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Saturday, February 15, 2025

“Just Roll with It” Serving up Recipes and Humor

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By Sheri Hopkins

Hello everyone! I survived the snow and cooked the whole time I was stuck at home. We had chicken pot pie, roast, carrots, mashed potatoes, fried chicken, mac n’ cheese, breakfast food, popcorn and last but not least, we had snow ice cream.

I talked to my loving son, Jacob, the one that wants me to find a cemetery closer to him, so he doesn’t have to drive all the way out by Jack Creek to the cemetery when they bury me. We talked a while and he said, I can’t believe you didn’t fall in the snow, because every time we have a snow, you fall. I said, “well believe it or not I did not fall.” I am not going to lie, I believe this is the first time I haven’t fell in the snow.

I know I have told y’all about the times I have fell. This particular time it was a big snow and Doug Graves would always pick me up and Janie and I would work at the Mansfield branch, because my boss, Gina, couldn’t make it down her driveway. When it was time for us to get off, Doug’s sister, Glenda, and their daughter, Megan, picked us up from work and it had just snowed, similar to the snow we just had. We all pile in this truck and I am in the front seat. We went to the CV’s and here and there and they took me home. I went to get out of the truck and that was it. One foot down and I slid under the truck and was gone. I could hear them talking, saying, “where is Sheri?…Where could she be?” They finally got out of the truck and were hollering for me and I yelled, “I’m down here!” I was up under that truck. I couldn’t get up and they couldn’t help me up because they were all laughing too hard. It took all of them to finally get me up and on my feet. We have laughed and laughed about that for years.

It doesn’t even have to be snowing for me to fall. I can fall on level ground. One time we were at Silver Dollar City and walking back to the car and we were going across the parking lot and down I went. I mean skinned my knee all. Some nice man that didn’t look like he could lift much, hurried over to held Jacob, help me. Jacob says, “Why did you fall? It was a flat surface!” I said, “I think there was a little lip in the concrete.” He says, “mom there was not a lip in the concrete.” It was worth a shot. I have broken a record not falling in the snow for the first time.

The recipe this week is for comfort food. Good Ole potato soup for these cold days we have to look forward to.

CROCK POT POTATO SOUP
6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1 medium onion, chopped
4 cups chicken broth
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 8 oz. block of cream cheese (softented)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup cooked and crumbled bacon (little extra for the top)
1/4 cup chopped green onions (optional)
Add the diced potatoes, onion, chicken broth, garlic powder, black pepper to your crock pot. Stir to combine. Cover and cook on high 3-4 hours or on low 6-7 hours until potatoes are tender. I take the potato masher and mash up some of the potatoes, that’s just how I like it. Add in the cream cheese, shredded cheese, sour cream and bacon. Stir well and let it cook enough till the cream cheese is melted good. Mix well. I always add salt, but I like salt. Dip up a bowl and add some more bacon and green onions on top. You can also serve with cornbread! Enjoy, and have a blessed week, stay warm!

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