Saturday Yumminess: Mrs. Norris' Apple Pie

My friends from college, Billy and Sharon are visiting this weekend.

I get to see them at least once a year when they come down to visit.

Every time we are together this story gets told:

Billy was a minor league baseball player and their first year of marriage they were living in CT. I drove four hours to spend Easter with them. Billy had a game that day so Sharon and I decided to prep for the Easter meal (we had several other players and Billy's sister and BIL coming) before heading to the game. At 22 years of age, we thought we knew it ALL.

(I see you smiling and nodding your head.)

Among all the other prep, we peeled the potatoes and cubed them and decided we'd transform them into the yummmmmy mashed potatoes when we returned.

Ummm, we returned to BLUE potatoes.

We didn't know you had to cover them in water.

After a frantic phone call to Sharon's mother, she told us they were fine to eat. Well first she had to stop laughing, and then she assured us it was strictly aesthetic.


Those blue potatoes have never been forgotten. Nor repeated. But they were eaten. Billy's always been a good sport like that.

I did come away with a keeper recipe I use EVERY Thanksgiving.

Sharon's MIL's easy, peasy recipe for apple pie.

I've since dubbed it:

Mrs. Norris’ Apple Pie

Pie Crust
1 T. flour

1T. sugar
1 t.c cinnamon
Sliced apples

Crumb Topping:


1 stick butter
1 c. flour
¾ c. brown sugar

Add 1 T. flour to bottom of pie crust. Arrange sliced apples and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.

Crumb Topping:

Mix stick butter, flour and brown sugar by hand to form crumb topping.

Top pie.

Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes.


I apologize for the lack of picture to accompany this recipe.

Use your imagination.

Can you smell what the mama's been cookin'?

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~~It's been a year already!!~~

WFMW: Frugal Edition: Leftovers

One of my favorite dishes is leftovers.

You read that right.

Leftovers.

I can take any leftover and add crescent rolls and cheese and make a meal we all enjoy.

Even if the kids may not have liked it in it's original form, they'll enjoy it the secondtime around :)

Here are some combos that we enjoy:

~chicken, corn, grilled onions, cheese and bbq sauce.

~ham, brocolli, cheese and brown mustard.

~shrimp, asparagus, parmesan cheese and lemon butter.

~taco meat,salsa cheese and corn.

~pot roast and all the fixins'.

~spaghetti, mozz cheese, and extra sauce.

~hot and mild sausages, grilled peppers and onions, mozz cheese and creamy italian dressing.

Get the picture????

Just take any leftover, add cheese and roll it up in two cans of cresent rolls. Doesn't matter how you do it.

It will be fantastic!

(I meant to have a picture to accompany this post, but I've been stuck tending to flu victims ~ and we are hoping it stays as just plain, jane vanilla flu!)

Head over to We are THAT Family to see other frugal ideas this wednesday.

It's my one year blog anniversary today and I'm having a giveaway! Please go enter!

It's been a year already * Giveaway*

It's been a year since I stuck my neck out of my shell and started a blog.

It was a big step for me.
I hate to be judged. To the extreme.
Like I went to all the practices before the tryouts for cheerleading, but couldn't go to the actual tryout to make cuts.
Every year of high school.
Yup, I'm that much of a loser.

So to put my stuff out here, without being able to control how others would perceive me was BIG.

Control seems to be the key word, hunh?

Anyway, enough about my issues.........let's talk about yours.

Just kiddin!

Back to me.

I like to be liked.
That's wrong.
I need to be liked.

The blog world has a measure for popularity.
I've just ignored it.
Until today.

Today I added followers to my sidebar.
I currently have three. Me, myself and I.
No, really I only count for one.
And another one is my RL friend.
But the third one? I don't know her. Really!

Why don't you become a follower?

And just to spice it up a bit.......I'll offer a giveaway.

Leave a comment between today and Friday and I'll enter you in the giveaway.
Become a follower and leave another comment and I'll enter you twice.

You don't have to have a blog to leave a comment. Do it anonymously, if you feel the need.

I'll draw the winner and announce over the weekend.

Winner will receive a fun, flirty summertime apron ~ handmade by the Mama!

Comments and followers...........two of my favorite things.

SPT: Something Old: Bahama Shores Mama

I really took this assignment literally and am making this post somethin old as this was supposed to be done yesterday :)

The something old I chose to do was my blog.

It's Bahama Shores Mama's one year anniversary ~ today!!!!



It's a bit of a cliche ~ but I can't believe it's been that long, and on the other hand it seems like I've been doing this so much longer!

I go in spurts where I am obsessively composing posts in my head to other times when my creative blog mojo is as dry as...........well, no need to go there.

Sometimes it seems I'm talking to myself, and many days I just may be. I have not been consistent enough to really build a following. And most of the time I'm okay with that.

I do believe to everything there is a season and my blogging comes and goes. I just hope for longer seasons.

Please check with me later today for a little giveaway to commemorate my blogversary.

In the meantime, if you haven't already done so, please go to Amuse-Bouche's and seeing all the old stuff that other's chose to showcase.

Saturday Yumminess: Parmesan Drumsticks

This is a family favorite.

Even people who claim to hate dark meat and/or drumsticks LOVE this.

The key is SKINLESS drumsticks. You can either buy them this way, get the butcher to take the skin off for you, or do it yourself at home. The value packs of drumsticks are perfect for this.

PARMESAN DRUMSTICKS

12 skinless drumsticks

1 Cup Parmesan cheese

3 t. oregano

2 t. paprika

1/4 c. butter

1 T. olive oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine dry ingredients. Melt oil and butter together.

Dip each drumstick into butter mixture, then cheese mixture. I prefer the ole' shake and bake technique.

Lay them flat in a pan and bake for 1 hour until done.

Bask in the aroma that now fills your kitchen!