House Hunters

On April 19, we spent the day with Josh and Jade. We first started out by going to Vincent's in Phoenix. Vincent is a French chef who owns his own restaurant; the restaurant hosts a "mini fair" that includes food and different vendors selling things like jewelry and homemade jam. Because we can't get together without eating a ton of food, we went there for lunch. Jade and I got pizzas that Vincent made himself in a brick oven. I got the Caesar Chicken Pizza and it was absolutely delicious. It was so good that I craved it for the week after and had to make it at home. Now it won't taste quite the same as if Vincent made it in his brick oven, but here's how I made it...

Caesar Chicken Pizza
1 Pizza Crust (Store-Bought or Package)
Chicken Breast
Fresh Thyme
Mozzarella Cheese
Salt and Pepper
Romaine Lettuce
Croutons
Caesar Dressing (Homemade or Store-Bought, I like the new Kraft Caesar Dressing)

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Cut the chicken breats into bite-sized pieces and cook in a pan with some olive oil or in a George Foreman grill. Put some of the mozzarella cheese on the prepared pizza crust, then top with cooked chicken and fresh thyme. Add more mozzarella cheese and bake according to the pizza crust directions. While the pizza is cooking, make a caesar salad with the romaine lettuce, croutons, and dressing. When the pizza is finished cooking, top with the salad, cut into slices, and serve.

Ryan and Josh got BBQ that was also absolutely delicious. It was tender and the side of potatoes were smothered in cream. Everything tastes better with cream. All the food was so good. After we were finished stuffing our faces, we went antiquing! I love going to antique stores. I was really excited, however, because one of the stores had old doors, windows, banisters, trim, corbels, and tin ceiling tiles. It may sound like trash, but to me it's treasure.
As if that wasn't enough for one day we still had to go see some million dollar homes that Josh's dad built. The first house was about 5-6 million dollars and was amazing. The kitchen was my favorite part as the island was about the size of my own kitchen. Just the island! The refrigerator and freezer were disguised as furniture and the stove had something like 8 burners. And that's not even everything. The second house cost about half as much as the first and was also beautiful. Then we saw Josh's parent's new house and all of its English Cottagish glory.

By that time it was conveniently dinner time. One of Ryan's most favorite places to go is Costa Vida and it happened to be down the road from where we were. And we couldn't finish the day off without homemade ice cream (compliments of Josh and Jade's new Kitchenaid ice cream attachment) and a movie. So the ice cream was a little on the soupy side, but like I said before, everything is better with cream.