Move over Martha Stewart

Mark laughed at me when I told him I was taking a picture of my masterpiece. He asked if it was a journal-entry moment and said yes, it is blog worthy. For the past few years I have made lemon meringue pie many times. Every time I swore I was going to get the meringue part right and it would actually be fluffy and very thick. Well, over a year or so ago I gave up. I am definitely not a gourmet chef/baker, but I do know how to follow a recipe. I figured I was just not destined to have my meringue pies turn out like they should. This morning I decided to give it one more try and this time I would use my favorite piece of machinery...the Kitchen Aid! Mark surprised me on our anniversary a few years ago with the blessed machine and I guess I never thought to try to make the meringue part with it. I thought of it yesterday when I was making my grocery list and went through my "dessert" section in my recipe book. Here is the final product and I am very proud of my creation. Just another reason why I love my Kitchen Aid and all the very cool things it can do.

P.S. Mark loves my Kitchen Aid too. He gets to enjoy the final product. I actually have more fun using it. And yes, the filling is made from scratch...and no, the crust is not homemade. Like I said before I'm no gourmet baker and pie crusts are one thing I'll never learn to make. Maybe if I lived closer to VaLynn she'd teach me but for now I'm fine with good old Marie Callendar's in the frozen food aisle.