Tag: Pie

Chocolate Strawberry Oasis Pie

Cocoa comes from a tree which means its healthy.

Fun Fact: According to the USDA, Americans eat about 3.4 lbs. of fresh strawberries every year.

This is a pretty simple dish but with proper presentation can look stunning and be a great desert for Mother’s Day or really any other day you want to eat a pie. You do you. It would be cool to mix this up and use different berries as toppings as well to add some extra flavor and color to the dish.

This recipe is from Binging with Babish (click here) and I stayed pretty closely to the recipe. He makes his own crust, but to save on time or simplify things you can even use a store-made graham cracker crust. I used one for the pictures you see above. Don’t worry, I won’t tell if you do.

Apple Galette

Because Apple Galette sounds much fancier than Apple Pie.


Fun Fact: According to common consensus, Apple Pie was actually invented in England over 600 years ago.

I’ve recently started to make an effort to bake more and this works great especially around the holidays since baked goods is basically its own food group. While looking for something new I decided to make this galette as an alternative to pie and now I am on the galette bandwagon.

Compared to a traditional pie, this has a much better crust to filling ratio and is light enough to not overload you after a great meal. Plus saying that you ‘made a galette’ sounds much fancier than making a boring ol’ apple pie.

I used Alison Roman’s recipe for both the crust (click here) and the filling (click here) and it was super easy to make in the morning before the other main dishes. To help save time, feel free to make the dough the day before and keep in the fridge. I think the next time I make this, I may try to whip up a simple oat crumble on top to give some extra texture.