I am a huge fan of Quiche. The other night I was clueless as to what to make for dinner. I had a bunch of eggs lying around and figured a Quiche would be perfect. Add a little bacon and Swiss and this was going to be a great meal. I used the basic recipe [...]
Dana has been craving pumpkin pie for a couple weeks now. I decided that I should break down and make her one. I wanted to try something different so I found a recipe from Paula Deen that uses cream cheese instead of evaporated milk. I made it and wow! It was awesome. Paula knows what [...]
About a year ago I created personal Tuna Pot Pies. They were delicious. However, I never tackled the most common pot pie out there, the Chicken Pot Pie. So the other day when Dana asked for a chicken pot pie, I knew exactly how to make them. I would make a perfect pot pie sauce [...]
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A couple of weeks ago I received an email from Linda a valued reader, requesting a good key lime pie recipe. I have never made a key lime pie before, but I was all over the challenge. So last weekend I made a bunch of key lime pies. Some were good, some were bad, and [...]
Posted in Fruit, Key Limes, Pies, Recipes Tags: best key lime pie, graham cracker crust, juice, key lime, key lime pie, ultimate pie, whipped cream, zest 4 Comments »I am always trying to expand my repertoire of recipes. The one thing that I do not cook a lot of is fish. Fresh fish is not the first thing you think of when you think of the Nations Capital. So I decided to slowly expand my repertoire with some canned tuna. I know it [...]
Posted in Baking, Pies, Recipes, fish, tuna Tags: individual tuna pot pies, pie crust, tuna, tuna pot pies, Vegetables 5 Comments »Sorry that I missed my post yesterday. I drove from Michigan to DC and it only took 12 hours. I saw multiple car pile-ups and a ton of bad drivers. It was a pretty good Sunday. Unfortunately I was unable to post anything for yesterday. However, today I have a great pie that my Mom [...]
I went to college in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for three years. It was a grand ole time. One of the regional cuisine favorites was the pasty pronounced (Past – EEEE). What is the pasty, well it is a meat pie filled with vegetables. Pretty tasty. My friend worked at a bar called the [...]
I have been overloaded with peaches lately. I guess there are worse things to be overloaded with. So I pulled out the food processor and made a couple of pie crusts. Then I contemplated what kind of peach pie to make. Then I settled on the basic peach pie. Since I have so many peaches, [...]
Posted in Baking, Fruit, Peaches, Pies, Recipes Tags: food processor crust, food processor pie dough, local peach pie, peach pie, Pies 6 Comments »
