"Me" time. No Knead Bread Re-visited

I don't know what happened this quarter, but I haven't seem to be able to stay in one place during the weekend. I guess this is what makes my life exciting, but.... I am so exhausted. I eat out on weekdays, I eat out on weekends, my suitcase is constantly packed and unpacked.. and re-packed... I haven't had time to just sit and relax in my wonderful apartment and just contemplate life. Yes. I really do that. I need my personal time away from everything. I want the world to go on around me.. while I just sit and stare into dream land.... haha or something like that....  Well, since it's a 3 day weekend, I went out the first few days (Had a wonderful LA type day on Saturday... watched my Bruins play bball... had some Sprinkles.. and enjoyed some shopping... man I miss my carefree LA life) and took the remainder to have some nice "me" time... what does that involve? A crapload of cleaning..... and well I'm still not done.... there's just so much to clean... since I really only come back to my apartment to sleep... so... nothing has really been picked or cleaned up for WEEKS.... It is as disgusting as it sounds, and I am so ashamed of it....

One of the things I did this weekend was revisit one of my favorite bread recipe.... I'm going to my friend's birthday dinner tonight to end my 3 day weekend... at an all you can eat place Korean bbq place (MY FAV) .. so I wanted a light snack for lunch. This bread was planned well in advanced though.. more like... waking up at 1 am the night before... and mixing up the dough... I really missed making this bread.. it is a magical recipe... and so incredibly simple. I always have to ask myself the question... Where will I be in 10 hours? .... ( or any later hour) ... and then ask the questions... Where will I be in 12 hours? ... and 13 hours? Sadly, for most days, I don't have time for that.... or that my schedule is so packed/ I'm so tired, the last thing I want to do is hang around my kitchen for a few hours... so yes, this holiday weekend... the perfect time frame for this bread... ( last time I made this bread was Memorial day weekend... can't believe it's been that long!.. part of me still happily remembers that weekend like it was yesterday... I just can't get rid of those fond memories :( )

So here it is... my light lunch. Paired with ruined wine. So let me get into the story of my ruined wine..sss. I put my wine bottles next to my stove.... if that doesn't raise a red flag.... then I'll tell you... it should. I've started to enjoy all sorts of wines in the past year... I don't know how I developed a taste of it.. but I did. I just like winding down my day or week... with a small glass of cab... or.. pinot noir... well.. heat + wine = death! ... I'll say that again... HEAT + WINE = DEATH!!! I learned the hard way... goodbye my 3 opened bottles of red wine.... I think the white wine one is fine... it was shielded by my reds.... time to hit up bev mo's wine sale.... I know... what an excuse right?

So cheers to the upcoming week... it's going to be a short one.... BUT... a great one.... Fillings, crowns, root canal, exam, hospital dentistry, and ending the week with my all-time favorite... dentures.. I'll probably sneak in a hair cut, and maybe a graduation picture somewhere.... I'll be in lab late for the next few nights... looking forward to rocking out to country music and getting these things done! Also... I'm looking at next weekend already..... nothing planned as of yet... but that typically changes in an instance. I might need another "me" weekend again... :)

For my previous posting on this bread click this link! 

http://skinnyminhy.blogspot.com/2012/05/no-knead-bread-25-hours-later.html

What I did differently.... added rosemary/ italian seasoning, didn't wait the whole 25 hours... only waited 10 hours before working with it (results are surprisingly similar!) !!! used a combo of flour and cornmeal on parchment paper when it was rising, I didn't lose half of it like last time ( on a terry towel) ... I measured the temp of the bread after baked because it always looks under cooked when I slice it.. ( I don't wait for it to cool down because I'm so inpatient with these things!) ... Internal temp was 205 degrees... I read that a temp around 200 is when the bread is good to go!