The kids and I picked free strawberries at Spooners farm on Monday in prep for this perfect pie. Super easy to make: pre-baked pie crust (flour, butter, touch of salt and water), strawberries halved. Glaze was water, sugar, strawberry gelatin, lemon juice and strawberry extract. Brought it all to a boil, let it cool, topped my berries. It's setting in the fridge as we speak. For the amazing recipe go
here
Breakfast this morning was waffles and bacon, sometime between the bacon sizzling and the coffee ready to perk I realized we were fresh out of maple syrup. What's a girl to do? Solution...strawberry sauce! I dumped a pint of my fresh picked berries in a blender, with 1/3-1/2 cup of sugar, a tablespoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice, set to puree. Tada! Fabulous fresh syrup for our waffles!
lunch was the usual American fare (hot dogs, chips, cola, etc) but instead of a potato salad I did an antipasto salad thanks to Giada. Chunks of hard salami, green olives, smoked turkey, asiago cheese and a homemade dressing (basil, red wine vinegar, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper) and we have a delicious , amazingly light, salad. Jonathan says this is the only pasta salad I should ever make. It was also suppose to have chunks of provolone. But I'm pregnant and how is a girl suppose to follow a shopping list when she's in my condition? LOL Check out the yummy recipe
here
now time for fun in the sun (okay, laying in my lounger with a book) until fireworks!
