The Plan

I knew if I wanted to follow through with the challenge I would have to have a well-drawn up plan. I am proud to unveil my plan! 


I have always had a secret desire to make one of those "conspiracy boards" that  I've seen on tv shows; but my simple life doesn't typically demand anything of that nature.  However, I found this the perfect opportunity to try it out and used the concept of the "conspiracy board" to be an inspiration for my Easy as Pie Challenge plan. And now this very large work of art will reside in my dining room for the coming year.

I've numbered the weeks 1 to 52, added titles, pictures, recipes and color coded the strings according to sweet pies vs bonus items. I plan to add to the board as the year goes on by adding full recipe details, and interesting facts. Here is a peek at the month of January. You will have to wait for full details of each pie with each blog post. 

Yes, the plan is one sweet pie per week plus one bonus item a couple times a month, which includes savory pies and pie-spired items! All in all, I have over 80 recipes to share with you in the coming year. I can't believe how difficult it was to narrow down the selection as there are many great recipes to pick from. I'm nervously excited to share each and every one of them; there is everything from chocolate to apples to fruit loops...We will have a great time!

The Idea

It all started on a Saturday night when I was in the kitchen making a chicken pot pie and I realized how long it had been since I had made a pie.  Over the next two days, I began to think of all the pie possibilities:
Meat Pies, Fruit Pies, Cream Pies...
Traditional Crusts, Graham Cracker crusts, Oreo crusts, Impossible crusts...
So many options and so few that I've actually made.

Those pie possibilities deserved a chance to be made in my kitchen.
The idea kept nagging me until I finally decided that I should do something about the lack of pie making in our household....