Daily writing promptWhat food would you say is your specialty?View all responses As cooking is not one of the gifts the Lord bestowed on me, I have become quite adept at making sandwiches. Give me two pieces of bread and some meat, lettuce or spinach, tomatoes, and mayonnaise, and I will give you an edible... Continue Reading →
You Can’t Burn a Salad!
Daily writing promptWhat’s your favorite thing to cook?View all responses The only thing I cook besides eggs and bacon for breakfast is a salad. I am a cooking-challenged female, and I am not ashamed to admit that it is not a skill I was blessed to possess. I can do math, earn As in my... Continue Reading →
Alas, Even Recipes Can’t Help Me Cook!
Daily writing promptWhat's your favorite recipe?View all responses We have so many cookbooks that we must find places in the basement to put them because they clutter the kitchen. I tried to use the ones about eating healthy and losing weight, but I never had the ingredients called for or knew what they were. However,... Continue Reading →
For Comfort, You Can’t Beat the Grilled Chicken Club and Waffle Fries. See You Soon, Chic-Fil-A!
Daily writing promptWhat’s your go-to comfort food?View all responses Lately, as I am completing the last papers of my Master's degree in Religious Studies, I have needed comfort food many times. I think the employees at the local Chic-Fil-A know my husband and me almost as family. I promise myself that I will only have... Continue Reading →
Giving Me a Cookbook Don’t Help: Tale Weaver
Received for Christmas, 2020 For the Tale Weaver Challenge for December 24, Mindlovemisery's Menagerie requested that because it is Christmas Eve, respondents write about a gift you received or gave, or about being gifted in some way. I chose the cookbook we received for Christmas. I love the giver, but these are some of the... Continue Reading →
When the Grandkids Won’t Eat Your Cooking!
I shouted that I had baked a batch of cookies. Everyone acted busy and didn't respond to my call. Not even the hungry grandkids came for one, For they'd been told of my culinary shortfall. Written for the Three Things Challenge #259 for June 7, 2020: batch, respond, busy
Too much, You Think? Three Things Challenge #31
Spying all the amazing food cooking on the range, Jonathan realized that his diet was about to take a major hit. He said to his wife, "Sugar, you have enough food to feed an army, and there's just us two!" Written for the Three Things Challenge from Pensitivity 101. Today's prompts are sugar, range, army.... Continue Reading →
When Mama Cannot Cook! Tale Weaver #228
On top of the pile was the answer to everything. Frozen, canned, and prepackaged foods made my life so much easier. I was not born with the ability to cook, but I had been given the blessing of raising five children. This combination of an inability to boil water and kids who like to eat... Continue Reading →
Learning to Cook Italian and Making New Friends
Yesterday, Douglas and I drove to a small city called Cerratina for a cooking lesson. We were prepared for a esoteric experience, as I thought of Italian cooking as difficult to do. But while it was more elbow work than expected, the actual making of pasta was quite interesting. We were greeted by Rosy and... Continue Reading →
Don’t Put Milk in Octopus Soup: Three-Things Challenge
Carolyn would be the first to admit that she is not a good cook, but sometimes she attempts some rather adventuresome when she invites company to her beach house. She walked on the beach trying to think of something she could cook that would impress her friends and wasn't too hard to prepare. As she... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 