Recipes

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Cherry- Blueberry Pie..

We eat dinner with my parents on Sunday's after church. She made this pie for us and it was yummy, so I am sharing it with you...

2- 9 inch refrigerated pie crust
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoon cornstarch
1 can cherry pie filling
1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
1 egg white
1 teas. water
2 teas. sugar


Preheat over to 425, prepare pie crust per package. In a large bowl combine the sugar and cornstarch. Add pie filling and blueberries mix well  and pour into crust. Top with second crust and seal edges and cut off excess. Cut slits into pie. In a small bowl combine the egg white and water, beat with fork and brush over pie. Sprinkle sugar all over pie and cover edges with foil bake for 45 to 55 minutes. Take off foil and back the last 10 minutes to brown edges. Cool 2 hours before serving..


Thought of the day..


Many things are opened by mistake, but none so frequently as the mouth...

Coming Monday...


Cherry- Blueberry Pie
Thought of the day

Daddy's garden progress..

Growing good now...

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Sausage Dip..

We have spent the day with a friend of ours at a jack and jill baby shower. We did some four wheeling and some serious yummy eating.. This a a sausage that we had at the party..

1 lb sausage cooked and drained
2 8 oz blocks of cream cheese
1 can rotel

Drain and cook sausage. Place all ingredients in a crock pot and let cook until cream cheese is melted, stir all together and enjoy with some tortilla chips.. If you need a bigger portion for more people just double the recipe..



Thought of the day...


"It takes a very secure person to listen to criticism with an open mind."

Coming Sunday..


Sausage Dip
Thought of the day

Friday, May 31, 2013

Thought of the day...


Life is a gift. Never forget to enjoy and bask in every moment you are in.....

Hummus..

This is some good stuff. It is very budget friendly and yummy.  It is great for parties as a appetizer or just for a quick snack.

1 clove garlic
1/4 cup tahini (sesame paste)
1/2 teas. cumin
juice of one lemon
1 15 oz can chickpeas (garbanzos)
2 tablespoon olive oil
water for adjusting consistency
salt and pepper to taste


In a food processor puree the garlic, tahini, cumin and lemon juice. Add chickpeas and olive oil and puree until smooth. Add water to desired consistency add salt and pepper to taste.  Dig in..


Coming Saturday..

Hummus
Thought of the day

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Plum Cake


I love all kinds of fruit especially in the summer. So I try to finds recipes using these while they are in season. This is a yummy cake.

3 eggs
1/2 cup butter softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teas. lemon zest
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teas. baking powder
1 1/4 cups plums, pitted and sliced


Preheat oven to 375. Grease a tube pan. Separate the eggs, in a small bowl beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Set to the side.  In a large bowl cream the butter with the sugar, beat in the egg yolks. Stir together the flour and baking powder then beat the flour mixture into the creamed mixture. Gently fold in the egg whites. Spread the batter evenly into the tube pan. The batter layer will be thin. Arrange the plums onto of the batter. Bake for 40m minutes or until cake test done. Place on cooling rack and enjoy..