Janice's Lemon Pie

I sent a box of citrus love to my boss' parents in Wisconsin a few weeks ago. Janice sent me an email saying that she had made a lemon pie with the lemons. I asked for the recipe and finally got the courage to make it. I don't think it quite turned out.....


Lemon Pie

3 Tbs. cornstarch 3 egg yolks
1 ½ cup sugar 1 ½ cup boiling water
Juice and grated rind of 1 ½ lemons

Combine cornstarch and sugar. Add grated rind and juice. Add the beaten yolks and 1 ½ cups boiling water, slowly. Then cook on medium heat until thick. Pour into baked crust . Cover with meringue.



Never Fail Meringue

Combine 2 Tbs. sugar and 1 Tbs cornstarch in small saucepan. Add ½ cup water, cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is thick and clear. Cool. Beat 3 egg whites with 1/8 tsp salt and ½ tsp vanilla until soft mounds form. Add 6 Tbs sugar gradually, beating well after each addition. Add cornstarch mixture, continue beating until meringue stands in still beaks. Top pie and bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees (until it is golden brown.

I like this meringue because it get so nice and fluffy.

Lindsay's Mexican Stuffed Shells

Mexican Stuffed Shells

1 lb ground beef- browned and drained (salt & pepper it too)
18 jumbo shells- cooked according to package directions
1 8oz can tomato sauce
12 oz salsa
1/2 cup water
1 can green chiles, chopped
1 cup cheese (cheddar or Jack) grated
1 can french fried onions (or if you buy the huge cans like I do, use half of it.)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375

Mix tomato sauce, salsa and water together, set aside. Brown ground beef, drain. Cook pasta according to package directions & set aside. Mix ground beef, green chiles, 1/2 cup sauce mixture, 1/2 cup cheese, 1/2 of the french fried onions. Pour half of the remaining sauce on the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Stuff the shells with the ground beef mixture. Arrange shells on top of sauce mixture in pan, pour the remaining sauce over the stuffed shells. Cover and bake for 30 minutes, add rest of cheese and french fried onions and bake until cheese is melted and onions are browned.

Heavenly Chocolate Mousse Bars

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/heavenly-chocolate-mousse-bars/d309e0d8-e63a-477f-a1f1-c7c40e9742cc

Tonight I was playing around on blogs and jumped from one of my cousin's to another and then to another and came across this recipe.

Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Recipe

Ingredients:

3 teaspoons Oil
2 pounds Ground beef
12 ounces Onion; chopped
14 ounces Carrots; slivered
14 ounces Celery; diced
48 ounces Tomatoes; canned, diced
2 cups cooked Red Kidney beans
2 cups cooked White kidney beans
88 ounces Beef stock
3 teaspoons Oregano
2 1/2 teaspoons Pepper
5 teaspoons Parsley; (fresh chopped)
1 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
48 ounces Spaghetti sauce
8 ounces dry pasta Shell macaroni; or other pasta

Directions:

Preparation: Sauté beef in oil in large 10-qt. pot until beef starts to brown. Add onions, carrots, celery and tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes. Drain and rinse beans and add to the pot. Also add beef stock, oregano, pepper, Tabasco, spaghetti sauce, and noodles. Add chopped parsley. Simmer until celery and carrots are tender, about 45 minutes. Makes 9 qts. of soup! **Just cut the recipe in 1/2 for smaller family needs!

This recipe from CDKitchen for Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli serves/makes 9 qts

I made some fresh bread in my bread machine and it was a hit!

I was even asked if we could add it to our recipe collection. Yeah!

With all the extra citrus around us, I saw a recipe for Grapefruit Sorbet on a friend's blog and wanted to try for myself.


http://dustbunnies2.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-03-02T16%3A03%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7&reverse-paginate=true

The Perfect Brownie.

Some dear sweet friends who enjoy my sweet treats gave me the perfect brownie for Christmas and I finally got around to trying it last weekend.
I didn't want to just try it with a box mix - I wanted to use one of the recipes that it came with.
Bret and the kids tried to eat them straight out of the oven but they were way too gooey. But they were really good the next day according to them - I never got one.

DOUBLE FUDGE BROWNIES

6 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup hot fudge topping

Preheat oven to 325.
Melt butter and chocolate together in microwave for about one minute.
Whisk until smooth.
Add eggs and vanilla. Stir in sugar.
Slowly add in flour and salt.
Spray pan with cooking spray. Spread batter into pan.
Place a dallop of hot fudge into each square (if using the perfect brownie pan)
Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes.

https://www.perfectbrownie.com/

Banana Bites.
I saw this in the morning on Saturday while lazily wasting the day away and thought I could do that!

Ran to the store and spent pennies on banana chips - I went back and ended up buying more. Already had the chocolate and the peanut butter.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/claire-robinson/memphis-banana-bites-recipe/index.html