Sunday Funday!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Same ole same ole here again today.  Hope that this post at least finds you all safe.

Added a couple more rows on to my Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt.  Found these two clowns sleeping on it so gave up for a while....

Made a Strawberry Pie with a butter crust with kiddo this afternoon:

Read a bit and watched a little tele this evening.  Very rare that I watch tele...now remember why I don't watch it🤣

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there🙏

Kathy

More Pumpkin....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Last night I baked the pumpkin so that I could have pumpkin for making pies today.  I ended up with 12+ cups of pumpkin mash so I decided to start using it up.

First off was breakfast where we had pumpkin oatmeal pancakes topped off with fresh raspberries and maple syrup.  Yum:

After breakfast it was time to prepare pie crusts for the pumpkin pie that I am taking to Thanksgiving Dinner this evening.

I discovered that I had no butter in the freezer.  No vegetable shortening either.....so.....I decided to use canola oil that of course I do have to make pie crust:

Filled with the pumpkin pie filling and off to bake:

Surprisingly enough these crusts turned out amazing!  I will definitely be making this substitution again 😼

Dinner was being hosted by my neighbour and since I did not have a hostess gift other than the pie.....I made a Thank You card:

Dinner was fabulous and I think turkey brain has homesteaded as I am super tired and it is not even late. 😴🛌

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Weekend.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Sew Bee It!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

😀

I made macaroni and cheese for lunch but forgot to take a picture before it was dug into.  I also baked a rhubarb streusel pie.  It was delicious!!!😋

The Pillowcase that I made this afternoon.  I love the Canadiana theme that is this fabric.  🍁

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Grateful

Good Evening Internet Friends!

My blog title for this evening sums up how I feel this evening.  

It is the Thanksgiving Day Weekend and my family and I were dinner guests at a friends home.  

I made pumpkin streusel pie with cinnamon whipped cream (yes it was delicious):

I dropped off a quilt top at my local long arm quilter....now to see if it ever gets finished and or returned.....not too attached to the quilt if it does not come back:

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Happy Easter

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter and ate way toooo much!

Yesterday kiddo and I had an awesome day travelling Alberta!  We stopped at a couple of quilt shops and picked up a few treasures including some awesome plush minky for a couple of my quilts.

We had lunch at Perkins because I wanted coconut cream pie!  It was fabulous as usual!

This afternoon I started Easter Dinner and took a nap while the turkey roasted.

After dinner I did a bit of knitting and finished my September 2015 box from Yarn Crush:

I think I just might make another pair of these toe up socks.  Never thought I would say that, but I LOVED this pattern and how once I finally got it how quickly these came together.  ☺

Now, since I am still tired from my 21 hour day I am going to hop off to bed!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Pie Day!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Happy Pie Day everyone.  I hope you all got to enjoy a pie or two of pie today!

In honor of pie day I made pie to take to take to work.  My son's school was doing a pie fundraiser so he got to have pie at school.

I made 2 pies yesterday; apple and strawberry.  My son and I made both of the fillings!

Here are our pies:

For the crust I used the Butter Pastry recipe from my Butter Baked Goods cook book.  The pastry is DELICIOUS!  OMG.  Seriously.  I did also purchase their newest cook book a few weeks back but have not had time to make anything from it.  Maybe this weekend???

Wishing you the best Pie Day Ever, and 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Awful Waffle Sunday ☺

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Everyday I feel a little better and talking daily with my Grandma and hearing her progress makes me feel better today.

Today I even felt bright enough about the world to get up early and make Cranberry Waffles (I still have lots of fresh cranberries left from the big bag I bought at Costco just before Thanksgiving):

YUMMY!

This afternoon the whole family went for a bike ride through the River Valley Trails:

My son's riding has improved as he is now able to get up some of the hills that earlier in the spring he could not! ☺

When we got home I baked one of the pumpkins from my garden and then made pumpkin pie:

I love the taste of homemade pumpkin pie!

After dinner it was dog walk time and then I got the bright idea that I should give the puppy a bath. OMG I think I need my head examined....

Here is puppy earlier in the day.  He literally grows overnight!

Now off to do a little knitting before bed.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Merry Christmas Vacation Day 6!

Merry Christmas Internet Friends.  I hope that everyone had a wonderful day.

My son had us up by 0730 this morning to open stockings and presents.  I think he was a little worried that Santa would not find us since we were away from home.  

The view outside was beautiful this morning:

Looking back somehow a lot of time today was spent either cooking or baking.  We had pancakes for breakfast:

With Maple Syrup and canned sliced peaches these were FABULOUS!

After lunch I made two pumpkin pies using pumpkin I had frozen in the fall:

After the pies were out of the oven my son and I went ice skating while my husband stayed to cook the turkey.  When we got back I made cranberry sauce to go along with the turkey and all the fixings.  The cranberry sauce was delicious as usual but I forgot to take a picture of it before it became leftovers.

