Awkward and Awesome: No. 6

 Awkward

•  Trying to whine about how little you got done and people are impressed instead. No. No that's not what I meant. Hear me whine!
  
  And its not like you feel great about it because people are amazed. You just feel disappointed in yourself because you didn't meet all your goals and now you can't even whine about it.
   
• Accidentally making a loud noise....in the middle of the night.....when all your family is asleep.
   
• Making instant potatoes or a box cake for dinner because people are over and they compliment you on the delicious potatoes or the lovely cake.
  
  well.....thanks.
   
• Getting chicken pox after 17 years of avoiding it
   
• Walking back into a room when you've been gone for five minutes and hearing the four year old say "You know how things sometimes fall all by themselves?"  (It was my phone. -K)
    
• When a cute boy and you get up from the communion rail at the same time and you do that awkward 'who goes first' dance. *face palm*
   
• Never finishing your awkward and awesome post so it is filled with things that happened months ago.
   
• Snorting a little too loudly as you laugh at your now really, REALLY old Awkward and Awesome post

Awesome

• Making instant potatoes because people are over for dinner and you don't have time to peel a entire bag of potatoes. And you just hope nobody will notice... And then they compliment you on them. 
  
  And I just sat there like...I feel very smug and also slightly evil.
  
   
• I have also made box cakes for parties AT OUR OWN HOUSE because I was lazy/procrastinated/was busy getting other stuff ready and then that cake was the first thing that was eaten and the thing that everyone came back for seconds for.
  
  Granted, I have a secret when making box cakes to make them extra yummy and moist but I can't share it. Tis a secret it tis!
  
  [No, it's not. I was out of vegetable oil, so I used melted coconut oil with my chocolate box cake and it ended up moist with just a hint of coconut. Enough that people could recognized SOMETHING was there, but not enough for the coconut haters to find it.]
   
• Clean hair on a windy day. (When you're facing INTO the wind)
   
• When your in a great mood and dancing around your room like a crazy to whatever is on the radio
   
• Doing things with your friends
   
• A good game of truth or dare. Let the shame and secrets flow
   
• An AMAZING story
   
• Or a good movie
   
• Or a web story (Like Emma Approved)
   
• Or this song!!!
  
  
  
  -Kat
   and Lia-
   

Banana Cream Pie Recipe (because Ascension and food.)

Tomorrow is the feast of the Ascension. Ascension Thursday. Our Lord's Ascension into heaven.

(The Poison. The poison for Kuzco. The poison chosen  specially for Kuzco. Kuzco's poison.)



*ahem*

So, many of us have younger siblings living with us and the rest of us love food, so I decided to include this happy little banana cream pie recipe.

Ummmm  Kat???


(Yes?)


What does Banana Cream Pie have to do with Ascension Thursday?

Well, it's like this.

First, does everyone know what a Banana Cream Pie looks like?

Well, I'll tell you. Yellow banana pudding, fluffy white stuff on top. *ding* and there you go.

And the Ascension Thursday part?


Well,, on the Ascension, the Lord rose up into the clouds (aka fluffy stuff at the top) and the apostles down below...

wait for it

...went bananas.



*laughing*

(And yes, I have been waiting since November for my chance to post this.)



But where's the pie? You promised us a DIY Banana Cream Pie!

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Ingredients! 

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup corn starch 
• 1/2 tsp* salt 

3 cups milk

2 large egg, slightly beaten

3 Tablespoons butter 

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 Nine Inch pastry shell, baked

2 large firm bananas

1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped

Got it? Good. 

In a large saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly, Reduce heat, cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into eggs. 

(Note, you have to let it cool first, or it will cook the eggs and you'll have a scrambled egg in your pie. And that's gross. mixing a tiny bit in with the eggs make the egg mixture a little closer in temperature to the custard.)  

Return all to pan. Bring to a gentle boil: cook and stir for another two minutes. 

2. Remove from heat. Gently stir in butter and vanilla. Press plastic wrap onto the surface of custard, and refrigerate for 30 minutes. 

3. Spread half of custard in pastry shell. Slice bananas and add a layer of them over the top of custard. Pour remaining custard over bananas. Spread whip cream over the top. Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight. 

Serves 8. 

Enjoy and happy Feast of the Ascension!

-Kat