Fresh Strawberry Pie

I remember standing on a stool and watching my mother pour the syrup over the fresh strawberries in the baked pie shell, and then waiting until the pie was chilled before we could have a slice.  This Fresh Strawberry Pie recipe has been in our family ever since I was a little girl and is still a favorite today. When our family knows that the Fresh Strawberry Pie is coming you want to get in line fast to get your slice before it is all gone.  I just love sharing these old recipes with all of you and hope you enjoy this special Fresh Strawberry Pie.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

Fresh Strawberry Pie

Miz Helen's Kitchen

Ingredients

8 inch pie shell, baked

3 cups fresh strawberries, sliced

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons corn startch

1 cup water

3 tablespoons strawberry gelatin

2 drops red food coloring

Directions

Prepare and bake pie shell and let cool

Hull, wash and slice 3 cups fresh strawberries set aside

In a medium saucepan mix the sugar and corn starch together

Add the water and cook the mixture on medium heat stirring constantly until the mixture is clear and thick

Remove from heat and stir in the gelatin

Cool to room temperature

Place the sliced strawberries into the baked and cooled pie crust

Pour the room temperature syrup over the strawberries

Let chill in the refrigerator until the syrup is set before serving

Top or garnish with whipped cream if desired

Print Recipe

Fresh Sliced Strawberries Ready For Syrup

This Pie Is Ready To Eat

Garnish With Whipped Cream and More Sliced Strawberries

Enjoy!

We sure are glad that you could stop by and have dessert with us today and guess what I saved a slice of pie for you to take home with you.  Hope you have a great week and come back to see us real soon!

Peace and Joy

Miz Helen

Whats For Dinner Next Week 5-19-13

Congratulations to my Grandson Tate who graduated this past weekend from High School, he will be attending Washburn University in the fall, we are very proud of him!  We were able to go to his graduation and spend time with family that we don't see very often it was a great visit! I sure am glad to see you today and happy to be able to share next weeks menu with you.

Sunday

The Best Grilled Chicken

Roasted Asparagus Delight

Green Salad

Grilled Peaches and Spicy Vanilla Sauce

 

Monday

From Leftover Chicken

Chicken Sandwiches

Sweet Potato Salad

Chocolate Chip Cookies

with Leftover

Peaches and Spicy Vanilla Sauce

Tuesday

Grilled Pork Chops

Corn on The Cob

Stewed Okra and Tomatoes

Spring Greens Salad

Lemony Nana Trifle 

Wednesday

Two Way Pasta

Green Tossed Salad

Garlic Bread

Left Over

Lemony Nana Trifle

Thursday

From
Full Plate Thursday

Steak Carnitas and Sauteed Peppers over Cilantro Lime Rice   at LeMoine Family Kitchen

 Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie  at Pie On Sunday

 Herb Citrus Ice Tea  at Lisa's Dinnertime Dish

Friday

Pizza Night

Tomato Herb Focaccia 

Brownie Sundaes

Saturday
Date Night

Fish Fry On The Dock

Spending Time With
Family and Friends

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It is always good to see you and spend time with you, your visits are very special to me.  Hope you have a great week and come back soon!

Peace and Joy

Miz Helen
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Full Plate Thursday Where The Greatest Cooks On The Planet Gather

 I sure hope that all of  you had a fabulous Mothers Day weekend.  My goodness it was like Queen for a Day around here with kids, grands and greatgrands, at the end of the day I was truly blessed.   Come on back to the kitchen with me we just have some great scones coming out of the oven that will be going on our table along with all the goodies that you are sharing today we are going to have a wonderful day together, sure am glad to see you today!

This Is How I Filled My Plate Last Week

 Breakfast

Creamy Mushrooms and Eggs   at Simple Living and Eating

Lemon Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes  at Cooking On The Front Burner

Morning Snack

Yogurt and Fruit Cups  at Diane's Vintage Zest

Lunch

My Comfort Salad   at Sweet Caroline's Corner

Sausage Paella  at With A Blast

Tangy Lemon Cake  at Simply Sweet N Savory

Afternoon Snack

Frappuccino Cupcakes  at Mummy Deals

Dinner

Herb Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Greek Panzanella Salad  at My Carolina Kitchen 

Really Good Green Beans   at Make Mine Lemon

Simple Irish Brown Bread  at The Resourceful Gals

Toasted Coconut Pudding Pie  at Mostly Homemade Mom

Preserving Food

No One Preserved Food This Week, The Food Was All So Good We Ate It All

If You Are Featured This Week Please Take The Red Plate Home

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Background Story  

When we were young and just starting out in life sometimes we did not have a lot of money. Most of our friends were having to stretch the dollars at the end of the month just like us. My girlfriends and I decided that we would pool our food for some of the evening meals right before payday... the last week of the month. I have some of the fondest memories from those days. We would all bring our food together and we had some great food and great fellowship. We would get the food on the table and everything ready, someone would bless the food and then the hostess would say "come fill your plate". 

Guidelines

When you link to Full Plate Thursday, you are giving me permission to use a photo or link from your Post in a feature post on this blog, on Pinterest, or Face Book Every Week, I feature many of your Recipes on the next Full Plate Thursday, and on What's For Dinner Next Week, and I pin many of your recipes to Pinterest.
Please include a link back to Full Plate Thursday somewhere on your post.
Please visit with all the others, after all that is part of the fellowship that makes it so much fun, in addition to all the good food of course.
Please leave me a comment and let me know you are here, I really do want to be a good hostess.
Now God Bless You and Your Food and Everyone Fill Your Plate! 

 Thank You So Much For Coming Today and Come Back Soon!

The Best Grilled Chicken

This really is The Best Grilled Chicken and it is just in time for the summer grilling season.  Every month I look forward to getting my SRC assignment to see what my cooking adventure will be for that month.  I was so excited this month, we are going to Colorado to visit Lea Ann at Cooking On The Ranch. I knew that Lea Ann was an awesome cook because I had cooked with her before in a Cookbook Spotlight for Muy Bueno Cookbook and couldn't wait to check out all her recipes.  The Best Grilled Chicken is one of those  wonderful blog world recipes that we pass on to one another, just like family.  She found the recipe at Cathy's Noble Pig in Oregon and then adapted it, now I am bringing it from Lea Ann in Colorado and adapting it in Texas.  I sure hope that you will go over and visit Lee Ann, you are in for a real treat, and please tell her I said hi!

The Best Grilled Chicken

 The Best Grilled Chicken
Prepared In Miz Helen's Kitchen
adapted from 
Noble Pig and Cooking On The Ranch
Ingredients
4 pound fryer chicken, split in half
For The Dry Rub
1 tablespoon seasoning salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon chile powder
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
For the Basting Sauce
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
juice of 1 lemon
Option: 1 drop liquid smoke
Your favorite grilling sauce
Directions
Split, wash and dry the chicken. 
Mix the dry rub season's very well 
Rub all over the chicken half's making sure that both sides are covered 
Refrigerate the rubbed chicken half's for 3 hours 
Bring the rubbed chicken half's to room temperature
Prepare the Basting Sauce and set aside
Preheat the grill to very high heat, about 500 degrees.  Turn the middle burner completely off and place the chicken in there while lowering the other two burners, bringing the temperature to 350 degrees.
Baste the fryer and close the grill.  Set a timer for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes turn the fryer over and baster again.  Repeat this step every 15 minutes for a total of one hour, or until the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees.
At the last basting, let the chicken cook for only five minutes more
Baste with your favorite grilling sauce
My favorite sauce is Miz Helen's Bar B Que Sauce
Let set and the internal temperature will continue to come up to 175 a well done for chicken  
Print Recipe  

 Grilling The Chicken

A Platter Full Of Bar B Que Heaven

Enjoy!

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I sure hope that you will enjoy this chicken as much as we did.  If you would like to come cook and have fun with us every month just check out the SRC Site and get signed up.  Thank you so much for stopping by today, your visits are always special to me.

Peace and Joy,

Miz Helen
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What's For Dinner Next Week 5-12-13

Happy Mothers Day

To All The Wonderful Moms!
This Rose Is Just For You

We could not ask for more perfect Spring days like we have been having, a perfect time to spend outdoors with friends and family for a wonderful Mothers Day weekend.  We are really looking forward to having friends and family to enjoy the holiday with us and wishing you the very best weekend with your loved ones.

Sunday

Mothers Day

Brunch

Candied Lemon Thyme Bread 

Eggs Benedict Casserole

Mixed Fruit Bowl

Monday

Fire Roasted Tomato Soup

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Strawberry Jalapeno Muffins 

Tuesday

Meatloaf

Fresh Green Beans

Kid Friendly Pasta Salad

Cottage Bread

Raspberry Sheet Cake 

Wednesday

Busy Day Goulash

Green Salad

Garlic Bread

Left Over

Raspberry Sheet Cake

Thursday

Covered Dish Luncheon

Curried Chicken Salad

Friday

Full Plate Thursday

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms with Lemon Butter Sauce  at Transformations From The Heart

 Fish Cakes with Cilantro Lime Sauce  at The Home Heart

Asparagus Pasta with Pine Nuts and Sun Dried Tomatoes   at It's A Lovely Life

Strawberry 4 Layer Delite  at Sourdough Native

Saturday

Green Chili Burgers

Guacamole

Homemade Salsa

Baked Tortilla Chips

Left Over

Strawberry 4 Layer Delite

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I am so happy that you could stop by today, spending time with you is very important to me and I really look forward to your visit. Wishing you the very best for this weekend and come back to see me real soon!

Peace and Joy

Miz Helen
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A Very Happy Mothers Day 

To All

The Awesome Mom's!

