Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 319

Today's Daily 5:

1. sleeping in, compensating for what has become a routine of late nights and crazy dreams
2. spending the afternoon hanging out with my mom
3. making mango chicken wraps for dinner, with herbs from my garden
4. waking up smiling, thinking about the refreshing time and laughter from house church last night
5. catching up some television viewing online

Chocolate and Berries

A couple weeks ago, while my parents were away, and I was housesitting and had the run of a full-sized, well-equipped kitchen, I decided to do a bit of culinary experimentation.  One of the things I made was chocolate dipped and filled strawberries, and another was chocolate filled raspberries.  They were pretty much fantastic.

I created an improvised double-boiler of sorts, and melted a combination of semi-sweet bakers chocolate and milk chocolate chips, then, after dipping the the cored strawberries, put the remainder of the chocolate into a ziploc bag, cut a corner off the bag, and used it as a piping bag of sorts.  I filled the space created by the removal of the strawberry cores, and the inside of the raspberries with the chocolate mixture, and then put them in the refrigerator for the chocolate to cool and set.  I served them with whipped cream, and they were fabulous!  Totally a treat that I would repeat, though finicky and just a bit time consuming.

Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 318

Today's Daily 5:

1. 3 hours spent quietly bus reading
2. the last piece of string cheese from Wisconsin
3. a berry almond chicken salad from Wendy's for lunch
4. an invitation to share dinner with friends from house church
5. an evening at house church that was refreshing and encouraging in much needed ways