One Earth Hour and The Long Day Closes

After the cake event of Saturday afternoon, I had a dinner party to attend. And I had offered to make dessert! After all the baking and decorating I needed to make the simplest thing, and so I decided to make a key lime pie. But I wasn't impressed by the layer of dust on top of my graham cracker box. So what to do? Well, I'm a big fan of Betsy's baking and one recipe of hers that I love is her chewy ginger cookies. But when I made them, I had mistimed things and ended up going on a longish trip, leaving most of them uneaten and coming back to somewhat stale cookies. Not wanting to waste them, I ground them up and froze them in freezer bags. On Saturday morning I used some instead of graham crackers to make the pie shell. I added some lemon juice to the lime juice just for laughs, and the pie turned out great! The hint of ginger was a great addition to the flavour, and - of course - it was served with a large dollop of whipped cream. I can't wait to try Betsy's ground up ginger cookies as a base for a cheese cake!

On to dinner: What I love about my friend's stylish condo is that it seems out of a movie, with a step down living room. Wasn't that feature in just about every Hollywood apartment? He sets a great table too, and the evening was filled with lively conversation and wonderful food. We noted Earth Hour and ate by candlelight only.




Today I cleaned. Oh, the cleaning. The kitchen alone took all morning. But now the whole place is back to normal, the cake decorating supplies are put away and I sat down at last with a cup of peppermint tea and pondered the next two weeks, which promise to be a bit slower than the last few.

And I will at last have time to catch up on my favourite blogs.