You are My Sunshine (Frozen Lemonade Pie)

Friday, August 14, 2009

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“You Are My Sunshine
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You’ll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don’t take my sunshine away”

Remember this song? It has quite a catchy tune.  Let me tell you, once you get this little ditty  stuck in your head, it’s damn hard to get it out!  I actually found myself humming it around my house for hours the other day after having a slice of that Frozen Lemonade Pie you see in the pictures here.

The recipe for this little gem is ridiculously easy and doesn’t call for one single organic, farm-raised, free range, all natural ingredient.  In fact, there are only four ingredients required – five, if you make your own crust.  And, one of the ingredients involved is Cool Whip, which I hear many foodies don’t even consider to be real food.  Ordinarily, I wouldn’t have ever posted about this pie.  I would have been too worried about damaging any reputation I might have as a “legitimate” foodie.  After all, a five year-old could whip this puppy up, so you certainly don’t need me to tell you how to do it.  Besides, I do believe that organic, farm-raised, free range and all natural ingredients are wonderful, and I do try to use them whenever I can. read more >>

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