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Renee’s Mr. Wich Veggie-Sausage Special, and Pecan Pie.

    by Jon Hassinger

I swear she should have our own series on The Food Network, because Renee has done it again.

And not just a fantastic meal that you can prepare at home with ease, but a dessert to follow, made from scratch!

I always look forward to Sundays, because it means Renee utilizes all her kitchen tools, to make magic. And any man reading this will confirm: If your woman can cook, and enjoys cooking, your life is sweet.

Usually our meals are made in order of ingredient's life-spans. For example, if there are several vegetables approaching their demise, Renee will incorporate most of them, into a meal with whatever meat is thawed and ready.

On a side note, when I mention "meat" that means anything that was once alive....fish included!

This meals meat: Saaauwwsaggge!! Pronounced in your best Mr. Wich voice.

Next, cook the pasta. I like Cork screw, but it's not written in stone.

With that, you want to chop, season, and cook some asparagus, yellow squash, and red onion.

Chop some tomatoes then add them along with the Saaauwwsaggge!!, to the mix of veggies.

I call it, the unofficially named Mr. Wich's Veggie-Saaauwwsaggge Special !

We ate it in bowls, and found that forking the items in this order provide for the best in-mouth combo: Pasta first, then sausage, followed by asparagus, tomato and squash = Glory.

To follow this deliscious, nutritous meal, is one of my ALL-TIME favorite after-thanksgiving dinner treats:

PECAN PIE!

Just like they do on TV, Renee created the crust from scratch.

On a side note, we don't have a rolling pin, I know, her Christmas list is being updated as we speak....So she had to roll this with a ball-game-give-away plastic cup, and considering, I think she made it fit perfectly:

Then comes the sugar and almonds..

SUGAR...

PECANS...

They are mixed...

Then poured into the crust...

And placed into the oven, to become one.

While the house filled with the smell of Autumn and holiday seasons, we impatiently waited for the glory that is a homemade PECAN PIE...

Then it was time.

It looked perfect. Like it was made for a commercial. However we then had to wait another hour, for it to cool. I suggested putting it into the window for cooling, like Minnie Mouse used to do, so Mickey would come floating by his nose, to her house. Renee quickly shot down that idea, and simply let it sit in the kitchen.

Then after a half hour of fighting our taste buds and ADD, we decided it was time...

Needless to say, I had it for breakfast the next morning.