Garden Fresh

Yippee it's May!!!

Time for gardening, sunshine and our May linky party at Crafty Secrets!!

May is also the time for strawberries to soon appear in my neck of the woods!!

I love strawberries 

and based my entire project on my love for the juicy red fruit!

 I made a "Garden Fresh" card using the Kitchen Memories Kit for my papers.

Be sure to use the link I have provided and take a peek at this kit....

it is full of beautiful kitchen papers and nostalgic charm that has endless

possibilities to work with!!

The "center attraction" are the strawberries from the newly "just gone digital"

Vintage Garden Scraps  

This is a 4 page set of the most beautiful creative garden scraps 

that you will love!!

I don't have much of a tutorial to share with you today, 

but I do have a wonderful

strawberry recipe to share...YUM!!!

I made this as I thought I might have company over the weekend, but

it was a "no show"....

So it is going to the grandkiddos to have....

I hope you will give it a try, as it is so yummy......

I do think I need to quit making it though,

as last time I made it to take to a paper crafting event with friends,

I got all the way there and realized I had forgotten to load it in my car...LOL!!

Creamy Strawberry Jello Pie

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup crushed pretzels (about 3 1/2-4 cups small pretzels)
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup melted butter (stick and a half of a stick...butter only)

2 8oz packages cream cheese softened
1 small can drained pineapple
3/4 cup sugar
1 8oz tub cool whip thawed

2 cups water
2 3oz packages strawberry jello
1 14-16 oz package of FROZEN sliced strawberries

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350.  Combine the crushed pretzels, 1/4 cup sugar 
and melted butter in small mixing bowl,
then gently press into a 10" spring form pan (a 9 x 13" pan can be used, too)
Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, remove and cool completely.

When the crust is completely cool, place the cream cheese and 3/4 cup sugar
in bowl and beat with an electric mixer, when cream cheese is smooth, mix in
drained pineapple.  Fold in the cool whip and gently spread over the cooled crust.
Refrigerate for at least an hour.

When the creamy layer has cooled for an hour, boil 2 cups water,
then stir in the 2 packs of 3oz jello (I used one 6oz package),
 Stir in the frozen sliced strawberries and continue stirring until
the strawberries have thawed.  Gently pour/spoon over the creamy layer
and refrigerate until the Jello is set. At least 2 hours.

When ready to serve, gently run a butter knife between the edge of the
pie and pan and then slowly loosen the edge of pan (if using spring form pan).
Cut and serve....serves between 12-14.

Make sure to visit all other May linky party tutorials and creations....

here is the list of all the very creative designers....go visit...leave some love...

we all work hard and we love your comments!!!

Kathy Clement, DT Leader 

Darlene Pavlick, Dar’s Crafty Creations    

Diane Hover, Nellie’s Nest  

Elizabeth Lincoln, Paper Past Times   

Ginny Nemchak, Polly’s Paper    

Gloria Stengel, Scraps of Life  

Melody Clement, Paper Melody’s   

 Shantaie Fowler, Inking Pink    

 Sheila Rumney Design and Photography
Teresa Horner, Victorian Paper Queen   

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Creative Craft Cottage .... Something Yummy to Eat/Drink