strawberry shortcake, Grandma Nancy style

ok, so when i was a kiddo, my Grandma Nancy made me the best darned "Strawberry Shortcake"

....i took it for granted when i was a kid. today we (my hubby and i) made it together, and it was better than i even remembered it...

a perfect summer treat....

if you don't have time for the dough for the biscuits, make it with bisquick, so easy.

for the whipping cream, mix a cup or so heavy whipping cream with a tablespoon of sugar. (that was for two people)

and....if you're old fashioned like my Grandma was, pour a little trickle of milk on top. it's actually surprisingly good.

what to do with a bucket of lemons?

so it's been what, a year since i blogged about food? not my forte i guess, but i have come to understand a few things about what i love and what i need to do in the kitchen:

1. i love to cook with my husband more than doing it alone.

2. i am super weird about clean counters, i am learning how to "get my hands dirty".

3. it's fun when there's a theme each week. (this week's theme is fruit)

4. it's okay that i am not cooking every day in the kitchen. my husband LOVES cooking and i love cleaning and helping him in the kitchen. that is what God made us for.

so here's my first installation of our fruit-themed week:

after a jaunt over to my friend beth's house for a bucket of lemons (seriously, it was a full bucket...oops, got carried away), i sat scrolling through foodnetwork.com looking for recipes. i finally came across this one: Lemon Cream Meringue Pie.

it was to die for. a lot of work, but worth every bit of it.

(*we substituted homemade graham cracker crust for the dough one)