Let me tell you....
Texas is starting to warm right on up, which means no turning on the oven.
My husband Steve AKA the fruit tree guy, has been selling fruit trees like crazy.
Not just your normal ones either,
customers are looking for things like Quince, Mulberry, Persimmon, Pomogranate....
He's been doing a lot of Goggling and phone calling to find these unusual
(at least around here) types of trees.
He's a very busy guy in the spring.
Did I forget to mention he works at a nursery?
What does this have to do with ovens and meat pies you might ask?
There's no time for him to eat....
I'm not kidding, no sitting down with a plate or fork.
He needs portable food, something he can eat on the go.
So on my days off I've been making him big batches of meat pies, fruit pies and fajita rolls.
I package them up into meal size portions and freeze them.
They need to be done now because in a few weeks there will be no turning the oven on.
I can do the fajitas on the grill but not the meat or fruit pies.
Anyway, that's what I've been doing instead of blogging, (oh yeah, I've been making soap too).
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| FRESH BAKED PIES |
I call them mock fried pies because I bake them instead of frying them.
I lightly oil the cookie sheet, lay down the pies,
brush the tops with oil, bake for 10 minutes,
flip and bake for another 10 minutes.
They come out nicely browned on both sides.
All they consist of is meat mixed with veggies and gravy in a pie crust round.
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| CUTTING ROUNDS WITH A CEREAL BOWL |
I do a double pie crust recipe times 4, roll it out, cut it into rounds,
then fill, fold in half, seal. and bake.
Basically I'm doing hand held pot pies.
(I add chopped herbs to my pie dough for added zing)
The fruit ones are made from canned fruit preserves that are heated
and thickened with corn starch.
This last batch of fruit pies was made with papaya/cantaloupe preserves.
The fajita rolls are cheese, sautéed meat and veggies rolled up
in a flour tortilla and packaged the same as the meat pies.
(Forgot to photo those).
About 45 sec. in the microwave and he's good to go.
A lot of work but worth it.
Nathan helped me make these,
he's learning how to stay away from the fast food places.
After we finished our baking,
Nathan and I took a walk down to the creek for a little R&R.
The scenery was nice as was the quiet.
(As much quiet you can get with a 12 year old anyway)!
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| NEIGHBOURS COW |
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| CHECK OUT THE BARBED WIRE REFLECTION ON THIS COW |
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| NATHAN CLEANING HIS FOUND SHELLS |
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| NATHAN EXPLORING |
We found shells and some cool rocks at the creek.
Nathan and I are big rock collectors.
We stayed for about an hour or so at the creek then it was back to the Casa
to fry up some fish and hush puppies.
I'm telling you, we are some food cooking fools here.
It was a lovely day spent working and playing with my grandson.
Hopefully he will know something other than fast food and video games!!!
WELL,
It's way past my bed time, so......
Till next time,
Bonjour
