Happy Pi(e) Day!

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Today is 3.14, and that means it's π day! Like any irrational number person, I like to celebrate π day by eating a pie, and since I host a dinner group every week, I thought I'd help my friends celebrate π day by picking up a Marie Callender's frozen dessert as my contribution.

Oh my word, there were so many delicious choices. I contemplated getting a buffet of single serving pies, but I didn't want my party to come to fisticuffs over a shortage of certain varieties, so I waffled between Banana Creme and Razzleberry for a while. I ultimately went with Razzleberry because the theme of that week's dinner party was rainbow, and I was responsible for purple.

Since I'm kind of the queen of making a store bought food look like I slaved for hours over it, I thought I'd share some of my frozen pie secrets with you. The keys? Foiled edges, egg wash, and fresh whipped cream. You're welcome:
Since we all know that eating pie is a lot more fun than sitting around calculating the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, here's a coupon that will get you $1.50 off any frozen Marie Callender's pie so you can celebrate π Day/ Pie Day, too.

Check out the ratings and reviews of all the Marie Callender's desserts here. For more tips and tricks visit Marie Callender's blog.

Disclosure: I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

Easy recipe: No Cook Banana Pudding

Hand down, my favorite dessert is banana pudding. No one can make it like my Grandma Marilyn used to. Oh, some have tried, but all have fallen short of her pudding's glory.

To that end, I've tried a lot of banana pudding and attempted to make a lot of banana pudding over the years. Although I wasn't able to get her recipe before she passed away, this is the closest I've come to hers and the most magnificent pudding that I myself have ever made. Better yet? There's absolutely no cooking involved. Yes, friends, here's another recipe culled from my file of "Yummy Things That Unfairly Make Me Look Like a Culinary Genius":

Easy recipe: Twelve Minute Honey Baked Brie

Every Wednesday, for the last couple of years, I've been a part of a City Group at my church. One of the main components of that is a gathering of friends at my house for dinner nearly every week. I have never claimed to be a great cook, but over the last couple of years I've been building up a stash of recipes that I like to call "Yummy Things That Unfairly Make Me Look Like a Culinary Genius". These recipes are incredibly easy, fairly quick, and super delicious. Best of all, the resulting dish gets gobbled up and raved about like you wouldn't believe. I thought that I'd start sharing some of these with you, starting with Honey Baked Brie, which you can do a number of ways, depending on what you have on hand or what's in season or on sale: