This Feels Good

For a long time now I've wanted to write a recipe book. In this book I wanted to collect family recipes and the stories that go along with them. But I couldn't make it happen. I would start writing and get a recipe and a story and that would lead to another and another. Sounds good, but it wasn't. I couldn't wrap my mind around the organization. It didn't flow. So I would stop.

Then when I was e-mailing Margaret about my other blog, it hit me: the perfect format for what I want to accomplish is a blog! I can just write what I want when I want. I don't have to worry about chapters or organization. Or tables of content. Or indices. I just let the recipes and the stories flow.

So here goes:

We all like Banana Blueberry Pie, but it's my dad's favorite. He gets it in place of birthday cake. It's so easy that you can explain it over the phone to boys at college or stationed far away and they can successfully make a taste of home for themselves, their roommates, and/or girlfriends.

Banana Blueberry Pie

1 rolled pie crust, baked unfilled according to package directions and cooled
1 can blueberry pie filling
2 - 3 ripe bananas
1 8-oz container of whipped topping

Slice the bananas into the bottom of the baked and cooled pie crust. Top the bananas with the pie filling. Cover with whipped topping.

This pie can be eaten immediately. Be sure to refrigerate any leftovers.

Variations:
*Use a ready-made graham cracker crust if you're in a hurry.
*For more blueberry taste, drain a can of blueberries and stir them into the pie filling before spreading it over the blueberries.
*Whip 1 cup of heavy whipping cream with 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 2 -3 tablespoons of sugar. Use in place of commercial whipped topping.