Key Lime Pie Recipe

Market Basket has key limes on sale this week for $1.50 for a 2lb bag.

With such a great deal on limes, I thought I'd share a Key Lime Pie Recipe!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick butter) melted
• 2 (14-ounce) cans condensed milk
• 1 cup key lime or regular lime juice
• 2 whole eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon lime zest

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

In a bowl, mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter with your hands. Press the mixture firmly into a 9-inch pie pan, and bake until brown, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature before filling.
Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
In a separate bowl, combine the condensed milk, lime juice, and eggs. Whisk until well blended and place the filling in the cooled pie shell. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes and allow to chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
Once chilled, combine the sour cream and powdered sugar and spread over the top of the pie using a spatula. Sprinkle the lime zest as a garnish on top of the sour cream and serve chilled.

Tell StarBucks Goodbye!

Paying $4.oo for a cup of coffee is not frugal! I love a cup from Starbucks, it's so good! But I'm cheap! My grandpa always said it was stupid to pay $4.00 for a cup of "fancy" coffee! Below are some recipes for some "fancy" coffee drinks that will help keep some money in your pocket!

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Ingredients:

2 cups milk
1 cup very strong coffee (4 tablespoons coffee grounds to 1 cup of hot water)
2 tablespoons vanilla
4 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon spice
2 heaping spoonfuls of pumpkin

Directions:

Pour all of the ingredients into a pot and heat over medium-high heat until the coffee is steaming hot, whisking with a wire whisk until the ingredients are incorporated and a little frothy. Pour into mugs and top with fresh whipped cream & cinnamon. Enjoy!

Serves 2!

  Cinnamon Dolce Latte

Ingredients:

1/2 cup strong coffee

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

1 1/3 cups 1% low-fat milk

Directions

In a large pan, mix the cinnamon and sugar with a bit of milk.

Add the rest of the milk and bring to a boil.

Just as the mixture comes to a boil, take it off the heat.

Pour your coffee into your favorite mug.

Pour in the milk and serve immediately.

Homemade Pear Baby Food

A great way to save money when you have a baby, is making your own baby food.

Not only is it a cheap way to feed baby, it is healthier. You make it sugar, salt and additive free!

I recently made some Pear Baby Food for my little one.

This was totally free for me to do, because I picked the pears off my mother's Pear Tree!

Very easily done!

Gather up some pears!

Peal them.

 

 

Chop them up.

Boil in water. Do not add salt to water.

Blend pears in blender, or you can use a food processor.

You can add a little water if your pears are too thick.  I didn't have to with this batch.

That's it! Looks Yummy!

Poor into ice trays and freeze. When done, store in a ziplock in freezer. Then you only have to thaw out what you need.

The other day I priced baby food at Wal-Mart and was shocked to see that it was 50 cents a jar!
I made this big batch for FREE!