Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This post is sponsored  by Adagio Teas .  I received complimentary product for the purpose of review . All opinions are mine alone.   I received a care package from my contact at  Adagio Teas ,* and was excited to receive a limited release herbal tea called Bella Luna Blue . Only available during a blue moon, this is on their website right now; it will not be available again until August 2023. I'll talk more about it, but the color is stunning and the flavor is beguiling. Bella Luna Blue This is a blend of lemongrass, blueberry flavor, and blue butterfly pea flowers. It's that latter ingredient that gives this tisane its brilliant blue hue. Blue butterfly pea flower is not only brightly colored, but it changes color when pH changes. You can see that in this post: Color-Changing Nam Dok Anchan (Butterfly Pea Flower Lemonade) ; and it always makes me feel a little bit like a culinary magician or a kitchen witch! I toyed with different recipe ideas for this herbal tea a...

This post is sponsored  by Adagio Teas .  I received complimentary product for the purpose of review . All opinions are mine alone. I received a care package from my contact at  Adagio Teas ,* and was excited to see a special Valentines' Day blend. I haven't always liked this holiday, but that is a story for another day. Cupid's Cup is a special edition blend. So special, in fact, that I couldn't locate it for sale on their website. It appears to only be a free gift if you order over $49 of other tea products. With the quality and variety of Adagio teas, that isn't tough. It's a blend of rose hips, hibiscus, dried apple, sprinkles, rose petals, and dried strawberry. So, it isn't actually a tea since there aren't any tea leaves in it. Still, it brews a beautiful tisane and smells delightful. I decided to fold it into a tea-flecked sugar cookie for a tea-time treat. Ingredients  Sugar Cookies 2-3/4 C flour 1 t baking powder ...

This post is sponsored  by Adagio Teas .  I received complimentary product for the purpose of review . All opinions are mine alone. I have already posted two recipes using the  Wicked Teas Sampler Set   from  Adagio Teas ,* but they were both sweets and I wanted to feature at least one savory recipe with Adagio's Limited Edition Wicked Teas that features six Halloween themed teas packaged in spooky metal tins. This recipe uses their Bat Brew, a blend of black tea, cinnamon bark, ginger root, cocoa nibs, chocolate chips, and edible confetti.  Yes, it's a fun little mix whose eye-candy appeal isn't really highlighted in this recipe. But the flavors are decidedly Fall and Halloween-y. I love it! You can make this with any black tea blend that you like. I hope you'll try it. Ingredients serves 4 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs olive oil for drizzling Brine 1/4 C salt 1 T organic granulated sugar 2 C water 2 T tea ...

This post is sponsored  by Adagio Teas .  I received complimentary product for the purpose of review . All opinions are mine alone. Here's another recipe inspired by the  Wicked Teas Sampler Set   I received from  Adagio Teas .* Their Limited Edition Wicked Teas features six Halloween themed teas packaged in spooky metal tins, including this one - Cat Scratch. Cat Scratch is a black tea with cinnamon pieces, cocoa nibs, and some confetti sprinkles thrown in for good measure. The caramel notes in the tea made me think of cookies and I decided to finally give an eggless cookie a try. One of D's good friends is allergic to eggs. So, whenever I bring cookies for the robotics team, he always asks, "Mrs. Mann, those have eggs, right?" Yes. I'm sorry! I've been reading about different substitutes for eggs and thought that the chia seed option might work for these as it already has black stir-ins. So, I whipped up a batch and Jake took the container in when...

This post is sponsored  by Masters Teas and Adagio Teas .  I received complimentary product for the purpose of review . All opinions are mine alone. You can read about how I ended up with some samples from  Adagio Teas  of their new line:  Masters Teas * . Head over to my first tasting -  Tai Ping Hou Kui + Dried White Mulberries . This time we brewed their Ma Liu Mi tea. The boys were curious about the description of "monkey-picked," asking if it was really picked by monkeys. I didn't know, so I did some research. The origin of 'Monkey Picked' oolong tea dates to the early 18th century, when this varietal of tea plant was discovered in the Anxi county of Fujian province. Legend has it that monkeys were trained by monks to pick the choicest leaves from wild tea trees growing in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian Province. So, no, it isn't really picked by monkeys; but 'monkey-picked' refers to oolong tea of the highest quality. Unlike the T...