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Hi, I’m Lil’Miss Suzy Homemaker, or so I’ve been told lately.  To what do I owe this title to you ask?  Perhaps you know if you follow me on Facebook or Twitter but I’ve been busy in the kitchen.

It all started with a rather LARGE bag of ping-pong sized Key Limes my husband brought home one night.  Why did he buy these I have no idea and nor did I ask but now I am wondering. Hmmm?  I digress.

Todd tells me I need to do something with those limes because they are going to go bad real soon and why not make a key lime pie.  (His scheme all along) SURE!  I’ve never done it but it can’t be THAT hard, right??  Wrong. 

Who would have thought ping-pong sized limes would take me 30 minutes to squeeze just one cup of precious juice?  Who, I ask WHO?  I credit my naiveté for pushing onward and tackling Emeril’s recipe.

So yeah, I used the whole bag but 2 flippin’ limes, TWO, to get 1 cup of juice.  My fingers actually pruned up from all the squeezing.  The rest of the recipe was a breeze. 

Now I understand why the dessert costs so much.  The pie came out awesome!  BOY was it tart but oh so delicious.

Besides trying my hand at Key Lime Pie I decided to try out making jam.  There was this great sell on blackberries so heck, why not?  I found a “no cook” packet from Ball, purchased some freezer containers and headed home. 

I got the boys involved, which by the way made the process loooooonger but I’m making memories, right?  Let’s hope they DO remember.  Did I take pictures? No, may be next time.  I have no time to scrapbook these days. *sniff*

My latest Suzy moment was baking two loaves of banana bread.  It would have been three but it really is important to add ALL of the flour the recipe calls for.  (How did I miss that?)

When you look in the oven and see your BREAD boiling and bubbling ya know something isn’t right.  Thankfully I had plenty of banana’s overly ripe.  I put them out of their misery.

Oh, the day before yesterday, I made a chocolate chip crust, cream cheese, cherry-pie filling concoction simply because I had all the ingredients AND tonight I made Feta stuffed hamburgers with a spring salad that included red onions, mescaline and arugula fresh from our garden.

Tomorrow is another day and I may be making pumpkin bread, which is normally reserved for Thanksgiving and Christmas but I have a can of pumpkin puree that needs to be used.

Take THAT Miss Suzy!  I’m spent.  Good night all.  I hope your Easter was fun and blessed!

PS – I have more coupons and small samples of Revitalift to giveaway.  Stay tuned.