 It is so nice to see you today, I attended my annual women's retreat last weekend and it was wonderful, but it is always good to get back home.  It is such a beautiful spring day here we are going to be having our lunch in the Herb Garden area today, the smell of the herbs is just heavenly.  Come on back, bring your food and lets get it on the table, I can't wait to see what all of you have brought to share today.  

Wishing each of you a very special weekend with your family and friends!

This Is How I Filled My Plate Last Week

Breakfast

Breakfast Pizza  at Snippets of Inspiration

Morning Snack

Blackberry Lemon Coffee Cake  at Love Bakes Good Cakes

Lunch

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms with Lemon Butter Sauce  at Transformations From The Heart

 Fish Cakes with Cilantro Lime Sauce  at The Home Heart

Asparagus Pasta with Pine Nuts and Sun Dried Tomatoes   at It's A Lovely Life

Strawberry 4 Layer Delite  at Sourdough Native

Afternoon Snack

Melt In Your Mouth Mini Lemon Cups  at The Savory Lotus

Yummy Pineapple Drink  at Kids Activity Blog

 Dinner

Steak Carnitas and Sauteed Peppers over Cilantro Lime Rice   at LeMoine Family Kitchen

 Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie  at Pie On Sunday

 Herb Citrus Ice Tea  at Lisa's Dinnertime Dish

If Your Recipe Is Featured Today Please Take The Red Plate Home

Full Plate Thursday  Background Story

When we were young and just starting out in life sometimes we did not have a lot of money. Most of our friends were having to stretch the dollars at the end of the month just like us. My girlfriends and I decided that we would pool our food for some of the evening meals right before payday... the last week of the month. I have some of the fondest memories from those days. We would all bring our food together and we had some great food and great fellowship. We would get the food on the table and everything ready, someone would bless the food and then the hostess would say "come fill your plate". 

Guidelines

 When you link to Full Plate Thursday, you are giving me permission to use a photo or link from your Post in a feature post on this blog, on Pinterest, or Face Book Every Week, I feature many of your Recipes on the next Full Plate Thursday, and on What's For Dinner Next Week, and I pin many of your recipes to Pinterest.
Please include a link back to Full Plate Thursday somewhere on your post.
Please visit with all the others, after all that is part of the fellowship that makes it so much fun, in addition to all the good food of course.
Please leave me a comment and let me know you are here, I really do want to be a good hostess.
Now God Bless You and Your Food and Everyone Fill Your Plate! 

 Thank You So Much For Coming Today and Come Back Soon!

 

Candied Lemon Thyme Bread

I just love to have a nice flavored bread that we can enjoy with our morning coffee or afternoon tea, or maybe just a simple dessert for lunch or a casual supper.  This is a wonderful full flavored bread with a hint of sweet and savory in an unusual combination.  We really enjoy this bread and hope you will to.

Candied Lemon Thyme Bread

Candied Lemon Thyme Bread

Miz Helen's Kitchen

The Bread

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons thyme

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

3/4 cup half and half

6 tablespoons butter

4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Zest of 1 lemon 

1 sprig thyme for garnish

Directions

Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, together in a medium bowl and stir in the thyme

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, gradually adding the sugar and beat until flufffy

Add the eggs one at a time beating after each addition

Mix in the Half and Half, Lemon Zest, and Lemon Juice into the butter and sugar mix, alternately adding the dry ingredients

Mix just until the batter is mixed well and don't over mix

Pour the batter into a buttered 8 inch loaf pan 

Bake 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes
Remove the bread from the pan and place on a cooling rack sitting on a cookie sheet
Glaze the bread with the syrup from the Candied Lemons
After the Glaze has had a chance to soak into the bread, about 15 minutes
Drizzle the Lemon Frosted Glaze over the Bread
Garnish with Candied Lemons
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The Candied Lemons
Ingredients
2 lemons
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Directions
Wash the lemons and slice 1/4 inch thick
Bring the sugar and water to a boil in a large saucepan until the sugar dissolves.
Add the lemons, and cover the surface with a round of parchment paper.
Reduce heat to medium low and simmer gently until the rinds are translucent, about 30 minutes.
Let the lemons cool in the syrup 
Take the cool lemons out of the syrup and dry on a rack sitting on a cookie sheet
Reserve the syrup to use as a glaze for the bread and also makes a great syrup for pancakes
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Lemon Frosted Glaze
Ingredients
3 cups confectioners sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
Directions
In a medium bowl whisk all the ingredients together and mix well until the desired consistency is reached
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Slice The Lemons

Cook The Lemon In The Syrup

Dry The Lemons

Brush The Glaze On The Bread

Glaze The Bread and Let It Set

This Bread Has Great Flavor

And This Loaf Is For You!

It was great to have you stop by today and have a nice slice of this Candied Lemon Thyme Bread with me and sure hope you enjoyed your stay at the cottage, oh and don't forget your bread.   We always look forward to your visits so hurry back to see us soon!

Peace and Joy

Miz Helen
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