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I decided to smoke a whole chicken yesterday, early evening. Just a small bird. I don't have a "smoker" but I have a pellet tube and a gas grill. Rather than use pellets in the tube I filled it with wood chips. Mesquite. Moe loved the flavour. He ate the two wings before bed last night and had smoked chicken breast on slices of buttered baguette for breakfast this morning.

Not sure if this was a late lunch or an early dinner. It was late enough that I'm not cooking again tonight. Steak and Frites with a wine sauce and sauteed mushrooms.

Baked baguettes last night. Toasted for breakfast. In the CSO.

@Dave R, I haven't made rye bread recently. Yours looks amazing. I like that you baked it in a pan. I usually just bake on a stone. I'll do a pan version next time. @rotuts, I love the look of your loaves. Started a biga on Saturday morning before leaving for work and made the dough that night. Left in the fridge until yesterday afternoon. Divided into dough for pizza and enough leftover to make four baguettes. Sliced this morning for breakfast. Makes great toast. Really liking the 65% hydration for both the pizza and the baguettes.

Pizza again for dinner last night. Baked in the Ooni. Dough started with a Biga on Saturday and left in the fridge until yesterday afternoon.

Thanks @Dave R

Moe had been asking me to make Jacques Pepin's Chicken Liver pate. I hadn't made it in a while. So I made it this morning before leaving for work. Topped with aspic. Dinner was really easy. Fresh baguette, Pate, local Brie and a dessert wine, very much like a Sauterne.

Moe's breakfast.

By reducing the hydration in my regular baguette recipe from 70/72% down to 65%, I can use the same batch to bake four baguettes and a couple of pizzas. Dough made Tuesday, Pizzas baked Wednesday and baguettes baked Thursday night and sliced this morning for breakfast.

Moe's dinner. Seared scallops (Quadra Island Scallops) from Walcan Seafood Seared in olive oil, cast iron pan and finished with butter, garlic and lemon. Served with a Caprese Salad.

Thanks @Kim Shook, it is definite one of our favourite meals. That was quite the Easter feast you put made. I really like those smaller hams. Thrifty's here has a similar one to Costco that I sometimes buy. Tonight's dinner. Another pizza. Still practicing with the Ooni. Turning the flame down low after launching the pizza. Last night's dinner Greek Lamb Shanks

Monday's dough was the dough that just kept on giving. Since Wednesday I have made five pizzas and Matthew made two calzones. All five pizzas were baked in the Ooni Koda 16. Matt's calzones were baked in the conventional oven. I started with two pizzas on Wednesday. Two more yesterday morning to take to work and one tonight using the last ball of dough. I didn't really want pizza tonight, but I wanted to use up the last ball to see whether it was still good after five days. And it was. The Calzones were also baked today and stuffed with roasted broccoli, three cheeses as well as garlic and herbs. Tonight's pizza was pepperoni and olives. I was kind of on the fence as to whether I would keep the Ooni, but after this week I've decided it is a keeper. Although I must admit, I don't care if I have another pizza for a few weeks.

@mgaretz I hope you feel better soon. I know your soup would certainly make me feel better.

@Dante great looking Nachos. @Duvel, WOW!! Wish I had a shop like that in my area. Diner food tonight. Hot chicken sandwiches from the leftover chicken breast and gravy, with fries and peas.

@Dave R, I would definitely eat your pizza. Like the idea of the spinach and tomato toppings. I still had dough balls left from Monday's batch of pizza dough. Took two of the fridge at 4:00 AM and baked pizzas in the Ooni to take to work. Sausage and Mushroom. Pepperoni and Mushroom

I think I'm getting the hang of the Ooni. Started a biga on Monday morning and made the dough before bed. It went into the fridge until today. Divided the dough into a number of balls. Three at 275 to 300g, one at 450g for Matt (he will bake his in the regular oven tomorrow) and I had enough leftover for a small ball. I kept out one of the 275g balls plus the little one and baked a pepperoni and mushroom pizza for Moe and I to share and a small Pizza Margherita for Matt.

I wasn't hungry Monday night so I made Moe a Caprese Salad with grilled prawns. While I made the salad, the Prawns marinated in garlic, olive oil fresh squeezed lemon juice, salt, pepper and hot red pepper flakes. We haven't had a traditional roast chicken dinner since before the accident. Was craving mashed potatoes and gravy.

Thanks BooBear. Thanks Kim. They were good. Moe loves beans, I should cook them for him more often. Thanks @Duvel I made him pancakes again today. This time topped with mixed berries simmered in maple syrup.

@blue_dolphin, I love all of your breakfasts. One of Moe's breakfast earlier this week. I baked a bone in ham the other day and made Moe a pot of beans with the ham bone. He has had the same thing for breakfast two days in a row and isn't tired of them yet.

Started a Biga Saturday morning and it went into a batch of pizza dough Saturday night. Using the stretch and fold method. Dough was at 65% hydration. Dough went immediately into the fridge for an overnight cold fermentation. Matt took it out of the fridge at 1:00 PM today and I made pizza for dinner. Pepperoni, Mushrooms and Olives. Heated the oven to 950°F at the back of the stone. When the pizza was ready to slide in, I turned the burners down to as low as possible using the hack method. My best attempt yet.

I also made Sausage gravy, but forgot to take a picture.

This makes my mouth water. I don't have elk but I do have some ground pork in the freezer. Need to make this.

I love a beurre blanc sauce. Like the idea of changing up the flavours.

Made the dough for pizza Friday night and left it in the fridge until yesterday. Matt took it out of the fridge around noon so it would be ready to use when I got home around 5:30. Neither Moe or I were very hungry so I made just a small pizza and baked it in the Ooni. Pepperoni, Mushrooms and Olives.

Moe requested a ham and tomato omelette for breakfast. With toasted just out of the oven baguette.