Pie Time

Every Sunday I take a dessert to the in-law's house. This past Sunday I thought. Hmmm.... I've got apples that need to be eaten and some blackberries. How about an Apple Blackberry pie. So I went to my Pinterest folder because I remembered pinning the Pioneer Woman's Dreamy Apple Pie recipe awhile back and wanted to give it a try. I don't usually like apple pie but this one looked real tasty and yep it sure was.

Also, the pie crust was so good. Nice and flaky. Just the way I pie should be.  

So, i'm passing on the recipes to you.

Dreamy Apple Pie (don't you just love the Pioneer Woman... I know I do... she makes some yummy yummy dishes indeed)

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/11/dreamy-apple-pie/

And remember I threw in a carton of blackberries to the apple pie filling and we all enjoyed it!

The flaky pie crust:  http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/12/p-p-p-pie_crust_and_its_p-p-p-perfect/

Zucchini Beef Casserole

What to do with all that zucchini?  

I had a bunch of zucchini's from my co-worker. So I did some online hunting and found this recipe on the Taste of Home website. It is delicious. My husband loved it too! I've made it twice now in the past month. Go ahead... Give it a try. Start shredding that zucchini and polling out the beef from the freezer. I think it's more of a casserole than a pizza which Taste of Home called it.  I did put my two sense into the recipe below as well.

Zucchini Beef Casserole

Ingredients:

4 cups shredded unpeeled zucchini

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 cups (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided

1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided

1 pound ground beef (or ground turkey)

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 can (15 ounces) Italian tomato sauce

1 medium green pepper, chopped

Directions:

Place zucchini in strainer; sprinkle with salt. Let stand for 10

minutes. Squeeze out moisture.

Combine zucchini with the eggs, Parmesan and half of the mozzarella

and cheddar cheeses. Press into greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.

Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20 minutes. And additional 5 minutes on broil.

Meanwhile, cook beef and

onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add

tomato sauce; spoon over zucchini mixture.(remember to turn oven back to 400)

Sprinkle with remaining cheeses; add green pepper. Bake 20 minutes

longer or until heated through. Yield: 6-8 servings.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Zucchini-Pizza-Casserole

Baby shower cupcakes

Oh Pinterest. You have saved my yet again. 

My friend and I were throwing my other friend a baby shower. 

And I said I would make cookies and cupcakes. Well, I turned to pinterest and here's how it went.

These cupcakes were delicious. Loved them.

I would make again for sure!

Thank you normal activities. Link: http://normalactivities.blogspot.com/2012/03/limoncello-cupcakes.html

I also tried a new sugar cookie recipe, Jello Sugar Cookies.  They were good but didn't work well to cut out. Rolled they were yum. And they were bright pink which made it fun because I used raspberry jello. So when I make again (which I probably will because they were nice and chewy, just the way the hubby likes them) i'll roll them in sugar and bake them. Here's the link for the Jello Sugar cookies:

http://www.eat2gather.net/2012/02/food/recipes/i-heart-jell-o-sugar-cookies/

In the end I went with a tried and true sugar cookie recipe. It's my mom's recipe and they were great to cut out and frost.