it was only my second without my parents, my first being when i lived in texas and i opted to go down to mexico and work in an orphanage for the weekend to ease the loneliness.
this year it was just the kids, us up here, and i think we did a fairly smashing job.
Justin's lady love Jill was gracious enough to host, and provided a lovely Tur-duck-Hen ( chicken inside a duck inside a turkey) sound like heaven? cause it was.
* side note, one of the few ways to my heart is turkey ( not lunchmeat turkey) but roasted turkey. God gave my mentor a word for me a few months ago and He actually used a turkey as the example in it because 1) He knew how much i love them and knew i would know it was from Him and 2) i had never told my Mentor my thoughts or deep love of turkey. it was a simple word, but affirming and well timed, but i digress.
My job, as per usual for family meals was the dessert.
i am tired of being a one note, and while i love that everyone loves my apple pies and cheesecake, i've been bored, so i decided to branch out..
I decided to make a fresh fruit tart and a chocolate cream pie. Both something i had never attempted.
i would post the recipe's, but since i didn't deviate from them at all they aren't mine to claim.
but i just did an internet search and used Paula Dean's fresh fruit Tart recipe and allrecipes.com for the chocolate cream pie.
For those of you wanting to do the chocolate cream pie, a word of warning when baking your pie crust. remember to weigh it down before putting it in the oven. i did not and was surprised to find a very puffy crust with the sides all scrunched down. with that being said, also don't put pie dough onto a hot pie plate. this also causes severe complications. Even with those little missteps i forged ahead and feel that i provided my awaiting public with a very yummy chocolate dessert. although i feel that the next time i make it i would like to make the whipped cream chocolate as well.
For those of you wanting to make a tart but don't have a tart pan, please don't fret, i simply used my springform pan and it turned out wonderfully. i loved it and feel that its something i will make again and again. i do feel like i might switch up the fruit used, just to keep things fresh.
So it was with full bellies and full hearts we spent our easter, basking in the beautiful sunshine God had provided and reminiscing on where life had taken us in the past year. God has been so good to all of us, we are a lucky group. We've found community, love, hope, future. Its wonderful to tangibly see where God has been changing us and of the personal and communal growth of us as a family and friends. I think back to a year ago and i would have never been brave enough to attempt a tart, or a cream pie for that matter, but i've become more brave.. not just in my baking, but in every aspect of life. Last easter i was still living in fall river, so far away from my family and good community. i was lonely, sad and hurting. This year i am surrounded by good community, good friends and my family. I am happy, healthy, and actively engaging in my life. Every day i live life in the present, something i have only just now learned to do. There is something beautiful in the revelation that i am actively living out God's exact will for my life. that there is nothing missing, nothing i messed up. Everything IS as it should be...
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