Another post today! (And still one more to follow - busy weekend)
This past week found me in the kitchen a couple of times. My daughter's fiance, Calvin had a birthday last week and I offered to make his birthday "cake". Calvin isn't really a "cake" eater so instead I made him a lemon meringue pie from scratch. I'm getting into whole foods and doing my own making and I'm enjoying myself - kind of going back to my roots and doing things the way I used to do them many years ago. Feels good. Here are some pictures of the pie:
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| Cooking the Lemon |
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| added to the baked pie shell |
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| Meringue is spread on pie |
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| Ready to eat! |
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This is the recipe I used from allrecipes.com
I forgot to add the butter - but I've never used
butter in Lemon Meringue and it came out just fine
without it. |
Earlier in the week, I made up some strawberry rhubarb jam. I had to buy the strawberries but the good news is that they are fresh and plentiful right now. The rhubarb I grow myself and it's looking good although it's been a very dry spring here in upstate NY. A few pictures:
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| Freshly cleaned and cut fruit ready to cook. |
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| Cooking enough to release juices |
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| Adding sugar - I think 4 cups in my case |
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| Continue cooking to melt sugar and juices together |
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| See the bubbling? That's the foam starting this needs to be skimmed off |
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| This is what "skimmed foam" looks like - discard it |
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| Cook a little more - keep stirring |
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I turn the heat of and stir in a little nutmeg, cinnamon (not shown) and
a teaspoon of my homemade vanilla |
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| ready to refrigerate and enjoy |
I'm enjoying this with my morning greek yogurt and granola - a tablespoon of this mixed in is oh so very good!
I hope that you are living a life that is full of the things that make you happy. k
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