WHATCHA GOT COOKING?

 

Well I am glad you asked! 

We are gonna make Tomato Basil Squares!  Yes, I know, I am excited too!  Lets get started shall we!!

Here are our ingredients:

Pillsbury Pizza Crust

Mayonnaise (NO MIRACLE WHIP!)

Basil

Minced Garlic

Mozzarella Cheese

Shredded Parmesan Cheese (No grated)

Roma Tomatoes 

Just a little info on the ingredients.  I also threw in some mixed Italian cheeses.  Only because I was feeling adventurous.  It did not really change the taste, so you can use it if you want but its not necessary.  You can also use fresh basil and fresh garlic, but I have three kids a husband and work full time.  I don't have time for fresh.  :)

Ok, lets get cooking.

First preheat the oven to around 375 degrees.

Next in a medium size bowl place the following:

1 cup of mayonnaise

 

1/4 cup parmesan cheese

1 cup mozzarella cheese

1  to 2 tablespoons of basil (original recipe calls for 2, I think I have shortened it to 1)

(I guesstimated)

1 teaspoon garlic

Mix all that up and set to the side

Next Roll out your dough onto your baking dish.

Now I use my Pampered Chef rectangular baking stone.  You can use a round pizza stone, or a regular aluminum pan.  Whatever floats your boat.

Now take your tomatoes and slice them.

Then take about a cup of mozzarella and layer it on your pizza dough. You can use more than this if you like, whatever you want.

Next layer the tomatoes on top of the cheese

Notice the cheese on the tomatoes?  That's just because I felt like putting it there.  You do not have to put cheese on top at this point.  But you can if you want.

Remember that mixture of mayo and cheese we made?  You need it now.  This is also the tricky part.  Take the mixture and spread on top of the tomatoes.  Now the tomatoes are gonna move a little so you may have to use your fingers to hold them down as you are spreading.

Time to go in the oven!

Leave them in there for, ohhh about 15 minutes, or until it looks like this.....

Nice and bubbly :)  Just a cooking note if its black that means you cooked it to long.

 

Just right  :)

Time to slice this baby!!

Jessie is going to try it out for us.

Jessie you might want to let it cool off before you dive right in. :)

So try these next time you want some pizza, but want something a little different.  Believe me you are going to love them.  Unless you don't like tomatoes and then you can just pick those off.

This also definitely qualifies in the chick food category.  Little Logan would not eat any of it.  I had to end up making him Totinos Pizza Rolls.

 

Boys they just don't know what's good.

WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

Drum Roll Please……………………….

Ta Da!!!!

WE ARE MAKING BUTTERMILK PIE!!!!!!!!!

If you read my survey you will notice that I promised you the recipe for Butter Milk Pie. Well your wait is over people! With the help of my lovely cooking protégé Sydie B

I now bring you ……..Buttermilk Pie. :)

People, people trust me on this it is wonderful, and it does not, I repeat does not taste like Buttermilk. Honest!! If you tasted it for the first time and did not know it was Buttermilk Pie you would not even know that buttermilk was in the thing.

The story of Buttermilk Pie started long, long, ago, when our Mother would make us Buttermilk Pies. I just adore these things especially when they are warm. Yummmmmmmm :) So when I became a Mom and Wife (in that order) I started making Buttermilk Pies. I haven’t made one in a while though because the torch has been passed on to the lovely Sydie B and Jessie Mae. Syd loves to make these things, Jess will make them if she has to.

By the way for those of you who think this is like a Chess Pie its not, its is better and you can’t tell me any different. Don’t even try to make me think it is, because it ain’t. There ain’t no cornmeal or vinegar in this thing .

So lets get started shall we.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees

Then get two frozen pie shells and set them out. Now apparently I have not been making the pies correctly all these years. I was informed by Syd that you have to make a smiley face in the pie crust so they will feel loved.

Now in your bowl put the following ingredients:

2 cups of sugar

(Do you like the reminder on her hand)

4 eggs

2 tablespoons of self rising flour

(I don't know why she does this, b ut she levels it off be blowing the excess flour off. I do not suggest this for health reasons. Germs, Germs, Germs bleh!:{ )

2/3 cup buttermilk (see that’s not that much)

Now shake, shake, shake..... shake, shake, shake

shake your buttermilk, shake youre buttermilk

(you know what tune to sing)

1 teaspoon of vanilla

1 stick of melted butter

Now just dump all that stuff in there and get to mixing.

Once your done mixing, pour the mixture evenly into the two pie crust.

I thought you were showing us the love Syd. Help, help she’s drowning us help, help!!!!......gulb, gulb, gulb…..

Know very carefully put them into the oven. They are going to stay in there for 45 minutes.

Know when the look golden brown like this, they still aren’t done.

They wont be done until they don’t jiggle in the middle. Take the rack and shake it a bit if the pie is still a jiggling leave it in there a little longer. Know I have found that when they get a big bubble on top they are just about there.

Ahhhhhh, look at that pie.

Good job Syd, the pie is awesome!!!!

Now go out and make your own pie.

Diane H, if you will go look on the microwave in the kitchen there is one waiting for you in there. ;-)