Month: August 2025

Coconut, pie crusts and doughs, pies tarts

Coconut Cream Pie: One from Scratch and One from a box with a secret ingredient added!

Now that we’ve finally gotten a bit of cooler weather here in Southwestern Ohio, I find myself wanting to make pie, in particular coconut cream pie.  I’ve got 2 recipes for you to try. One is completely from scratch. I call this the “restaurant” version.  The other recipe starts out with a cook & serve box of vanilla pudding mix. Augmented with a whole egg … Continue reading Coconut Cream Pie: One from Scratch and One from a box with a secret ingredient added!

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About Rita, Appetizers, Basil, Tomatoes

I say ToMAtoes; do you say ToMAHtoes?

Regardless of how you pronounce this beloved seasonal vegetable here on my little patch of heaven, trying to get a photo of an abundant tomato harvest isn’t easy when my girls/chickens are out and about. That’s why you see 2 of them approaching the bowl of tomatoes perched on our outhouse stoop. I thought you’d like to see a photo of all these different kinds … Continue reading I say ToMAtoes; do you say ToMAHtoes?

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