Impossible Lemon Pie

 

The temperature hovered at the freezing mark this morning. The boardwalk by the lake was slippery and we had to be very careful. I hope the city workers will start spreading sand soon because I even saw one poor woman fall.

I had a lemon that I needed to use or lose so I decided to try making an Impossible Lemon pie. I followed the recipe ( for a change) except I used fresh lemon juice and also grated the rind.  I don't think the lemon flavour would be strong enough without it. Also...if you decide to make it be sure to use a deep dish pie plate ( I used a 9" regular and had to put some of the filling in a ramekin). 
  We already made inroads into ours so the pictures here are from the internet.

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ cup Bisquick baking mix
• 4 eggs
• ¼ cup butter melted and cooled
• 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ cup lemon juice bottled is fine

Instructions

• Spray a 9-inch pie plate generously with cooking spray.
• Place all ingredients in a blender.
  2 cups milk, ¾ cup sugar, ½ cup Bisquick baking mix, 4 eggs, ¼ cup butter, 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract, ¼ cup lemon juice
• Mix on low speed for 3 minutes then pour the pie filling into the greased pie plate. Let it rest for 5 minutes before placing it in the oven.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes and allow the pie to cool before cutting. Refrigerate leftovers. May be served straight from the fridge if you prefer it chilled.   Thanks for coming by,  GM  
  

Autumn Storm

 

 We had quite the storm overnight with strong winds and lots of rain. There were ferry cancellations and power outages. I saw on the news that an estimated 170,000 BC Hydro customers were affected. DH made sure our generator was ready to be used if necessary but thankfully we were okay. The back yard is littered with branches. On our walk we saw lots of branches on the ground as well.

Our artificial Christmas tree is standing in the sunroom waiting for me but so far all I've done is straighten out the branches that always get crunched and I found the tree skirt and put that around the bottom. We'll see if in the coming week I get busy and bring out the boxes I need. Maybe putting on some Christmas music will inspire me.

Thanks for visiting today,  

 

Focaccia and a Thanksgiving Cactus

 

 

It's another cloudy and cool day. Good day to bake something and I decided to make a focaccia.
The dough is in the breadmaker  and if all goes well I'll have it hot out of the oven in time for supper. It will look like this one ( picture from the internet) except if that's Rosemary on top I'll leave that off. I grow it but we're not fond of the pine taste.

In the sunroom the yellow Thanksgiving Cactus is blooming. I think I've established that it not a Christmas Cactus as I thought. 

 

 

 

That's it for today. Thanks for visiting,  

Pink

 Just for fun I have images from Pinterest for those who like looking at pink pretties. 

Feel free to skip this post 💗💗

 

 

I think my favourite is the pink kitchen. Although I'd get tired of it very quickly, I'm sure.

If you're still here, thanks for coming by,  GM

Sunday Walk

 

 After yesterday's heavy rainfall we had to find an area where the paths were not washed out. We knew there was no use returning to Fish Trap Creek where we encountered deep puddles on the path yesterday so we tried Willband but it was also under water at places. We drove a little further and found another trail which seemed to be dry enough to make walking possible. We came upon a fast flowing stream much like this one and walked beside it as far as we could. Finally we came to a washed out bridge and had to turn back. We saw Salmon trying to swim upstream ( to spawn) but we never saw a single one that actually made it. I suppose they just keep trying until they either succeed or die of exhaustion. We were told that a school class had released baby Salmon,( called fry), a few years ago and now those babies had matured and were making their way upstream to the very place they were originally released. 

Thanks for coming by, GM

Thrifty Finds and Wet Weather

 It's a very wet morning. We managed to get a walk in during a lull in the rain but there was an unavoidable puddle on the path and the water actually went over the top of my 6" boot. Needless to say that felt uncomfortable.

Not much to blog about today but I do have a couple of thrifty treasures that I don't think I've posted about. The first is a Royal Albert mug ( the pattern is called Winsome). It matches a saucer I already had.

 I also found these cute winter themed place mats just the right size for lunch or a snack. 
 I like the first side better than the one with the oversized snowman. For a dollar I was not going to leave them behind.

 I hope you're having better weather than we are. The weather network is calling this an "atmospheric river" which is going to continue tomorrow and possibly cause flooding in low-lying areas. Fortunately we won't be greatly affected. I'm so relieved that we had our roof redone when we did.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend,

      Thanks for visiting, GM

Linda....I use Firefox but could maybe try Chrome and see if that helps with the problem with commenting. I keep hoping it will rectify itself as suddenly as it began.

Baking and more

 

 It's a very wet day, perfect for baking. I made a lemon loaf using Ina Garten's recipe. It turned out but I've noted on my copy of the recipe that next time I'll decrease amount the amount of oil and maybe bake it 5 minutes longer. It's fall-apart moist.

 I'm still using up the apples that DH brought home.  Apple crisp in ramekins ...perfect size for desserts.

 We did the grocery shopping this morning and as usual there were items ( on sale) that were difficult to find. That happens almost every week.  We came home and DIL had left a note that Miss Kitty had left a half-eaten bird at the back door,  DH went to deal with it and also noticed a dead rat nearby. She must have killed that too. I'm not distressed about the rat but I wish she'd quit hunting birds.  

Thanks for visiting, GM

I posted that I cannot leave a comment on the following blogs:
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Now I'm sad to say Happy@Home is also blocking me.

Please know that I'm reading these blogs faithfully and will keep trying. Maybe one day something will change and I'll once again be able to comment.

It seems all the 'problem' blogs have the same blue rectangle that says Sign in with Google. Well, I am signed in. It's frustrating.