Here is how I make my cranberry sauce:

1 bag of fresh cranberries rinsed

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup orange juice

1/2 cup water

Mix all ingredients in a saucepan and cook until boiling and the cranberries burst and the sauce is the thickness that you desire it to be,

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and hope your day was full of wonderful memories and food.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.  I hope this day is a happy day for everyone.

Last week at Save-On-Foods (not my default grocery store) I found these:

I thought this would be the perfect thing for my son to make dessert for today's feast.

Well, we followed the directions and sure enough we have the best smelling and tasting (we sampled one of the tarts) pie and 24 tarts. Served with vanilla bean ice cream this will be top drawer as my son would say!

Happy Thanksgiving and 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Strawberry Adventure # 2

After making the Strawberry Shortcake, we got a little more adventurous today with out strawberry baking.

Today we made Strawberry Pie!

I forgot to take a picture with the whipped cream on top before dinner, but you will just have to trust me, it was DELICIOUS!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Look! It's Pie.

 I washed my new pie plate late last night, and then I decided that rather than put it away in the baking pan drawer, I should use it.

So, that is exactly what I did!  I defrosted the last of the pie dough I had squirreled away in the freezer, and I now present you:

Raspberry Pie!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Pie Plate from the Past

I'm beginning to think that old age is catching up with me (even though my Wii Fit age is 27) this year.  Everything seems to take longer to accomplish, and sometimes, I am just too lazy to do the simplest things, like today's project.

Last August the day before we left for our last of summer vacation and what we call our "Shopping Cross the Border" (click on the link and listen to the lyrics - they're awesome) trip, my son and I went to Brenda's Paint Pot, and I started this:

It's a pie dish of which I decided should be in a gingham print.  It took forever to do this part, and my son finished his painting and started to "help" me.  Now, I know the stripes are crooked, and the painting uneven, and maybe this is where I am starting to show my age, I decided that I would not always have an 8 year old helper, so I let him help me finish the stripes.

By the time these were dry it was time to bicycle home and leave for Montana.

In November we returned to Brenda's Paint Pot to finish painting this pie dish:

Yes, the graphics are all mine (not too bad for someone who cannot draw- I think).

So fast forward to today, my son and I finally stopped by and picked up the finished piece.  Why has it taken me so long to pick it up?????  I don't know!

But there it is, now I should probably make pie, but...........

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Midnight Pie

Once or twice a year I make pie crust and then roll it to approximate size of a pie on parchment paper and place in the freezer.

Then when I decide at midnight (like last night) or some other time to bake a pie, I take it out, defrost, put in the pie dish and bake.  Instant pie!

This one is a coconut cream pie, and I browned the coconut at the same time as the pie was baking, and the filling was being made.

It was YUMMY!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Dinner

If you read my blog yesterday you will know that I had to go out and buy a box of the mystery ingredient for the Quick Chocolate Chip Cookies.  Now, what to do with the left overs?  I could make more cookies, but the way my son and husband consumed them bigger pants might be in order, so I have to look for other ways to use this up.

Dinner tonight used this product again, along with all the mystery vegetables in very small quantities in the crisper.  This is great because we are away skiing for the weekend, as well as the leftover chicken from earlier in the week.

This is the link for the Impossibly Easy Mini Pies, of which we had pickles and a side salad, and the last of the cookies!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Baking with Grandma Day 5

Today for Baking with Grandma, my mom and son made blueberry pie using fresh blueberries.

Yummy!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Pie in the Sky....Literally

Mmmmmmmm, sky pie!

I bought this kit for paper pieced pot holders at Sew Divine last summer (maybe the summer before?) because the kit amused me as being pie in the sky.  Plus, who does not like pie.

The pie is paper pieced, and then layered over cotton batting, a layer of Insul-Bright, and then quilted.

Since I have several fruit themed fat quarters sitting around and a generous amount of Insul-Bright expect to see more of these, and maybe even get one!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Lemon Meringue Pie

My son requested the usual Easter Supper dessert again this year.  Lemon Meringue Pie.

Of course, I obliged.

A few times a year I will make a full batch of pie crust and roll into 10" (approximate) circles and freeze between pieces of parchment paper for emergency pies.  I use my grandma's favorite pie crust recipe (found on the side of the Crisco box ;- ).

After defrosting and fitting the dough into the pie pan bake at 350 for about 15 minutes.

The filling recipe is below:

Lemon Pie Filling

1/4 cup corn starch

1 cup sugar

- mix together in a sauce pan until no lumps

- carefully add:

1 1/2 cups water

3 egg yolks

- cook over medium heat stirring constantly and then boil for 1 minute

- remove from heat and add:

1 tablespoon grated lemon peel

1/3 cup lemon juice

1 tablespoon butter

- fill pie crust with lemon filling

 Meringue

- beat at high speed until frothy

3 egg whites

- add carefully:
1/3 cup sugar 

- beat until stiff peaks

- cover lemon filling with meringue to edges of pie crust and return to oven to bake for another 20 minutes.

Leave at room temp for about an hour and then refrigerate at least another 3 hours.

Enjoy!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy