Old Fashioned Creme Pie - From Mom's Kitchen

There are just some things you cannot recreate. I'm sure you know what I am talking about. Mom's cooking! I've tried and tried to make things that I remember my mom making and they never taste the same...ever. I hope someday when my children are grown there are things that I make now that they will remember and and wonder how I made it taste so good. It's love. The secret ingredient is love. Here is a recipe that my mother is always getting requests for. Ole Fashioned Cream Pie. It is a simple classic that doesn't take a lot of ingredients but steps that require close attention.

Ole Fashioned Cream Pie
-From Mom's Kitchen

What You'll Need:
Makes 1 9inch Pie - Recipe can be doubled, but use a larger mixing bowl

1 Pint Half and Half
1/2 Stick Butter
1 cup Sugar
2 1/2 TBS Cornstarch
1tea Vanilla
Sprinkle of Nutmeg

1 - 9 inch DEEP DISH regular UNBAKED pie crust (Usually found in the freezer section)

While we are mixing up all the goodness preheat that oven to 350F

*Please Follow Directions Exactly for Best Results*

In a medium sized microwave mixing bowl warm the butter and half and half. The butter will not melt completely, that's okay. You just want the mix warmed.(About 2 minutes)

Mix together the sugar and cornstarch in a separate small bowl - be sure to mix the two well, or the cornstarch will clump when mixed with the milk/butter. 

Pour 1/4c of the butter/milk mixture into the sugar/cornstarch, mix just so moistened. 

Pour the sugar mix into the remainder of the milk. (All into the microwave safe bowl)

Mix well.

Microwave at 2 minute increments stirring between each time. Do this until the mixture is the consistency of pudding. This will take 6-8 minutes but adjust for your microwaves power.

Pour mixture into the pie crust, sprinkle with vanilla - do not mix vanilla - then sprinkle with nutmeg. Nutmeg is strong, a little does the trick! =) 

Bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes or until the top of the pie is browned. 

Let set for about 15-20 minutes 

Enjoy warm or cool! Delish!

Store in the refrigerator for up to a week...but I promise it won't last that long!!!

Your pie won't taste as good as mom's, unfortunately. But I promise it will be delicious!! And no worries, mine never tastes as good as her's either...it's just the cold hard truth haha!

Enjoy and Until Next Time!

Lady Bea

Soft Taco Lasagna

I could not for the life of me think of a name other than the old stand by "Taco Bake" to call this! But when my family tasted it and said it looked and tasted like lasagna the name "Taco Lasagna" stuck in my mind. It really does have the look and texture of a fabulous lasagna! Tired of the same ole taco night? Change it up and make a few variations of taco lasagna. My family is pretty simple, for my lasagna I used meat, taco seasoning, rice and cheese. You can top your lasagna when it is finished baking with diced tomatoes, olives, sour cream or anything else you would normally put on your tacos!

What you'll need:
Makes 1 10" lasagna

1pkg 10" soft tortilla shells
Large Pkg of your favorite taco cheese
1lb lean ground beef (or whatever hamburger you prefer)
1pkg of your favorite taco seasoning
3tbl olive oil
and any toppings that you want on your taco lasagna

While we are working the lasagna, go ahead and preheat that oven to 350F! 

Fry the hamburger and mix in taco seasoning per directions of the package. While the hamburger is frying, lightly oil the bottom of a round baking dish (preferably 10" or the same size of your tortillas). Lay one tortilla on the bottom of the dish. When the hamburger is finished frying and chopped small layer the tortillas, cheese and meat in the dish. Depending on the depth of your pan you should be able to get 6-7 shells into the dish. You can go over the top of the dish as well, because it does melt down. For the next to top layer add the remainder of the meat and top with the tortilla. Rub/Dab/Mop over 1-2Tbl of olive oil and sprinkle liberality the remainder of the taco cheese.

Bake in 350F oven for 20 minutes or until cheese on top is throughly melted. Cut pie style and enjoy!

Serves 4 comfortably.

Until Next Time...

Lady Bea

Stuffed Crust Pizza

So a while back I shared a recipe to make homemade pizza. So I wanted to share a little alteration I made to that recipe a few days ago. I made it stuffed crust pizza! I have always loved stuffed crust pizza when ordering out but never knew that with a little extra effort I could have a homemade version that taste even better! How do they get the cheese into the crust you ask? String Cheese! Yep, simple as that! I bought Sargentos Provolone/Mozzarella mix cheese and simply folded and pressed the crust over the string cheese before adding any sauce or toppings. I did have to break some in half and you're going to have to constantly reshape the dough because it is so soft and elastic. BUT, the end result is delicious homemade stuffed crust pizza at a fraction of the price of delivery. Kids will love helping with this!

Sorry for the bad quality picture! Kids literally could not wait to dig into this homemade deliciousness! Next time I promise to get much better pictures!

Until next time...
Lady Bea

"Jimmy Dean" Style Breakfast Bowl

If you're anything like me you love breakfast bowls. Specifically Jimmy Dean brand ones. I just find sometimes I want the same general thing but a little more hardy. So I decided to embark (If you wanna call it that) and make my own. This is definitely something I would only make if I had the extra time and it made a wonderful breakfast for dinner dish. It's super easy and delish too!

What you'll need:
Eggs (I served 3 people with 7 eggs)
Cheddar Cheese
Sausage, cooked and crumbled
7-8 red potatoes - Diced small, I leave my skins on
White gravy mix (Easy - just buy the country time packages in the gravy mix section!)
Milk, for gravy
Salt, pepper to taste

Basically, cook it all up and mix it! See how simple it is?? I promise it tastes 100x better than store bought and you can serve everyone with it. You can even fry up some peppers and throw them in! Change up the cheese for American! Jim and the kids don't like gravy so they omitted it from theirs but me...I love gravy! Anyways try it out..make it your own. It's so easy..like even a caveman can do it...has that been used somewhere before? lol

Enjoy and until next time...

Lady Bea