MMMMMMMMMM...Strawberry pie! So ONO! Not even Hawaiian, but that just seems to fit how it tastes to me. It was a recipe handed down to me from my mom who got it from my Grandma Williams. I grew up with it pretty much always having frozen strawberries in them and then when my mom told me that my grandma only ever made it with fresh, it just clicked and I tried it and just can't go back to using frozen. But, you can do whatever you want, just know that using fresh is 100 times better. I'll still eat the frozen berry pies, I'm not that snobby. :)

Strawberry Pie

• 1 large box Strawberry Jello (6 oz.) -I have used another berry flavor before when I was all out and it still tasted great.
• 8 T. cornstarch
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• Whisk together in a small saucepot on the stovetop.
• Add 3 cups of water while stirring well.
• Turn on the heat to med-hi
• Cook approx 6 minutes or until it's thick and bubbly with a clear appearance

* Line a PRE-BAKED pie crust with hulled and halved strawberries one level high. No stacking.

**Pour warm mixture into the crust and place more strawberries on top to make it look pretty and be sure that you have strawberries evenly distributed. Sometimes when you pour the berries move.

Let cool for several hours in the fridge before serving.

So Easy!!!

Texas Caviar

I'm pretty sure I found this recipe on the triplet's blog, but I can't remember.
Wherever I found it, it's delicious and it made a ton! I had to give half of it away because I knew we wouldn't finish it all. It was super easy to make and I actually plan on making it again as part of tonight's dinner.
I didn't make it exactly as it was written because I didn't want to use all the different beans it suggested or the quantity.
I'll write the recipe as it was shown and then add in what I did differently.

Texas Caviar

• 1 can shoepeg corn (I used about a cup or so of frozen that I defrosted in a bowl of water)
• 1 can blackeye peas (Not a huge fan of these so I used black beans, much better!)
• 1 can kidney beans
• Rinse the beans well and put in a good sized bowl

• 3 avocados-diced (I only had one and it worked! P.S: I would add this at the very last because it ended up squishing when I tossed it all together)
• 3 tomatos diced ( I only used 2)
• 1 green pepper diced (I used a half of a red one, would have used more but didn't have any)
• 1 bunch cliantro
• 1 red onion (I don't like hunks of uncooked onion, so I choppen this super fine and it was really good)
• 1 lime - squeeze it over the mixture. I have a bottle of lime concentrate in the fridge and used some of that too because I felt it just needed a little more than one lime.
• 1 tsp. vinegar. I used white distilled and it was good.
• Pinch of salt. When all was done, I thought it needed a little salt to kick it up a bit. But not too much because you eat it with salty tortilla chips.

Let it chill for a couple hours before you eat it. So good!