I came across this recipe in the August issue of Cuisine at Home and immediately added it to the following week’s dinner menu. I had a variety of cherry tomatoes from my brother in law’s garden and basil growing in my herb garden. A perfect combination! These were extremely easy to put together and created [...]
Archive for the ‘Tarts and Pies’ Category
Tomato Tarts with Goat Cheese and Basil
Posted in Appetizer, Bread/Yeast, Cheese, Side Dish, Tarts and Pies, Tomato, Vegetable, Vegetarian, tagged Vegetarian, tart, goat cheese, tomatoes, Side Dish, basil, summer recipes, Appetizer, cherry tomato, homegrown tomato on July 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cake, Cheese, Dessert, Holiday, Special Occasion, Tarts and Pies, tagged Dessert, Holiday, pumpkin, cream cheese, gourmet magazine, thanksgiving, cheesecake, bourbon on November 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 10 I just finished sampling a slice of this cheesecake. I love cheesecake and I love pumpkin and this combination didn’t disappoint. Brandon’s first comment was, “I can’t believe how much it tastes like pumpkin pie.” I think what I like best about it is that it’s not too sweet. [...]
Malted Ice Cream Sundae Pie
Posted in Chocolate, Dessert, Tarts and Pies, tagged Chocolate, ice cream, ice cream pie, pie, summer dessert, vanilla, whipped cream, hot fuge on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Brandon had been asking for and ice cream pie. I was tempted to make my standby, cookies and cream with an Oreo crust, but decided to look around to see if anything else caught my eye. I saw this Malt Shop Ice Cream Pie on myrecipes.com and thought with a few modifications it would be [...]
Tomato Pie
Posted in Tarts and Pies, Tomato, Tried and True, Vegetable, Vegetarian, tagged Tomato, tomatoes, savory pie, summer produce on July 14, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Tomato pie is probably one of my husband’s all-time favorite recipes. The recipe came from his church’s cookbook and it was one of his favorite dishes his mom made. Though I grew up in the South, I had never heard of tomato pie until I met Brandon. I was definitely willing to give it a [...]
Fresh Cherry Cobbler
Posted in Dessert, Fruit, Tarts and Pies, tagged cherry, cobbler, summer dessert on July 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Tonight was the last night of my visit with my grandmother. Unfortunately, I have to head back to Charlotte tomorrow and rejoin the working world. I’ve definitely enjoyed my week off of work. My dad bought some great looking Bing Cherries at the Dekalb Farmers Market last weekend. He loves all things cherry so I [...]
Mississippi Mud Pie
Posted in Chocolate, Dessert, Tarts and Pies, tagged Chocolate, Dessert, ice cream, ice cream pie, Oreos, toffee, pie on May 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We had friends over for dinner Friday night and I wanted to make an easy dessert. Ice cream pie seemed like the perfect thing now that we’re having days with temperatures in the 80′s. This Mississippi Mud Pie did not disappoint. It was great! The recipe was recommended to me from Annie’s Eats. The only [...]
Strawberry Lemon Tart
Posted in Dessert, Fruit, Special Occasion, Tarts and Pies, tagged Dessert, Strawberry, tart, summer dessert, lemon, lemon curd on April 24, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Our friends Cristen and Graham just welcomed a beautiful baby girl into this world. After a couple weeks at home adjusting to the crazy life of being new parents, they were ready to get out of the house! We invited them over for a casual evening with make your own pizza. I put together some [...]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart
Posted in Chocolate, Dessert, Tarts and Pies, tagged Chocolate, Dessert, peanut butter, tart on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I wanted to make a dessert last weekend for the blog (and for our enjoyment on Friday night!). I needed to narrow down my options – it’s a little tough just to say “I want to make a dessert” – so I decided to focus on tarts. I bought a tart pan at Williams-Sonoma a [...]