon sandwich which of course is super delicious, but it leaves me fulfilling a belgium waffle!  And then... I cannot stop thinking about it.  My parents bought us one for Christmas.  If it wasn't obvious enough... it was the perfect gift. 

So... for breakfast... I made belgium waffles.  However, I cheated.  I used a mix from the box.  Sshhh, don't tell.  But, they came out perfect.  With a little sprinkle of powered sugar. It was just like the restaurant with the comfort of my own home.

For lunch... I made pizzas.  I have learned to love homemade pizzas.  They are super easy to make and you have so many options as to what to do with them.  Here's what I did.

I used pillsbury dough.. ok, again... store bought help!  I layed the dough out on the baking sheet.  I brushed some garlic olive oil (some olive oil that my mom bought from a speciality store.  We're just trying to use it up but regular olive oil would be just perfect) onto the dough and sprinkled with garlic powder.  I spread some pizza sauce.  I used san marazano pizza sauce.  I sprinkled mozzeralla cheese and some parm cheese and I added a few slices of the large pepperoni.  THEN.. then, I mixed this parmasean blend with olice oil onto the crust just to add a little extra seasoning.  It was fantastic!  And I came up with this idea all on my own.

Ok.. so now to the failure.  I love the crock pot.  Or should I say that I love the idea of a crock pot.  Wake up in the morning, throw some ingredients in, leave it alone and by dinner you have a fabulous dinner waiting for you...not the mention the delicious smell it brings to your house!  I have tried a few different recipes and each time I am not happy with it.  I found this recipe that sounded like it was a no-fail dinner!  I don't even want to mention much about it because it was such a failure (plus I threw away the recipe so quickly and do not know how to find it!) and even my husband, who absolutly loves to eat every single thing in sight... asked if it was okay to throw away the rest!  The bottom line is that the chicken shredded and was completly dry.  I think I am going to try a soup and if that fails, well, I might just throw it away! 

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Until next time.  XO, the Cooking Foodie