Turkey Pie and Turkey Cakes

Tonight we had turkey for dinner AND dessert. Aren’t those cute? In an ugly-turkey-kind-of-way? My son helped make them…and by “helped” I mean that he stood in the kitchen next to me while I made them and asked every thirty seconds if he could have a candy corn, or a sprinkle, or a mini chocolate [...]

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Birthday Pie…of the blueberry variety

I’ve been on a quest. For years. My husband’s dream pie is blueberry. For ages he’s been asking me for blueberry pie. And I’ve found it particularly difficult to get just right. Too runny. Too gelatinous. Not enough berries. Soggy crust. Frustrating. So I’ve tweaked and I’ve tweaked some more and, finally…I think I got [...]

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Mixed Berry Pie

Few things say “summer” like berry pies. My husband is a little obsessed with them. And I have yet to conquer them. I’ve made several attempts at different kinds of berry pies – his true pie fantasy involves blueberries and a double crust and vanilla bean ice cream…but I digress. Flavor is no problem. Every [...]

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Two Pies

There are a handful of recipes I consider my “default” recipes.  When I don’t have time to cook or, on the rare occasion I don’t feel like cooking, I turn to a few super easy standby recipes…things like tacos and spaghetti and grilled chicken.  Last week I reached for the spaghetti ingredients on just such [...]

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