Yesterday, I made a chicken/potato/asparagus casserole in the crock pot. (I'd provide the link to the recipe, but the cooking Web site is being fussy.) It actually looked more like a stew than a casserole.
Anyway, it smelled good. It tasted good. However, it didn't look at all appetizing. I blame it on the cream of mushroom soup. I found one that uses soy milk instead of regular milk. It's a smooth milky brown color, which on its own, looks lovely. Unfortunately, mixed with all the other ingredients, it looked awful. I don't think a regular-milk version of the soup would have done any better. They tend to look horribly gloopy even on their own.
At least the carrots and sweet potatoes and asparagus brightened it up. The recipe called for white potatoes, which I don't particularly care for, so I substituted.
Should I decide to make this recipe again, I'll use a different soup - maybe butternut squash or something? And I'd just use onion powder, rather than bothering with chopped onions, as they didn't really add anything to the dish.
In happier news, I got a fresh bag of Kinnell's Mackintosh's Fancy tea in the mail. This is my absolute favorite tea ever. It has the most divine smell just in the bag. The blue and yellow you see in the picture are cornflower and marigold petals, which apparently make more of a difference to the flavor than you'd think they should. It's also incredibly strong. One tea bag can easily make two sizeable cups of tea. I generally get the loose tea version of this.
The Silver Plume Tea Room is the only place in the country that sells it, as far as I know - meaning I have to order it and have it mailed to me. I came across it at the tea shop at Montpelier Mansion in Laurel several years ago, but they don't carry it anymore. Sixteen bucks for 4 ounces! So worth it, though.
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