Peach Pie

So I have become pie obsessed and I figure the more pie I make the easier it will be. So we are being inundated with peaches from the backyard and what better way to eat all those delicious peaches than a home baked peach pie? I used this recipe from Smitten Kitchen. I am obsessed with her recipes and so far they have all been amazing.

Cutting the butter into the flour, I got this pastry blender in Jr. High from two of my friends.  

Ice Water

I can never get it all together but it seems to all work out 

Blanching the peaches to get the skin off

Tasty Peaches from the tree in our backyard

LAttice top, this one doesn't look as pretty as my last pie but it was just as delicious

I burnt the edges a bit. I was cooking dinner while the pie was baking and forgot to check the pie. Other wise it was so good. 

Meal Planning Week 3

So this week was a total bust, Andrew was sick on the weekend and Monday Jack went down and then I was sick all week. So we dropped a few meals because I was a zombie and really didn't want to cook.

Saturday, June 15
Turkey sandwiches with Havarti and cranberry sauce, Chips and fresh veggies.
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Sunday, June 16 Fathers Day
Peasant Toast for Breakfast inspired by the Blue Fox Cafe. We just make some french toast with a nice seedy bread and top it with sliced bananas french vanilla yogurt and almonds and a drizzle of honey.

Sun-dried tomato and mint pesto with fontina and arugula sandwiches from the Rebar cookbook. The mint is from the garden and really made the pesto so fresh and yummy.

Making a star wars video on Fathers Day


Monday, June 17
Chicken Fried Rice

Tuesday, June 18 Sick Day
Quinoa Burgers with Salad but I was sick so instead
Andrew brought home some soup and Bread from the Berkeley Bowl

Wednesday, June 19 Still Sick
Phad Thai from the Rebar Cookbook (I was still sick so I just made some eggs and toast)

Thursday, June 20 Last Sick day
Falafel Wraps ( we just use tzatziki instead of the tahini) instead we had
California pizza kitchen frozen pizza and some sort of boxed chicken nuggets for Jack.

Friday, June 21
Rotini pasta with Italian sausage.
I found this recipe in a magazine and it is actually really easy and so good.

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

I asked Andrew last friday if he wanted some sort of treat for Fathers Day. We had already picked out all the special meals but I wanted to make a favourite dessert. He chose strawberry Rhubarb pie, I love to eat it and hate making the dough. I thought I found a fool proof recipe from the Pioneer Woman but then I tried the dough from Smitten Kitchen and it was amazing. When I was trying to gather it into a ball and it kept crumbling I thought it was going to be a disaster but I kind of forced it together and put it into the fridge  to chill.

When it was time to roll I was pleasantly surprised that it rolled out perfectly. I have never had a pie that didn't fall apart at some point or another.

With some crazy cheap strawberries and garden rhubarb this was probably the best thing about the weekend. I now dream about this strawberry rhubarb pie all the time. I just love things that come from our garden. The recipe calls for quick cooking tapioca which I couldn't find so we just used some organic tapioca starch. It wasn't to runny, but next time I will try the quick cooking Tapioca. 

I then attempted a lattice pie top, which actually seems really confusing but I just googled a video and watched some lady do it and then I realized its actually super easy. I get all bent out of shape about pie dough but this recipe is just so good. 

So go to smitten kitchen and use this amazing recipe.