Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

I am so excited that our seasonal veggie share has started. I always rant and rave about it. I can't help it. I just can't say enough good things about it and highly recommend everyone sign up. We get the bi-weekly share and it's more than enough for two people. I always want to get the weekly share, but it wouldn't be realistic to eat it all in time. Anyway, we received some fresh rhubarb, and decided it would be good to make pie, as I had leftover pie dough in the freezer from the pie workshop at Life of Pie.

Rhubarb has a soft spot in my heart, as it reminds me of making jam with my grandma. Strawberry rhubarb is a classic combination and I decided to make a rhubarb strawberry custard pie, because it sounded good. I modified a recipe from all recipes to make improvements based on the reviews so I can share a new and improved recipe.

I gotta say, I was pretty impressed that I was able to whip this up in no time. I didn't even leave a big mess. Usually by the time I am done cooking I have no energy left to clean, but for some reason I had a burst of energy after work one evening, made the pie, a soup and managed to clean a little bit.

Stefan took the photo above. I made a deal with him- photography in exchange for laundry folding and he jumped on it. #comparativeadvantage #specializationoflabour #econ #nerd #notthatgreatatfoldinglaundry #domesticlife

Stefan said the pie was excellent. I liked it too, and will definitely make again. It will be sooner rather than later as we got more rhubarb yesterday. mmmm Enjoy!

Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

I was having my parents over for dinner yesterday. The day before, I warned them that there would be no dessert. I expected them to say 'that's fine honey, no problem' or 'we don't need dessert, anything you make is wonderful' or 'don't go to trouble for us'. Instead,. what i got was dead silence. So I figured I should make a dessert. I found rhubarb in my fridge that I'd forgotten about, that I bought at the market, and frantically started looking through my cookbooks for a recipe. I came across a crumble recipe in Canadian Cookbook,  that looked quite simple. It was super easy to make and. turned out great, I've never made a crisp before.