Linda's Lunacy

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

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Last week, I helped the girls make a pie using a recipe I had written down form a tv program. It was easy for the girls to put together. We used a frozen pie crust that we defrosted & placed in our pie plate.
I was out of aluminum foil (gasp) so the crust got really brown. Yours will look prettier, I’m sure! We used mini chocolate chips, because that’s what we had. They did melt faster, though. I would recommend letting the butter cool sufficiently so the chips won’t melt. That would give the pie the appearance of a chocolate chip cookie.
No matter that our chips melted, this pie tastes just like a chocolate chip cookie! It was delicious!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie


1 9″ unbaked pie crust
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans
1 cup chocolate chips (or more)

In a bowl, mix the sugars, flour, beaten eggs, butter, vanilla. Stir in nuts & chocolate chips. Spread filling in unbaked crust.

Bake at 325 for 1 hour.

Can cool & freeze up to 3 months. Thaw & serve.

I think these would be great for pot luck dinners. I would love to have a few of these stashed in the freezer. Trouble is, if my family knows they’re in the freezer, they will eat them!  Maybe I can mark them “liver” and they won’t know they’re pies! lol

 

 

Recipe Card Holder

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I recently shared how I keep myrecipes handy when I’m working in the kitchen. I also have shared how to keep recipes printed from the internet clean and dry.

Today I’m back to share how to keep recipe cards up off the counter when your working.

You place the recipe card in the tines of a fork, then place the fork in a glass. See?

It’s a great recipe holder that doesn’t take up precious space in your kitchen when your not using it.

This is also a great recipe holder when your kids are working in the kitchen with you. The recipe is up off the counter away from all the mess. Because let’s face it, kids in the kitchen are messy!

Oh, the recipe on the card is for Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie, it’s so good!

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What’s For Dinner?

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Saturday – beef – Pizza & Movie night! With salad and carrot sticks. I may have to make Saturday the official Pizza Day.

Sunday – sandwich day – Sandwiches, coleslaw carrot sticks

Monday – chicken – Baked Chicken, rice, yellow squash

Tuesday – beef – Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans

Wednesday – super simple – leftovers, coleslaw, salad

Thursday – chicken – Chicken Al Fredo, veggies – green beans? squash? salad?

Friday – Friday Night Fire – Hot dogs, potato salad, carrot sticks

For more Menu Plan Monday ideas, visit I’m an Organizing Junkie.

My Cast Iron Skillet

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When I got married, we received non-stick pans as wedding presents. So those were the pans I used. When those died, I just replaced them with more non-stick pans.

I vaguely remember my Grandmother & a couple of aunts using cast iron skillets, but my mother never did.

I finally bought a couple about 3 years ago. I wish I had bought them much, much sooner!

I love the way cast iron cooks! It retains the heat, and it cooks evenly. No more half brown half white pancakes.

Since we like to cook outside over the fire a lot, cast iron skillets are the perfect pans for us. We can use them outside over the fire. You can’t do that with other kitchen pans!

We’ve even done breakfast outside over the fire!

I have a large 12 inch skillet, and a smaller one, both made by Lodge. I love them both. Next on my list to get is a cast iron griddle. That sure would make it easier to cook enough pancakes for this crew!

My OpenSky shop opened this week, and I have a Lodge cast iron skillet there. So if your in the market for a new cast iron skillet, check it out! Until August 16, you can get free shipping on any purchase when you use code FREESHIPPING  Since cast iron skillets are heavy, free shipping is a great deal!

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Italian Chicken

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There used to be this show on TV back in the 90’s called Home and Family. It was on every day for 2 hours. I loved that show! I loved it so much, that I took notes every day. lol I wrote down recipes, tips, crafts, notes from interviews with doctors and others. I have 2 notebooks full of notes! lol

This recipe is from one of those notebooks. It’s dated 8-18-97. Doesn’t everybody date their tv show notes? I love the way this dish tastes, it’s just delicious when all the flavors blend together.

Italian Chicken

2 -2 1/2 lbs chicken, cut up
olive oil
2 white onions, thinly sliced
8 large potatoes, quartered
2 T oregano
1 c. parsley, finely chopped
salt & pepper to taste

Boil the chicken pieces for 30 minutes, drain. Put 1 inch of olive oil in bottom of baking pan.
Add the chicken and the rest of the ingredients. Mix well with your hands.

Bake at 350 stirring often (every 15 minutes. Cook for 1 hour, until potatoes are nice & crisp. You can cover with foil for the first part of the cooking.

This makes a flavorful one pan meal.

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How to Stop a Runaway Cutting Board

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I’ve been doing a lot of canning the last week or so. And doing a lot of canning, means cutting a lot of vegetables.
I find it very frustrating when cutting vegetables and the cutting board keeps scooting from me.
You can stop a runaway cutting board by putting a wet (damp, not really wet) towel under the cutting board.
This will help keep the cutting board in place. It’s also helpful when your cutting juicy fruits or vegetables as the towel will soak up the juice.
For more kitchen tips, visit Tammy’s Recipes.

What’s For Dinner?

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I managed to stick to the menu. I like when that happens!  There’s nothing major on the calendar, yet, so I shouldn’t have a problem sticking to the menu. Unless, of course, I forget to put the roast in the crockpot on time!

Now for this weeks menu:

Saturday – beef – Hubby brought home pizza from Walmart’s deli, it’s actually pretty good.

Sunday – sandwich day – Sandwiches, coleslaw carrot sticks

Monday – chicken – Baked Chicken, Crash Hot Potatoes, yellow squash

Tuesday – beef – Roast in crockpot with veggies

Wednesday – super simple – leftovers, coleslaw

Thursday – chicken – Chicken soup and biscuits

Friday – Friday Night Fire – Steak, potato salad, yellow squash, carrot sticks

It’s been so hot lately, we haven’t been able to have our Friday Night Fires. If it’s too hot, we’ll cook the steaks in the house.

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