You get a bonus blog this week. Andrew wanted to make a cherry pie and this is the easiest way to get the recipe to him. Hopefully someone else will find this helpful as well. Andrew, this one’s for you! If you are like Andrew and I you will want my grandmother’s secret pie crust recipe. Are you ready? She used Pillsbury Refrigerated pie crusts. Just roll out, fill and bake. Grandma couldn’t make pie crusts either. Trust me, I…
Is your recipe box like an old friend? Mine is. At one point I tried to organize my recipes and copy all of the recipes onto matching recipe cards. Now, several years later I love the treasure hunt as I go through the recipes and see the scraps of paper with the recipes hurriedly written down. These are the best. As I make these recipes, I remember the person that shared their recipe with me. It always gives me a…
Tennis this summer was great for so many reasons. One reason is a new friend, Brenda Hogan. She and I have had many great tennis matches at Durling Park. We always seem to talk about food–imagine that. One day she told me about a recipe she makes with zucchini. I told her I had to have that recipe. She sent it to me. I made the recipe and I am in love. A great way to have fried zucchini without…
Before I worked at Sherman Provision I was an insurance adjuster. I worked out of my home. I had so much freedom. I could come and go as I pleased. As long as my work was done, it didn’t matter when it got done. Being at one location for set hours was very foreign to me. This can lead to a lack of socialization. By the time you get home, you don’t really feel like entertaining. We planned a get together with…