Fresh Strawberry Pie

Did you know that Pie is my favorite food? I can safely say I've never met a pie I didn't like. So, my number one goal in life is to perfect every single pie known to man. Except for mincemeat pie, that sounds gross. Just all the tasty ones. Anyway, our very good friend Kathie makes this pie and I love it. It's one of the best ways to use strawberries and it's a tried and true favorite. I'm pretty sure everyone will love this pie.

I found a recipe for it on this blog of a lovely lady called Annie Strawberry, and I figured if anyone was the authority on Strawberry Pie it would be her. I changed the recipe a bit- I omitted the lemon zest (only because I was out of lemons) and added a whole box of jello instead of half (only because I didn't read the directions thoroughly and just dumped it in there) and it was absolutely delicious so this recipe is for the exact pie I made.

Happy Strawberry Week!

Wohoo it's time to kick off our berry filled week of recipes, and the first one is what I made yesterday for Fathers Day Breakfast. I found a recipe for Meyer Lemon Cream Cheese Danishes on Cheeky Kitchen's blog (which I LOVE) and modified it to make Lemon Curd & Strawberry Cream Cheese Danishes.

I had made the lemon curd last week for some Lemon Debutante Cupcakes that I delivered to a baby shower and I had a ton leftover so these danishes were the perfect place to add some Lemony goodness and some red delicious strawberries. I found the recipe for the lemon curd on another one of my favorite food blogs, Smitten Kitchen and it was the best thing ever. I think I need to whip up a batch every week and just have it on hand. It would make pretty little gifts too all bottled up in little mason jars and tied with some cute ribbon. Anyway, this recipe makes 3 big Danishes that you can do whatever you want with. I added just lemon curd to one, kept one plain cream cheese, and the last one was the Strawberry Lemon Curd Cream Cheese Danish and it was by far my favorite so now I'm sharing it with you! Happy Strawberry Monday!

Sneak Peek of Strawberry Week

I'm officially calling next week Strawberry Week. Join me & my kids for some daily recipes for the sweetest summer fruit around (and if you live in Mesa go to Superstition Ranch Market on Main & Greenfield to get some of the most gorgeous berries 4 cartons for $1). I'll be spending the weekend preparing all sorts of treats and making recipe cards.....and gaining 5 lbs. Boo.

And to give you a little taste of the sweetness, here's my little strawberry blonde twinners.


PS- How do you like my new blog header & background? It's all House of 3 baby, go there NOW and check out all their new stuff! I'll be doing a 4th of july post on them next weekend

Online Shop is now Open!

Ok everyone, shophandmadeparade.com is now open so spread the word! I'm adding stuff to it everyday, so keep checking back throughout the weekend to see what we are putting in stock! I decided we needed both an Etsy shop for made to order items and our website for in stock items so we have more control of our time! Now we can keep our Etsy shop on vacation while still offering our in stock items to our customers for our Sample Sale! I couldn't figure out the coupon codes for the shopping carts, so we're offering 40% off in stock items to everyone! If anyone from the photoshoot wants to order something specific and get their 40% off of a custom order, just email me and let me know what you are wanting and we can whip it up for you!

Oh and here's more photos from the shoot for those of you that have been dying to see more

Photo Shoot Pictures 2

Did you guys think I forgot about you? Sorry, life got kinda crazy last week, so I'm just now getting around to loading these pictures. Our Etsy shop is on vacation until the 5th of July, but we are opening up our online shop for a limited time starting Wednesday for our Sample Sale! Everything from our photo shoot will be in our store for 25% off (except for those of you that came to the shoot, you will be getting a coupon code emailed to you for 40% off!)

Photo Shoot Pictures

I'm finally getting around to editing all the pictures from the Handmade Parade Photo Shoot we had Saturday, so here's some shots of our Olivia (& some of Braden). I'll post the rest of the girls tomorrow!

Young Family Photos

Whew! I have been CRAZY busy this last week so I neglected this poor blog, but I am back in the saddle baby and I have a TON of sweet stuff to share. First up: The Young family photos. Just look at this gorgeous family, they were so wonderful to work with.






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