Lemon Icebox Pie

I had this pie for the first time a year ago at one of my favorite restaurants, Zelko's. I had no idea that it was a down home type dessert until I got home and started looking up recipes. It consists of very basic ingredients, and requires no oven--perfect summer dessert.

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Spaghetti Pie - One Dish

Casey and I have been making a real effort to eat at home. So far we have been doing pretty good; taking our lunches and enjoying the time together in the kitchen--well mostly-- unless one of us (not me) over cooks the pork chops or something like that. The part that is the most difficult--you get home around 6 cook, eat dinner around 7 and then clean--by now its somewhere past 8, time for showers and its off to relax and go to sleep! It's a real pisser for me that most of the night is taken up with cooking and the aftermath of dinner.

Which brings me to this recipe. I loved this, it was just like spaghetti with meat sauce, but i only dirtied up one pan! You make the sauce and just stick the noodles right in to cook! I loved it, and how had I never thought of this before? If that thick albeit delicious layer of mozzarella cheese is too much for you, leave it out, the dish definitely didn't need it. The same goes for the heavy cream, maybe a splash of milk instead. You can also use low card spaghetti, I love dreamfields.

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