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Sunday, August 31, 2008
Made this pie for the VERY first time on Saturday night. It's Dawn's favourite- that's why I made it. We had dinner at Dawn and Tom's place! It was a huge success... I thought it was pretty darn DDDDD-LISH, myself! The recipe is SUPER easy, so if you like lime- try it! You won't be sorry!
KEY LIME PIE Recipe
Ingredients:
GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST:
1 1/4 cup (125 grams) graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons (30 grams) granulated white sugar
5 - 6 tablespoons (70 - 85 grams) unsalted butter, melted
FILLING:
3 large egg yolks
One 14 - ounce (390 grams) can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup (120 grams) key lime juice
2 teaspoons grated lime zest
TOPPING:
1 cup (240 ml) heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons (25 grams) granulated white sugar
Graham Cracker Crust: Mix together the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a well greased 9 inch (23 cm) pie or tart pan. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill while you make the filling.
Filling: In the bowl of your electric mixer, with the whisk attachment, beat the egg yolks until pale and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Gradually add the condensed milk and beat until you have a light and fluffy mixture (4-5 minutes). Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat in the lime juice and zest.
Pour the filling into the crust and bake for about 10 minutes, or until the filling is set. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Once it has completely cooled, cover and refrigerator until serving time. (The pie can be made to this point and stored in the refrigerator for a couple of days.) Just before serving make the whipping cream.
In a separate bowl, beat the whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add the sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Either pipe or place mounds of whipping cream on top of the filling.
Makes 1 - 9 inch (23 cm) pie or tart.
*Note: Pictures are not my own, taken from the internet.
These are photos I grabbed off of Google Images when I was doing a search to find out what this crazy looking creature was! I didn't know this little guy existed! Really cool and very odd looking at the same time!
Two things I SWEAR BY! If you ever have the occasion to try either, or both... I HIGHLY recommend it.. It cured my asthma, and really helped with my severe PMS symptoms/menstrual stuff, back pain when I had acute pain from a herniated disc... If you find someone good.. He becomes your best friend... Kind of like a saviour, too.... Here's mine... Dwayne Lee, my wonderful acupuncturist in San Diego.. I can really say that the treatments he did over the three years that I did acupuncture were highly effective... Here's his website... He opened an incredible place in Del Mar, California called... Affinity Wellness.
Though I am not technically a Buddhist, I do share in so many of the Buddhist philosophies...
I liked this lemur in a meditative pose (I know it's silly, but it's cute)....
Photos taken from the web.
Friday, August 29, 2008
You pass a pretty little flower shop and stop and take a few pictures...
And then keep walking. And you don't give another thought to the dear little hole-in-the-wall flower shop...
...until you get home and months later look it up...
Patrick Allain Fleuriste has been around for 25 years (!)
It's facade has the distinction of being the most photographed, drawn, and painted of any in the entire city! And it's known for it's medieval stained glass window and the 17th-century architectural details etc.
Who knew? I didn't even look up or get a proper shot of the entire facade...
Oh well that's Paris for you. Lots of wonderful secret places you can walk right by without a clue. I will go back and I will look up this time.
If you want to go look up, here's the plan they provide. The flowers are nothing to sniff about either by the way :)BONNE JOURNEE
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Yesterday was a day of silent mourning for me... Today is a new day, I feel blessed and I appreciate every day that I am alive and healthy... I thank you all for your sympathies and kind thoughts! It really helps bring the rays of sun in... Thanks, Leesa : )
If you have not yet done so, now's as good a time as ever to check out our fav. family in Clairemont, Ca.... The Joli's (The Joli Times)!! Follow their month of savings and wonderful food photos as the family reduces their food bill drastically over a month's time!! They are great examples to us all!!! Go, Go... Joli's!!!
This resto. is in Saint-Paul lés-Dax. It's the resto. that Sylvie told us about- Tropic Garden. The former owner opened the restaurant in what was an old serre à papillions and changed it into a tropical jungle. I think the story was that he lived or spent a lot of time in Cuba so he wanted to recreate the "tropical" atmosphere... It was great... very fun and you really had the impression that you were in a tropical rain forest...
Yesterday Sophia sent me these pictures! 
"I am very pleased with the way it turned out and would be delighted for you to do a post. I was even thinking of sending some photos to Laduree just for grins.
...for quite a long time and enfin...
...I took it back to my apartment for a mini photo shoot and to see if the scale was right for me to paint. 
Et voila! The REAL thing in all it's glory...sigh
Somehow this line doesn't look so annoying does it?BIG MERCI Sophia for sharing your Laduree dreams with us!
BONNE JOURNEE!
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