Recipe 16- Strawberry Shortcake

As I mentioned in the previous post, Claudia decided that she wanted to try strawberry shortcake. What is interesting to me is that it was a request specifically for shortcake, and not for cupcakes or something else familiar to her. As far as I can recall, she hasn't ever tried strawberry shortcake before, and I'm not sure where she might have heard about it. But she was pretty adamant about it, so strawberry shortcake it was.

The recipe I ended up using was from the back of a Bisquick box, which I happened to pull out of the refrigerator when I was rearranging things for the remaining 3 pounds of strawberries. Score!

Recipe- Strawberry Shortcake, from the back of a Bisquick box
Modifications- Used soymilk instead of milk; no whipped topping
Reactions- Again, kids and I liked it, Dad didn't try it.
Notes- Once again, a pretty simple, but successful, dessert.

Recipe 15- Neely's Strawberry Pie

At the end of April, the kids and I took a field trip to SweetBerry Farm in Marble Falls to pick strawberries. We met my friend Amy and her kids Adam and Lottie (as well as some of her other friends) and spent a few hours in the strawberry fields. The weather was really nice, and there were plenty of really sweet, beautiful strawberries. So many, in fact, that we went a little overboard. Bryan and Claudia each had their own basket, as did I. And while neither of the kids completely filled their baskets, they both did a pretty good job. And we came home with almost 7 pounds of strawberries.

On the way home, Bryan decided that he wanted to make a strawberry pie. Claudia requested a strawberry shortcake. So while the kids napped, I flipped through cookbooks and searched online for something that was either already Bryan-safe or easily adaptable. (And made freezer jam in the meantime!) I came up with a strawberry pie recipe from the Food Network website (where else?), which was simple enough that Bryan was able to help me when he woke up from his nap. Fresh strawberry pie- mmmmmmmm...

Recipe- Neely's Strawberry Pie (available on Food Network website)
Modifications- Used Bryan-safe margarine instead of butter
Reactions- Kids and I loved it. Dad, as usual, didn't feel like trying anything that involved fruit.
Notes- Very easy recipe, and very good results. Definitely a winner!

Slight change of plans

So clearly, I'm not very good at this resolution thing. Not consistently, anyway- some weeks, I'll get inspired and try 2-3 new recipes, but others, I allow myself to get derailed and resort to standbys. I have decided, then, to amend my resolution slightly. I'm going to aim for 52 recipes over the course of the year- so if I miss a week here or there, I can make up for it in later weeks. As of this moment, I think I'm 2 recipes behind on the cooking (and WAY behind on the blogging...) But I promise I'll catch up on both sometime in the near future!