Shopping is going great! Already scored some madelinetosh & malabrigo!

It all started with a container of raspberries I needed to use up and the urge to spoil my husband, but it ended with an addiction.  I can’t stop eating making raspberry custard pie.

I’ve started calling it “baby food” because the baby weight is going on pretty easy these days. In my effort to cut some calories and make this, ahem, a little healthier I  skipped the pie crust and made the custard in ramekins, and swapped the raspberries for peaches.  Equally as tasty.

I thought custard was a big deal and it made you pretty fancy if you could make it. Turns out, it’s really simple and only requires a few ingredients that you probably have on hand.

Raspberry {or any fresh fruit} Custard Pie

(1) 9″ unbaked pie crust
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
pinch of salt
1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
2-3 cups raspberries (or other fresh fruit)

Preheat oven to 375°. Put the fresh fruit into the bottom of the unbaked pie crust.

In a medium bowl, lightly beat 2 eggs, add sugar, flour and salt and mix well.  Add cream and vanilla and mix well.  Pour over the fresh fruit into the crust.

Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until center is just slightly jiggly. Remove from oven and cool slightly.

My favorite is to eat this pie while it’s still a little warm so I recommend slicing into it about 45 minutes after taking it out of the oven, assuming you can wait that long!

Kara and I have been at a conference for work this week, we have had some early mornings and late nights.  While at this conference I noticed (it’s virtually impossible not to) how many devices were present.  The number of iphones, laptops, kindles, and ipads far outnumber people.  The possibilities are endless for knitted cases and covers for all of these mobile devices.  I did a quick search on Ravelry and there are some great patterns for ipads, iphones, and laptops.  I’ve included a few of my favorites with the links listed below.

1.  Elsa

2.  Kindle/Nook/ ipad sleeve

3.  Laptop Sleeve

4. Kare Knits’ Signature Cable Knit iPad Case (oops…the image without a number is 4 :)

5. Cozy Bytes Laptop Cover

6. Moso Netbook Sock 

Next year at this conference I hope each devise I carry has its own hand knit sleeve or cover.  Who knows, I might meet some knitters that way!