Last week Tessa, I and the two neighbor boys she was babysitting headed out to Sauvie Island Farms – a delightful and fun place. For more info on the farm check out my post over at Homebased Portland. Vicki, the owner of the farm, had emailed me and invited us to come on out to [...]
Crack{Chess}Pie
March 17, 2010 By 20 Comments
Happy St. Patrick’s Day – today is your lucky day because I am sharing this recipe with you!! I teased you with a photo of this pie on Sunday. I found today’s recipe in the Oregonian FoodDay several weeks ago and I’ve been looking for an opportunity to try it. We were invited to a [...]
Peanut Butter Pie
October 14, 2009 By 14 Comments
At church this weekend we had a party. Everyone was to bring a homemade pie or homemade soup. There was going to be judging and prizes awarded! I decided to take a pie. My competitive edge went into high gear and I began searching through pie recipes. I decided not to do pumpkin or apple because [...]
Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
February 18, 2009 By 14 Comments
It looks like my rebuilt laptop will be returning home from the computer hospital soon! In the mean time I am taking advantage of the intermittent Internet connection I get on my old, tired desktop to get a post up! My favorite dessert of all times is a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie with a scoop [...]
Ice Cream Pie
December 31, 2008 By 9 Comments
I’m spending today getting ready for our annual Soup’s On New Year’s Eve Party. I’ve lost count of how many years we have been doing it. I cook up 3-4 big pots of soup, a few appetizers and desserts. Our guests also bring an appetizer or dessert to share so there is always LOTS of food! [...]
Friday Favorite – Easy Apple Pie
October 17, 2008 By 24 Comments
I hope you don’t mind but I have yet another amazing apple recipe. It’s apple season after all! Last weekend we went to Portland Nursery’s annual Apple Festival. It was a perfect Fall day and we had a great time tasting the dozens of different varieties of apples. A few of our favorites were Ambrosia, [...]
Friday Favorite – Strawberries and Roses
June 20, 2008 By 6 Comments
This week for Friday Favorite I am sharing two of my favorite things about June in Oregon – roses and strawberries. Portland is the “City of Roses” and famous for its Rose Parade (the 2nd largest floral parade next to Pasadena’s), Rose Queen, the Royal Rosarians and its amazing roses. They are always at their [...]
Friday Favorite – Lemonade Pie
May 23, 2008 By 2 Comments
This week was Senior Quilt Night at church. It is an evening where all the girl’s graduating from high school are honored and the women from church and young woman come together to tie quilts for each of the graduating girls. I was in charge of the dinner for the evening – yes, that is [...]
