Showing posts with label pie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pie. Show all posts
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm writing this post two weeks after the actual holiday. For reasons I won't get into just yet, we've been left with very little down time. So, I've been neglecting my blog big time!
Thanksgiving was very small and quiet. Andrew's parents drove to Utah to spend the holiday with my brother-in-law and his family. It's Paisley's first Thanksgiving! Andrew's great-aunt and great-uncle had reservations at a restaurant and plans for dessert with neighbors. My brother and sister had their own plans for the day. That left our family of four plus my parents. We had a Thanksgiving of six. My mom roasted a turkey for them and the kids. She made turkey stuffing and vegetarian stuffing. I worked on green bean casserole and mashed potatoes. The day before, Oliver and I made pies. Everyone had a different request for pie! My dad wanted banana cream, my mom always likes cherry, and Andrew asked for an autumn cheesecake. I felt like it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie, so--long story short--we ended up with four full-sized desserts for our small group.
Our holiday was cozy and perfect. Due to an early morning run with my mom and a big dinner, I couldn't even stay awake after dessert and fell asleep promptly at 7pm.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Nan's Frozen Lemonade Pie
Andrew's grandmother, "Nan," would have been 86 this week. Grandma Colleen came over to watch Oliver for a bit and told him they were going to make a pie that Nan always made: frozen lemonade pie. Oliver pretends to make pie all the time with whatever he has on hand: magnetic letters, dirt, you name it. He was thrilled. They mixed a can of sweetened, condensed milk with half a can of frozen lemonade concentrate and a 12 ounce tub of Cool Whip and poured the mixture into a graham crust. Colleen popped it in the freezer for a couple of hours, and then we enjoyed a delicious, tart pie. This simple recipe is a good one to try with your toddler helper at home!
Labels:
family recipe,
grandma,
grandma colleen,
mixer,
Oliver,
pie,
recipe
Location:
Lakewood, CO, USA
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