Homemade Strawberry Pies For Valentines Day

For my Valentine of almost 27 years (2 yrs. dating and almost 25 married), I decided to make one of his favorites...Strawberry Pie! <3

Here's the recipe:  Ingredients:

                                   2 tablespoons of Cornstarch

                                   1 cup of Sugar

                                   1 cup of Water

                                   1/2 of a small package of strawberry jello

                                   1 baked 9 inch Pie Shell

                                   and of course...Strawberries <3












                                                                   



I started out by washing my berries...

Then in a saucepan, blend your cornstarch, sugar and water with a whisk, over medium heat, until it boils and turns thick.

When the mixture is thick and has cooked for about 3-5 minutes total, remove it from the heat and whisk in the jello.

Set the jello mixture aside to cool.

Now, cap and slice your washed strawberries and blot with a paper towel to remove any excess water from your fruit.   Then place your strawberries into your baked and cooled  pie shell.

When your jello mixture has cooled, pour the mixture onto your strawberries in the baked shell.  Allow to set in the refrigerator for a couple of hours before cutting. 

YUM!!!!!

This recipe only makes one pie, but I made two so my Valentine could have his very own!! <3

Happy Valentines Day Anthony!! I love you!

This weeks tips and favorites...

Favorite #1

I LOVE keeping these types of containers!  Years ago, on vacation, I bought the sugar inside the container to keep it from spilling and getting wet on our trip.  I decided to keep it and refill it each time I buy sugar.  Now, I look for products that have the reusable containers and just buy the container once and refill as I buy more product!  This is so handy!



Favorite # 2

Wax paper sandwich bags!!  I love using these!  I remember in elementary school on picnic days they would put raisins and peanuts mixed together inside of these and put them in our sack lunch!  I love packing Anthony's biscuits in these  when he goes to work and I use a sharpie marker to mark which biscuit is jelly (JB) and which is sausage (SB)!  (Makes me feel like I have a restaurant!!)  ;)  I know that's crazy!!  It's ok! :) I get these for $1.00 at the Dollar General!!


My kitchen tip for this week comes from my Mother-in-law, Wanda Hackney. <3

She saw this on a cooking show and told me about it. I decided to give it a try and blog about it!

If you don't have an egg slicer a cooling rack works just fine!  Watch this...

You'll need a cooling rack, a hard boiled egg at room temperature  and a bowl.

Place your peeled, hard boiled egg on top of the rack with the bowl underneath it all.

Then use your hand to press the egg through the holes in the rack.

It's as easy as that!! 

Great tip!!

<3 I John 4:7-8

"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.  He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."

<3 I John 4:11

"Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another."