The Perfect Apple Pie

I've never been a big apple pie lover,
 but my husband would probably list it as his third love. 

Our boys and I as his first two of course!

For my sweet hubby's birthday I decided to make this oh so yummy apple pie.

I would eat this every night if I could! Like I said before

it's not my favorite, but this pie is perfect!

Hope you all enjoy!

                           
             

You'll need:                                                                              Prep time: 30 minutes

• 9 inch glass pie plate                                                  Baking time: 40-45 minutes
• apple corer/slicer (optional)                                  
• peeler                                                                           Cooling time: 1-2 hours

Ingredients:

Crust:

• Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust

Pie Filling

• 6-8 apples (I love golden delicious for this pie, but you could do any crisp apple) thinly cut
• 3/4 cup of sugar (you could do sugar in the raw)
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice (fresh or bottled)
• 2 tablespoons of all purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt (brings out the flavor)
• 1/8 teaspoon of ground nutmeg 
• 1 half of an egg beaten
• left over cinnamon and sugar to garnish

Preheat oven to 425° F while you are making the filling.

 Let the pie crust sit outside the fridge for 15 minutes. 

Take your pretty little apples....
           

                                 
                    Wash them thoroughly and remove the stem.

                       

        

         Then it's time to peel them.

                                           After that, slice and core them.  

                                                                       
    Then take those slices and cut them in half...that means
one apple will make 16 slices.

     Put your sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg into a small bowl.

Now pour in all your dry ingredients onto your apples and stir gently making sure everything is well mixed.

                          Now it's time to prepare the bottom crust.

Firmly and evenly place your dough into your glass pie plate.










                                Then add all your apples and spread flat.

Lay your top crust on top and make a pretty edge (I like the fork technique but decided to use the pinch look here)

                                                       
                           

                     Then make 4-8 slits for apples to vent while cooking.

  Brush your beaten egg all over the top and crust and sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar as well.
                                                               

Bake for 40-45 minutes, covering edges with foil if they become to brown.

                                                                                                                    Then let cool for 1-2 hours to thicken and well....

    Enjoy!

Sunday thoughts

Today has been a relaxing day to say the least. Lounging around with the husband and 3 of our 5 boys (the other two are with their father) is something I enjoy but I would love to be outside. See where I live it's like living in an oven. I live in the great state of Arizona....im being a little sarcastic.  I mean the winters are beautiful, perfect weather with lots of sunshine. I honestly take it for granted when it's here. My baby just turned one and has been walking a little over a month. He wants to be outside in the new environment that he has yet to explore, but it's just brutal outside.

So we are kind of stuck in this air conditioned home wishing for a little vitamin B and to run around in the basking sun. I grew up in California till the age of 10 and now at 27, I've realized this has been my home for most of my life. I miss the trees and beach beyond words. I miss the little swap meets where I would find treasures that others looked at as junk. Oh, woe is me. Haha!

So today I will find time to just enjoy these special guys in my life. I dreamt one night my husband was no longer here and that was not something I'd like to ever experience....so I take everyday and treat them as our last. Saying I love you can never be said too much. Our days are like a time line,  it will eventually end. I try to make moments that would be a knick in that line. My life is a beautiful event in a world of many. So to end this entry I say, make those around you smile....put some effort in showing them you care.

Happy Sunday my friends....

The TealFly mom

The TealFly Mom

First off, I'm a mom and wife. Pretty common around these parts and other places I hear. I have five children. Three who came from my womb and two others who have grown a place in my heart. Here's where people throw themselves to their knees and ask me how I do it...they are all boys. Yes, I know it's common to have all the same gender children. Only thing is others can't believe between my husband and I, we have yet to have a girl.

 Our blended family is a whirlwind of testosterone induced fart noises (real and/or mouth made), video game addictions, boogers, baby laughs, sarcasm, music, quotes my husband says coming from every which way and most importantly love. See they may not get it yet but one day they will all be the best of friends, uncles to each others children and something to each other that I never had. I'm an only child who really wanted someone to hate, love and grow up with. I have always wanted a large family...always. Even though these boys are...well boys, they still are sentimental in their own ways like me. I want them to always look out for each other and be each other's wing man. My husband and I know the important roll we have. We are here to help raise good men. Our lives are them and even though some live for other things, we live for the five of them.

Meeting my husband was nothing short of God planned, I absolutely know that. He is me in male form...a little different in our hobbies, but one in the same. He was a single father, spending every bit of time he had to enrich and fulfill his boys lives. I was a single mom doing the absolute same. I am broken without him. He is an amazing father with so much talent and charisma. He may deny every time I tell him he is one of a kind, but he knows it's true. I'm sorry but men are only made like him maybe a few hundred years. If our children can be exactly like him...well I know we have done our jobs.

These clever boys I talk about are 10, 10, 6, 4 and 1. We have the big boys and baby X. Laying in bed at night with my husband and him is one of my favorite things in this world. I never have had the opportunity to have a baby with such a involved father. I think it was so natural to want a baby with my husband. It really would not be the same without the sweet half toothless grin we get to share together. I'm fortunate to have found the man just for me at a young age. We could have met as old widows with mediocre lives and not much happy stories to tell. The one thing I've always hoped for in life was a companion to spend the rest of my days finding joy in the littlest things. I have that now.

What I hope to accomplish when writing this blog is a sense of peace. Writing has always been my passion. I have all these ideas in my head and I hope this will give me the feeling of the release I crave. I have written a few short children stories which have now been misplaced and forever forgotten in my mind. Text will be forever ...it can be erased, yes, but I feel that maybe I should try and have something generations can always see. Even if my writing goes nowhere...It is something that I will always long to do.

This blog will hold many things, including recipes, collections of mine, ideas, complaints and everything else that I just can't think of at this moment. Enjoy!

What in the world is Teal Fly?

So what is Teal Fly?

Well we all have thought of flying once in our lives. To fly is to almost be free.

 And when I think of a fly, well I don't think always of a filthy pest. I think of the metaphor it can mean.

To fly or be a fly, well... flies live a short life here on earth. 

Don't we all have but short lives to experience all the wonders of  life?

You may want to do or see something before you go.

I want to do a lot.

I want to be a lot. 

For myself, for my husband and for my children.

I want to fly.

Now teal is a color I love.

Something draws me into it.

So to me having the color I always want in anything I have

and the word that defines what I strive for...well 

it just goes together. 

Teal Fly