Today was a long - hard day! Well - guess it was from about 4:30 a.m. until now and lots of hours of work to do! Tuesdays after a Monday off (and in my case - Friday off also) are especially hard! The paper had quite a shock in it today -- three of the obituaries in the paper today were people Travis and I went to school with. They were older - but not that much older - and one I even thought I liked for a while! I've not seen any of them in probably 20 to 30 years but it is still shocking and sad. It just shows us how fragile life is and how we must live each day as it is our last! You may say "How depressing" but not really if we think about Heaven and what we have waiting for us!
I cooked Michelle and me an awesome dinner tonight - (Travis would have wanted more variety - but it was SOOOOOO good!) I took a package of chicken thighs - skinned and trimmed all the fat off - washed good, put into a 9 x12 baking dish, then drizzled with olive oil and preceeded to season - first - lots of Penzey's black pepper, a little Penzey's salt, some Penzey's minced garlic; Penzey's Foxpoint; and Penzey's 4/S Spicy Season Salt. I poured a little white wine in the bottom of the dish and baked at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes. Oh my goodness - they were company worthy! I had baked all eight - we ate two each so Michelle has two for lunch and I told Mom I had her two - her response was: "Well if it has garlic - I don't want them!" I am just going to scrape the little pieces off and she will hopefully never know!
Those chicken thighs coupled with baked sweet potatoes were wonderful. Know how to bake "Sweet Potatoes" in a hurry?? Wash well - cut off the ends and anything that doesn't look good - cut an X in both ends, wet well and wrap in paper towel. Place in microwave for 10 to 15 minutes - until they are soft -- then take foil pieces, spray with cooking spray - add a little salt and place potatoes on foil and wrap. Place in pan and put in oven until chicken is done!! I melted a tad of butter (about 1 tsp.) and added a dash or two of cinnamon and drizzed on potatoes! Yummm- delicious and how could something be so good and -- healthy too? But it was!!!!
I promised something probably not so healthy tonight -- but most say it is so good - it doesn't matter. The other night I said there were as many coconut pie recipes as coconuts -- well there are probably more Chocolate Pie recipes than cocoa beans! But I would put this one at the top. I cannot take credit for it -- except to recognize its quality - the recipe was published in a church recipe book several years ago and I've used it ever since. Thanks Nadine for sharing:
CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE
1-1/4 Cup sugar
1/2 Cup all purpose flour
1/4 Cup cocoa
Dash of salt (about 1/8 tsp. for those who don't understand dash!)
4 Egg yolks
2 Cups Milk
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp. vanilla flavoring (of course I use Mexican)
1 Baked 9 inch pastry shell (I used store brand in a box already rolled)
Meringue -- I always make my Mile High Meringue
In saucepan, combine first four ingredients. Set sugar mixture aside. Combine egg yolks and milk; stir into sugar mixture. Add butter. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. (Press plastic wrap over pie mixture until ready to pour in pan. --- REMEMBER -- press it down to touch the pudding.) Make meringue. Pour into pastry shell. Spread meringue over hot filling, sealing to the edge of pastry. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until meringue is golden brown - not burned - just golden!
Now surprise someone with this wonderful pie (so everyone says -- remember I just make them - I don't eat them -- because I don't eat sweets - especially chocolate!)
Three recipes in one night! Enjoy -- think about someone who needs a meal and make them this meal - including the pie. They will think you are wonderful and so will God. He wants us to do for others!!!!
God Bless each of you - have a good nights rest - hopefully you won't have to get up at 4:30 - and God's Will - more tomorrow night!
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