March 3rd "Fun Facts About Names Day"

Hello everyone!

Haven't you ever wondered the story behind the beautiful and sometimes weird names?
Today is a Fun Day, where we can learn interesting facts about names.

Here's how you can celebrate:

Casual: Search the Web for fun facts about your own name.
Committed: Search the Web for fun facts about your friends and family, print it and show them to your loved ones.
Hard-Core: Create a website where you can give everyone fun facts about their names.

Today's Color Challenge is "Color Yourself Wiser" by wearing something Wine (purple).
The purpose of this Color Challenge is to replace the black and grey colors by wearing brighter
colors.

Lemon Party!!  One of the fruits that are abundant in the month of March are lemons

What we need:
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces and frozen
4 tablespoons vegetable shortening, frozen
3 -5 tablespoons ice water, as needed
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs

Lemon Filling
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 large egg yolks
1 1/2 cups water
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1/2 cup lemon juice (fresh from 2 - 3 lemons)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Meringue Topping
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/3 cup water
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup sugar
4 large egg whites
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Make pie shell: Mix flour, sugar and salt in a food processor, by pulsing a few times.
2. Scatter the frozen butter pieces over flour mixture.
3. Pulse in 1-second pulses about 5 times to mix in butter.
4. Add frozen shortening; pulsing in 1-second pulses until mixture resembles cornmeal with pieces about the size of peas.
5. Slowly add ice water through the processor feed tube, with motor running, one tbsp at a time.
6. When dough forms a ball, stop processing.
7. It should take about 2 or 3 tbsp of ice water to reach this stage.
8. Shape dough into a ball in your flour coated hands, and then flatten into a 4 inch wide disk.
9. Flour disk and wrap in plastic.
10. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
11. Generously coat your work surface or pastry sheet with a little flour and about 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs.
12. Place dough on floured surface, coat with some flour and graham cracker crumbs, and roll into a 9-inch disk.
13. Lift, coat surface with more graham and flour, turn dough, add more graham and flour on top, and roll out to a 13 inch disk.
14. Place into a 9 inch pie pan, and finish edges.
15. Refrigerate crust until firm, about 30 minutes.
16. Prick dough with a fork to prevent bubbling up in the oven.
17. While the oven is pre-heating to 375, put pie crust in freezer.
18. Bake at 375 for 20- 25 minutes, checking occasionally to make sure it's browning evenly and not bubbling up.
19. Lemon Filling: Whisk sugar, cornstarch, and salt together in a large, nonreactive saucepan.
20. Add egg yolks, then immediately but gradually whisk in 1 1/2 cups water.
21.Bring mixture to a simmer over medium heat, whisking regularly, 8- 10 minutes, until thickened.
22. Remove from heat, whisk in zest, then juice, and finally butter.
23. Keep warm until meringue is made.
24. Meringue topping: Mix cornstarch and 1/3 cup water in a small saucepan.
25. Bring to a simmer, whisking occasionally until thickened.
26. Remove from heat when translucent and thickened.

27. Preheat oven to 325.
28. In a large mixing bowl, mix cream of tartar and sugar together.
29. Beat egg whites with whip attachment of mixer until frothy. Add vanilla.
30. Beat in sugar mixture, 1 tbsp at a time.
31. Then drop in cornstarch mixture, 1 tbsp at a time until stiff peaks form.
32. Pour warm lemon filling into pie crust.
33. Distribute meringue evenly over the top, starting with the edges, and then the middle.
34. Make sure it attaches to the crust.
35. Lifting with the back of the spoon, create peaks in the meringue.
36. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
37. Cool completely before serving.

-Smiley:)

March 2nd "Banana Cream Pie Day"

Hello everyone!

Today is a delicious day! 
Do we really need an excuse to eat Banana Cream Pie?

Here is how you can celebrate:

Casual: Buy a Banana Cream Pie for yourself.
Committed: Bake some Banana Cream Pies and distribute them to your closest friends.
Hard-Core: Bake a huge Banana Cream Pie, this will be the biggest pie you have ever seen. Then, you can throw a party and invite the less fortunate and the people who do not have food to eat everyday. Your party will be sponsored and you will attract a lot of media. 

Now it is time for out colorful Color Challenge. Where we encourage everyone to stop wearing black, and gray. 
Today's Color Challenge is "Color Yourself Happy" by wearing something Yellow Banana (light yellow). 

-Smiley:)

March 1st is "World Compliment Day"

Hello everybody!

Today is a special day, when you are free to compliment anyone and everyone. Make someone's day better by complimenting their looks or actions.

Causal: Give a compliment to at least one person. Your action will light up his/her day.
Committed: Give every person you see a compliment. Spread the word. Engage them in complimenting more people. Your and their actions will make someone's day better.
Hard-Core: Organize a "World Compliment Day" campaign,  engage every person you can. Give food and make conscience about the way completing someone really makes the world a better place.

Now it is time for our famous "Color Challenge"
We, challenge you people to break up with black and gray. It might sound hard to do, but with our help it will be very easy to include more bright colors into your life.
You might be confused, and ask: Why do I need to break up with black and gray?! They have been with me throughout my entire life. But the answer is easy. Black and gray colors bring down your mood severely. Even if you do not notice it.
Today's Color Challenge is "Color Yourself Sweet" by wearing Cherry Blossom colors (light pink).
Anything goes: scarfs, pants, blouses, dresses, shoes, accessories, even underwear.

-Smiley:)

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