I made another pie that I don't have a picture of. It was a pear pie made completely from scratch. I was so excited about my blueberry pie, but disappointed that I used a store bought crust that has all kinds of preservatives in it and no nutritional value at all (except fat). So I made my own crust for the pear pie. I used half regular (organic) white flour and half whole-wheat flour. And although I didn't want to, I somehow had some vegetable shortening in the pantry and used that- as gross as I think shortening is, it turned out very well. The crust was flaky and not to sweet, the pears were soft, even with the skins left on. I think it was even better than the blueberry pie! I spent about a week having that as an afternoon snack, and sometimes again for dinner.
I sauteed some onion, and green, orange, and red peppers until they were just soft, then set them aside. In the same pan I browned some ground beef, then added taco seasoning to that. I mixed all of the peppers/onions/meat together in a big bowl for the filling. Then I cut corn tortillas into wedges, dipped them in enchilada sauce and layered them in the bottom of a baking pan. I added a layer of the meat mixture, then some shredded cheese, then another layer of tortillas. I repeated about 4 times until everything was used up. Then I topped it with the remaining enchilada sauce and some cheese and baked it for about 45 minutes at 350. It reheats really well and tastes great with guacamole (my coworkers also liked it with jalepenos).
Bean is wearing a red twist-tie from a loaf of bread in place of his wedding band. We have an application on our house that's in process and we'll find out today if it's been approved. If it has, we get the opportunity to go look at houses again and try to find our third 'dream' house. And I'm going out of town today until Monday for my duties as Brides-matron for Rachel!
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