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This looks like a tasty meal, all the way down to your coconut slice.
Thanks for sharing your photos!

Becca


Kajikit wrote:
> First, bake your pie... I made a deep-dish sour cream apple pie using
> yoghurt instead of cream (cream is too rich) and I put some lemon
> juice into it to make it a little more tangy. The pie has to cool for
> several hours before eating, so I made it in the morning.
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315PQqUhf
>
> Dinner time approaches. The makings of a nice steak dinner are laid
> out on the counter ready to cook. (John's watching tv in the
> background.)
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315ythXBH
>
> John bought enough steak to feed an army! When he asked the butcher to
> cut him a 'big' steak I think they thought he wanted half a cow!
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315hcjKHu
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315TPvcWo
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315yNtKrk
>
> I had to deal sternly with the steak to make it more manageable to
> cook... there is no way I could grill a two-pound steak properly even
> if we could manage to eat it all! John thought I cut the slices too
> thin, but I told him that if he was still hungry at the end of the
> meal I'd be delighted to cook him a second helping. Steak is too
> expensive to waste, even at Christmas!
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315tOiYup
>
> What would a steak be without fried onions and mushrooms to go with
> it?
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315BaOYYc
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315yJeDjw
>
> The onions and mushrooms were removed to the oven to keep warm, and I
> turned the stove up full-blast to make the pan nice and hot. Our
> little frypan isn't thick enough for a good steak, so I use my
> caphalon skillet, and it worked really well.
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315OVWaQu
>
> And would you believe this is the steak we did NOT use? Two full meals
> worth went into the freezer... (I'm not a big meat-eater, so one pound
> is more than sufficient for us to share - that's four ounces for me
> and the rest for John!) 'My' steak is cut into small pieces to
> accommodate my appetite.
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315ZsCQLC
>
> And then dinner was served...
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315chVrRz
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315VKwPSr
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315vjYFxJ
>
> Time for Dessert... the pie was delicious, and there's plenty leftover
> to have later. You can't freeze the sour cream pie, but I'm sure that
> won't present too much of a problem...
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315dTReNj
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315sZZRbb
>
> And lastly, (actually baked firstly but we ate it after dinner!) I had
> a ton of pastry left over from the pie crust, so I made a coconut
> slice with it... it's very simple (if you've got the pastry made
> already all you need is jam, coconut, egg and sugar), and it tasted
> delicious!
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...15899315tbsmyM