Pie Makes Everything Better!
Smoky pulled pork in a pot pie; comfort food just got better! The tangy kick comes from homemade mustard-based Carolina BBQ sauce that you have got to try (recipe below)! However, my affinity to tomato-based BBQ sauce is unwavering, but Carolina sauce wins today. The entire flavor spectrum is brought […]
What a day to celebrate Pi with Pie! Peanut Butter Fudge pie is loaded with creamy peanut butter and a little milk chocolate. No worries, the peanut butter is the main event. A little back story, for years our family has made what we call our own “Magic Shell.” It’s […]
Salted Caramel Turtle Pie is life changing; how did I ever live without this? The combination of salty pretzels, caramel, pecans and chocolate ganache is so dang good. Every bite has a bit of salty and sweet which in turn creates the perfectly balanced indulgent dessert pie. At the starting […]
Tart apples with a touch of fresh cider are nestled into tender flaky crust with fall leaf pie crust cutouts making a beautiful apple slab pie!.
Aussie Beef Pot Pie, just what the comfort food doctor ordered! I have never been to the land “down under,” but friends that live there rave about beef pot pies. From what I have heard there are folks walking around eating these hand-size meat pies. Dang, I love this place […]
I hesitated to call these “Sweeney Todd” meat pies, which would be truly macabre. I am sure there are Halloween parties that would make a perfect setting for macabre meat pot pies. Can you imagine stabbing a fork into this meat pie? For me, no! I flipped mine over, I […]
What’s better in the world than a warm slice of apple? Yep, a warm slice of apple pie a la mode. Grated Dutch Apple Pie has such a good flavor story to share. Tiny bits of peel that survive the grating process add a bit of kick to the flavor […]
Heirloom Tomato Tart is the perfect send off to summer and welcome in to fall. It’s the beginning of the end of fresh garden tomatoes and look how pretty (and pretty tasty) this tart is! My Heirloom Tomato Tart is made with homemade cashew cream “cheese.” However, is a tomato […]
Chocolate Cream Pie aka Chocolate Pudding Pie; same fantabulous pie. This is the ultimate in a homemade Chocolate Cream Pie! Sometimes we need smooth & creamy chocolate pudding pie piled with whipped cream! I grew up on boxed instant pudding – I had no idea what I was missing until […]
Tomato Bacon Zucchini Hand Pies are basically veggie garden crack, but no garden is needed with year-around produce markets! Full of ripe Roma tomatoes, zucchini, loads of crispy bacon, Tillamook cheeses and seasonings. Every year we make our Tomato Bacon Zucchini pie and this year is no different. But I […]
Root Beer Float Cream Pie is so creamy delicious you might want to drink it with a straw, but it is was created to serve as a frozen pie! Talk about win-win! Do you ever have a day when all you really want is a root beer float? If you […]
Apples, cherries and red hots candies! Bam! Apple Cherry Bomb Pie! The color alone screams “You need this!” To get the true blue “bomb” zippiness we’re using tart apples & pie cherries with red hots & a tiny bit of cayenne for a little kick. That’s pretty much the recipe […]
Lemon Berry Meringue Pie; a very berry-licious update from lemon meringue! It still has the same lemon filling spiked with some fresh lemon zest, but wow, the black raspberry meringue is combination is WOW. Lemon never had it so good. My berry of choice today is Black Raspberry a.k.a. Black […]
Berry Powder (aka Berry Power); where have you been all my life? As I am in the possession of a dehydrator I ask myself why did I wait so long? Could it be that easy to make berry powder? The answer is yes, yes it is. While at a local […]
Cherry Vanilla anything is super tasty, but add in some rhubarb and it’s superb! Sweet and tart with a creamy vanilla chaser.
Star Wars May the 4th, Jawa – Episode IV; the story that started it all. I don’t know Jawa Trader Talk but I they do know how to wheel & deal. The Jawa also kept Tattooine pristine from scrap metal, keeping the planet clean. For their service the Jawa certainly […]
Hi, I am Linda, The Portlandia Pie Lady! I live in the Great Northwest of beautiful forests, coastlines, and I LOVE PIE! I love creating and sharing pies, because that’s what any good Pie Lady does. If we’re lucky enough to cross paths, I would surely serve up a slice of heaven for you. Pie does make everything better!
