Creamy Corn & Roasted Red Peppers

One of the new dishes I tried for Thanksgiving this year was surprisingly a success.  I actually was hesitant about making it, but either people were just being nice or it really hit the spot!  The hesitation mostly came because I was making something (actually everything I made this year was) new to me and that's daring when it comes to a big group of people!

If you need a quick [to prepare], easy side dish and have an accessible slow cooker, this is your dish.  Print the recipe here!

Pie for Dinner

What do you do when you are a first-time gardener and it's too much of a success?

Make pie!

There are some steps to it, but it's really quite simple and surprisingly delicious - as TOH already dubbed it...

Start out by baking your pastry shell.  Let it cool.  Put an even first layer of tomatoes down.  I used cherry tomatoes because I have an abundance of them in my garden.  It calls for plum tomatoes, but personally I love the bite-sizes....

Evenly sprinkle the green onions next.

Next, layer the rest of the tomatoes on top.

Sprinkle with the basil, salt and pepper.  Spread the mayo/cheese mixture next.

Lastly, sprinkle the bacon and Parmesan.

Even though it says it serves 8, if you're serving it as an entree, it's closer to 4 or 5...  However, it'd be a great side to something and THEN, yes, it would serve closer to 8 people!

Print the recipe here.

Happy Summer Cooking!