Pie, me oh my, I love pie

When I got home from work, I didn’t feel like going to the grocery store so I just made do with what we had at the house to eat. Hmm…veggie drawer has three squash, five onions, lots of limes, a plum, some carrots. So I decided to make a squash casserole. Cut up the squash into discs, diced an onion and sautéed them in a large skillet with a tablespoon of butter till softened. Then got one can of cream of chile poblano soup, about a cup and a half of bread crumbs, and about a cup of cheese in a large bowl. Mixed all together with a bit of salt and pepper then baked in the oven at 350 for about fifteen minutes. Turned out pretty darn good. And was a lot easier than many recipes I’ve seen for squash casserole. The cream of chile poblano soup really added a nice flavor to it. Ryan and I both had seconds. Also found some pork chops we’d grilled a couple months ago. Defrosted those, and sliced them up for tacos/quesadillas. Not a half bad dinner for just making do with what you have on hand.
Anywho, while cleaning out the freezer, I found two pie crusts (yes Howard, store bought, I know...boo!) and some peaches I’d put up last summer from Fredericksburg. Also found several bags of frozen strawberries and cool whip. So I made a strawberry/peach pie and then was going to make an apple tart pie with a recipe I got from one of Aunt Roberta’s cookbooks. I just bought the apples at Kroger Monday night. Started cutting into them, and it looked like the seeds in the core had molded! It was disgusting. Even took them to Ryan and was like, “have you ever seen anything like this?.” So I threw out the apples, but, my cream cheese/powdered sugar base had already been whipped and crust cooked. Hmm…my fruit had already all been used. Off to the pantry. I found a package of vanilla pudding. Thought, it is worth a shot. So I made the vanilla pudding and stirred in some Pendry’s hot oil cinnamon. Then poured it over the top of the whipped cream cheese base. Tonight when we get home we will get to discover if the pies go into the trash. I’m concerned about the strawberry/peach pie tasting like freezer burn and the other one just being flat out bad. Guess we’ll see.
So happy today is Friday! Looking forward to the weekend for sure. It’s somebody’s birthday on Sunday…I wonder what she wants? Maybe someone will magically send me a text message or an email to let me know :o)