Okay sue me. Maybe I got a little carried away with the homophones. But since there hasn't been a ton of writing around these parts recently, I may as well pepper this post with some poetic punch.
Alliteration. Boom.
What a bizarre and wonderful five months(!) it has been since I moved to Florida. A cool job that I like, impromptu jaunts to the beach on nice Sundays, a new apartment that's all mine, and some pretty stellar people who have also found themselves in these parts by some happenstance have made this decision one of the best I've made in a while.
You could say that my absence from this neck of the internet woods could be attributed to my motto for 2013 - "Presence and Presents."
It started out as just "Presence" but then, you know, homophones. And seriously, who doesn't like presents?
I decided to start practicing some yoga outside of the confines of my mat and to practice being fully present in everything I am doing. Take in everything that is happening right now and live exactly what is happening now. Not to stop considering the future but to stop pining for the future. To stop the vicious cycle of, "when this happens then I'll be happy."
Presence works for me. When I'm stuck in traffic, instead of pounding on the steering wheel (like that will make traffic start moving) I put on my favorite Ludacris song and appreciate the moment of rapping alone in a car since, really, no one wants me rapping anywhere else.
The "Presents" part of this year has mostly been about making the effort to do the little things. Sending that birthday card so it shows up on the right day. A pan of brownies for the office. A bottle of bourbon with a Post-It on it.
Presence happened yesterday because I felt like making pie, So I went to the store and got the stuff to make PIE.
Today is Pi Day. 3.14. And as you already know, I'm a sucker for a good poetic device.
I've been making this pie for years and it's a wonderfully easy recipe. It's also so good that it will forever be referred to in my household as "Crack Pie." Not like I know what crack's like but I'm guessing it's pretty good.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is better. This is the pie I always recommend to my male friends because there are barely any ingredients and all you have to do with those ingredients is pour them into a bowl, mix them up, and then pour the batter into your crusts. Done.
If you're feeling ambitious you can make your own graham cracker crust or your own whipped cream. Or both. I decided to buy my crusts and make my own whipped cream, but you do you. Presence, remember?
Key Lime Pie
From Nellie and Joe's Famous Key West Lime Juice bottle
Makes 1 pie, 6 large slices
Ingredients:
9" graham cracker crust
14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk (find it in the baking aisle at most grocery stores)
3 egg yolks (discard egg whites or save them for omelets)
1/2 cup Key Lime Juice (find Nellie & Joe's with the juice at the grocery store)
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 Tbsp sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine milk, egg yolks and lime juice. Blend until smooth with whisk.
Pour filling into pie shell and bake for 15 minutes.
Allow to stand for 10 minutes before refrigerating. Refrigerate for at least a hour before serving.
Whipped Cream:
Combine cream and sugar in bowl.
With hand mixer, immersion blender (what I used - so easy), or stand mixer with whisk attachment, mix until peaks start to form and you achieve a creamy texture.
Spread on whole pie or serve individually.
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