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By: Teri (Texas)

Teri (Texas) — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:35:23 +0000

Just made this for supper using up some of the fresh basil from the back yard garden and goodness gracious it’s awesome! So good the recipes a keeper and no more plain buttered corn in this house.

By: Mary Ann (South Louisiana)

Mary Ann (South Louisiana) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:08:13 +0000

oops! store to get corn…

By: Mary Ann (South Louisiana)

Mary Ann (South Louisiana) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:36:35 +0000

Just went to the store to get and came home to make it for dinner. I had fresh basil and it is so good.

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By: Cindy S.

Cindy S. — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:20:24 +0000

Well, my dad was the y0ungest of a family of 14 children. They were farmers and used horses to farm so they were used to putting on big spreads. Most of their foods being homegrown esp meats. We only had 3 kids but being a hard working farmer we continued having big meals. We lived in the North so mostly started with potatoes and then decided what to serve with them. Now I cook for my grandkids and their parents so that is 6 total. Somehow this generation thinks it is fine to be very picky about what they eat. Not sure how that happened but it is not only in my household. I usually make more than one side to provide everyone with something they will eat. The kids always want some form of noodles and that is just not good for me to live on so I push a couple of vegetable sides. Greens when possible. I also love beans and my dinL refuses to eat those at all. Compromise.
On the rainbows, I have a grown daughter who was diagnosed 4 yrs ago with bipolar disorder. She tends to be on the depressed side. Altho with medication she is stable her life is a struggle and she is always worrying about money. Usually she calls me at bedtime very low and I try very hard to get her to see the positive and get a laugh or two out of her. I don’t like her to be so dependent on me but she is doing much better and working almost full time so I am hopeful. Just yesterday I gave her your speech about joy being a choice and telling her the story of your little grey donkey. Perfect for her since she always loved Eeyore the epitome of depression. I agree with you and try very hard to be positive and choose joy! I live for the day when my daughter can do this consistently and I don’t need to hear a litenany of depressing things right before I go to sleep. Keep up the good work!

By: Tania

Tania — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:54:30 +0000

Your Mama is so smart! I love basil and have been using it in my green beans for years. Never thought about corn though. Think I will try it.

I used to have to cook for 8 people in my household, and now it is just me–it presents quite a challenge.

I used to have an upright freezer then which at nearly all times had about 40 or 50 pounds of ground beef, about 30 pounds of chicken and 20 or so pounds of pork chops and a couple of roasts.

I still bought that way even after everyone was gone. Then when I had to throw most of the meat away because of freezer burn, I gave the freezer to my brother and started buying in MUCH smaller quantities.

Life goes full circle.

Anyway, even though I have to cook in much smaller quantities, I will make this for myself, and definitely will add it to the Sunday Dinner menu when the kids are at home.

Have a beautiful day!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:51:32 +0000

Good Morning Mz Christy!! I’ll take a pair of your glasses as long as you accept a pair of mine, LOL. I love reading your posts, always a great way to start my days for sure! Thats one reason I love your book so much, so many great stories that I think of it as a book not a cook book, LOL. I have lived all over the States, (long story for later), I have been blessed to live in many beautiful homes, (not so beautiful on the outside but so warm and comfy on the inside). Now I am truly blessed to be sharing a home with my Mom, my best friend and our 4 dogs!! We hope to be able to buy a home in the next year, we talk all the time about my dream kitchen, but when it comes down to it.. having my own kitchen will be a dream come true!! Plus a must have is a garden area!! Love my flowers and I have a bit of a green thumb so tomatoes and all the other veggies I can put in will be on our dinner plates for sure!!!! Thanks for all that you do!!!!! (((HUGS)))) <3

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:33:16 +0000

Morning dear Christy…you are a blessing! What a wonderful post (as usual)!! Thank you for the reminder to put on those rainbow colored glasses and take a good look in our mirrors! I declare..please compile your, what I call,”Christy’s soap box isms” into a book! So up lifting!

I am bountifully blessed and as always…Bountiful Blessings to you! Love you!