By Sheri Hopkins, Lifestyle Contributor
Hello everyone! I guess we all survived the bitter cold temps and now next week spring is supposed to be back. I told y’all if you don’t like it, stick around, and it will change.
I had my yearly physical and the sweet nurse asked me all the questions and in comes the doctor and she’s asking me questions and she says, “Do you have a form for me to fill out for your physical?” I have never been asked that question before. I am thinking I’m not trying out for a women’s volleyball team. I decided to just say no. Still don’t know why she asked me that. I got a good report, and my bloodwork was all good for a plus size gal. My blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol was all good. Trust me, this big girl likes her sweets. In other words, you would have to work all summer to get a hog as fat as me. Ha, ha!
Speaking of fat, I go out to eat with friends on most Friday nights and we like to go try out different restaurants, mostly little diners. We have been to some good places. One of my favorites is in Talihina called Pam’s Hateful Hussy Diner. They have the best food and the best fried pickles. I can tell you where to get the best fried pickles around. We went to a restaurant one Friday night, and I couldn’t tell you how to get there again if you held a gun to my head. I have no clue, but it seems like it was in Oklahoma somewhere. It was in the middle of nowhere. I may have even heard banjos. We walk in and there is a recliner and big TV set up. Well, that’s a nice touch if you eat too much, you could kick back and watch TV until you felt like moving on. My friend decided to go to the bathroom before we headed home and when we got to the car, she said “you will not believe it, but there was a shower in there and someone’s toothbrush on the sink.” Well, good hygiene is a plus if you are going to run a restaurant. There have only been two places that we have been to that we have walked out without ordering. If you know, you just know. What I am trying to say is, don’t always go to chain restaurants, go out on a limb and try some diners and mom and pop places.
PEANUT BUTTER PIE
8 oz. of cream cheese softened
1 1/4 cups creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
8 oz. of Cool Whip
19″ chocolate ready-made pie crust
1 cup mini peanut butter cups (chopped)
In a bowl combine the cream cheese, 1 cup of peanut butter and the powdered sugar. Beat with a mixer until smooth, fold in the Cool Whip. Pour this mixture into the chocolate crust and chill until firm. Decorate the top with chopped peanut butter cups. Use the peanut butter that’s left and melt it (I like to put a little powdered sugar and milk in it). Mix it good and drizzle over the pie. Keep in the refrigerator.
Have a wonderful week and enjoy the spring weather that is coming. remember to always tell your loved ones how much you love them.
