Not your mother's cooking - literally!

Happy pi day +1. 

Yesterday Miriam called me telling me to make a pie. I suggested buying one instead. Well, because I'm frugal and I've never celebrated pi day before I decided not to buy a pie. Then I remembered I had an extra pie crust in my fridge and decided to make one anyway. And I made a pizza pie. BONUS!

I'm not buying a nice camera any time soon so you'll have to suffer with my less-than-adequate photos...

banana creme pi(e)!!

 I used Cooks recipe and it turned out pretty good. It's a custardy vanilla filling with meringue on top. Still, I love my mother's version so much more that I'll never try another recipe and just stick to hers!

mushroom pizza

Oh how I love homemade pizza. This particular pizza had about 10:1 ration of toppings to crust, haha. In my opinion, that's the way to do it. 

Belated Vacation Update

So Doug and I have been travelling the world lately. Okay, maybe just the east coast. First off, we went to Boston about a month ago to celebrate Tyson and Jennifer's marriage!

















Congrats, you two :).


And can I just say how awesome it is to finish a full days work in NC, and be in Boston by midnight on the same day?!? I love airplanes.

Doug's parents were kind enough to drive us to the Mangum's home (practically in the middle of Boston proper, thought Emily would tell you otherwise) where some touring began. We ate delicious food and walked around their neighborhood that first night. I was a little overwhelmed by how many stinkin' people there are in this world. I'm glad I live in a (much) smaller city, but it was exhilarating to be in the midst of so much excitement.

The next day...

We ate pizza. Go figure :D

They also took us to Mike's Pastry. I didn't get a picture of the delightful cannoli because I kinda scarfed it down. Take my word for it. It was heaven!

And then... we took a walk and saw graves, churches, monuments, and fat squirrels.

 Thanks, Mangums  for a wonderful time!

Next, we're off to NY for the holidays. Oh how I love Christmastime!