Key Lime Pie

This recipe is like the easiest version ever for a key lime pie, but it is oh so good. It really makes a difference if you squeeze your own limes vs. using the store-bought bottled juice, so it's definitely worth the trouble of squeezing your own.

Key Lime Pie
9 inch graham cracker crust (homemade or store-bought - both work great)
2 1/2 Cups sweetened condensed milk
1/2 Cup sour cream
3/4 Cup key lime juice
1 Tbs grated lime zest (I've never actually added the lime zest but it may make the pie way more delicious...who knows?)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. In a medium bowl, combine condensed milk, sour cream, lime juice and lime zest. Mix well and pour into graham cracker crust.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 7 to 10 minutes, until tiny bubbles burst on the surface of the pie. DO NOT BROWN. Chill pie thoroughly before serving. Garnish with lime slices and whipped cream if desired.

Blue Cheese Butter (EASY)

This is so super easy...it's not really even a recipe, but it's yummy and good when you don't know what to cook. Just grill up some yummy steaks (rub the steaks with salt, pepper, garlic salt and onion powder before hand) then, right before removing the steaks from the grill, put a big scoop of the blue cheese butter on top and let it melt a little. I didn't think I liked blue cheese, but hello...this is yummy!

Blue Cheese Butter: Mix together:
1 stick of butter
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
green onions or chives

Grilled Pesto Pizza

Dough:
2 T Yeast
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Sugar
1 T Olive Oil
1 C Warm Water

Toppings:
Pesto (I buy the basil pesto and sun dried tomato from walmart)
Tomato Slices
Mozzarella Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Basil
Salt
Pepper

Mix together the yeast, water and sugar and let yeast dissolve. Add Oil, Salt, and 3 cups of Flour. Knead the dough for 1 minute and then divide into 8 balls. Roll the dough out and let it rise on the counter for 20 mins. Heat the grill to medium high. Place the dough on the grill and let cook a few minutes until the first side is done. Take the dough off and top cooked side with pesto, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, tomato slices, dried basil, salt and pepper. Return to the grill to cook remaining side. The dough cooks fast so watch it on the grill.


This is seriously one of my favorite grill recipes. It is really quick and tasty plus it is made with stuff I almost always have on hand. You can change up the toppings to whatever you like. If you don't have time to let your dough rise, or don't want to, they work just fine without. I have mixed up the dough, kneaded it for 1 minute, then rolled them out, and threw them on the grill and they still come out good. ENJOY!