Food – Home's Cool!

Sad Salad Soup

Make a soup from that poor day-old salad. You'll love a warm-up with an un-cold salad! :)

When you are cold you don’t want a salad! COOK that salad and make a lovely soup! Here’s how!

My Big, Beautiful, Rosemary Pound Cake!

Ha! You’ve gotta try this. Just making it is a joy. Then comes eating. Oh MY!

Where I guest post about another of my silly home-made recipes that I love… If you’re interested in catfish, at all, but resent firing up the huge fryer thing. Or if you are looking for yet another low-carb recipe. Or if you are totally bored with the usual and just want something different. And delicious!Continue reading “On Top of NOT Spaghetti!”

Polly’s Apple Pie

Not for the novice cook. You will not believe this pie; even apple-pie-disdainers love this one.

Second Place Chili Recipe!

Almost winning a chili contest. Yikes! My son wanted to enter a guys-only, chili-making contest, and asked me to teach him how to make a pot of chili. So I did. This is my favorite recipe, and I promise I only told him what to do—I did not touch it, the entire process. Smoky, hot,Continue reading “Second Place Chili Recipe!”

Kid Hacks: 6 Helps When a Child Won’t Eat

What to Do When Your Child Won't Eat, How to Make a Child Eat

What to do to make a child eat. How to cope when a child won’t eat. Why is my child a picky eater?

Tomatoes. Wow. Not.

This year, it seems either you HAVE enough tomatoes, thank you… …or else you don’t. This year, we don’t. We planted 40 Bradleys and Brandywines and got about ten quarts of tomato juice, total. She sighs. However, she DOES have tomato recipes and for those of you who have been blessed, she is willing toContinue reading “Tomatoes. Wow. Not.”