Pie Making Time Again

Blueberry Sour cream Pie...from Jamie Cooks It Up. (click here for recipe)

Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie with Strudel Topping...from Tidy Mom. (click here for recipe)

YUMMY!

Key Lime Pie

UPDATE: I made this a couple of weeks ago. HUGE hit! and it was super easy to make. I thought it was a little on the tart side and will cut down on the lime juice next time I make it...yes I will make this again!

The Key Lime Pie shown on "My Baking Addition" looks so refreshing. I think this one will have to be whipped up soon!
http://mybakingaddiction.blogspot.com/2009/05/key-lime-pies.html

Key Lime Pie Adapted from allrecipes

Ingredients

1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust (or make your own)

3 cups sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 cup fresh squeezed key lime juice

1/4 cup Nellie and Joe's Key Lime Juice

1 tablespoon grated lime zest

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. In a medium bowl, combine condensed milk, sour cream, lime juice, and lime rind. Mix well and pour into graham cracker crust.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 5 to 8 minutes, until tiny pinhole bubbles burst on the surface of pie. DO NOT BROWN! (The mini pies took about 10 minutes to form the bubbles)

Chill pie thoroughly before serving.

Garnish with lime slices and whipped cream if desired.

Will's Birthday

We celebrated Williams birthday last weekend with the family. What could possibly make this boy have such a big grin...a cake decorated with candy "LEGO'S". William had asked me to make a super detailed star wars cake. Problem was he asked me to do this the day before the party. There was no way I could have made that cake with such short notice, so luckily when I saw the "Lego's" candy at the store I knew that was something he would like as well. What was even more exciting than seeing the "LEGO'S" cake?

The fact that when we cut into the cake you got a rainbow explosion of colors. Big hit with the kiddos!

Eda-what?

This is my new favorite snack. We found some edamame in the frozen food section of the grocery store and they were super easy to prepare. Just steam them in the bag and add salt. We also found them at Costco. It comes as a box of 12 individually wrapped serving boxes that you can throw in the microwave. The ones we found at Costco are definitely a better price, but either way it is YUMMY!

Edamame are green soy beans. Eda means branches and mame means beans in Japanese. The name, edamame, came from that green soy beans are harvested while beans are attached in branches. In East Asia, the soybean has been used for over two thousand years as a major source of protein and contains all the essential amino acids. It is rich in calcium, iron, zinc, and many of the A and B vitamins. It is also a rich dietary source of isoflavones which act as Phytoestrogens that may help protect against cancer, osteoporosis and may reduce symptoms of menopause. Edamame is consumed as a snack, a vegetable dish, used in soups or processed into sweets. As a snack, the pods are lightly boiled in salted water, and then the seeds are squeezed directly from the pods into the mouth with the fingers.