Monday, December 26, 2011

Meat Pie & Salmon Pie Recipe's

As promised here are the two pie recipes!  These are literally SO good!!!  Both are best served warm, with Ketchup.... I am not even kidding!  ENJOY!!

Meat Pie:

1lb Ground Beef
1lb Ground Pork (blade meat)
1 Medium Onion
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper
1/4 tsp Cloves
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tbs Bell's Seasoning
1 cup of Mashed Potato's (do not add butter or milk tot hep potatoes)
Pillsbury Frozen Pie Crust

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Put peeled potatoes to a boil.  Place all ingredients except potatoes into a separate pot.  Cook stirring often, until meat is cooked.  Drain meet well.  Add mashed potatoes and mix well.  Line pan with crust and add meat filling.  Add top.  Cut vents into top and crimp edges.  Bake in the oven at 350 until crust is brown.  About a 1/2 hour.

Salmon Pie:

1 Can of Red Salmon
5lbs of Potatoes
1lg Onion
1 Stick of Butter
3 Pie Crusts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Peel potatoes & cut into small pieces.  Place in salted water and boil.  While boiling potatoes, open can of salmon and place on plate.  Clean bone and skins off.  Set aside.  Chop the onion and saute with stick of butter until onions are soft, then remove from heat.  When potatoes are done mash them.  Add salmon to the pan with the onions & butter, stir & then add mixture to the potatoes.  Mix well.  Place the pie crusts into pie plates and add the salmon.  Add top.  Cut vents & crimp edges.  Bake in the oven at 350 until crust is light brown.  About a 1/2 hour.

Let me know if anyone tries either of them!

EH

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve Memory

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone!  As I am getting ready to head out for Christmas Eve, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on Christmas Eve's past.  Growing up, I have two different Christmas Eve memories - (as a child) at my me'me' & pe'pe's house and (as a young adult) at my parents house.  Both instances, my family was together enjoying the holidays.  I don't think I mentioned that I am half french Canadian and half Italian - and the reason this is important is because of the foods I remember on this (and all other) holidays.

Meat pie, anyone?  It's so delish.... I will post the recipe within the next week or so.  Also, salmon pie?  The idea of that one takes some warming up to but... again - SO GOOD!  I remember helping my mom & me'me' prepare it as a child. *sigh*.... I will post the recipe soon :) I know you're all so anxious.

I remember my sister and I waiting for Santa on Christmas eve - which I think we did, until we were a little too old to be doing that.... haha

Lastly, I am going to remind everyone two things: #1 - always remember the true spirit of Christmas:

"...and the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

#2 - Don't ever be afraid to embrace your inner child.... Even if you're too old to be waiting for Santa.  Oy, it's fun.



XO - EH

Friday, December 23, 2011

Our First Home

First blog EVER!  This is so exciting (to me)!!  OK, well here goes...  My husband and I have recently been married (9/17/2011).  So I figured I would write about our experiences for my family and friends, who are mostly out-of-town.

Anyways, couple basics - our wedding was amazing.  It was VERY VERY DIY and by "Y" - I mean my sister....  She helped us put together our wedding.  You can check out pictures on her blog (which inspired me to do my own) - www.fineartroughcraft.blogspot.com

Since we have been married, we bought a house (YAY)!!  But we don't close until January 26th.

Until then!

EH