http://www.conniecox.com Writer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.conniecox.com/southern-cooking-eating/foodie-friday-restaurant-coupons-and-discounts/ http://www.conniecox.com/southern-cooking-eating/foodie-friday-restaurant-coupons-and-discounts/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:59:58 +0000 Connie http://www.conniecox.com/?p=1025 Today is day number 38 of temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.  Yesterday we were w/out electricity, therefore w/out A/C.  So I’m officially declaring the kitchen closed due to heat wave. But cooking isn’t my only hobby.  :Taking deep breath here: I confess.  I’m a couponer, too.   I will spend hours scouring the Sunday paper to [...]]]> http://www.conniecox.com/southern-cooking-eating/foodie-friday-restaurant-coupons-and-discounts/feed/ 0 http://www.conniecox.com/southern-cooking-eating/foodie-friday-cucumber-soup/ http://www.conniecox.com/southern-cooking-eating/foodie-friday-cucumber-soup/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:46:12 +0000 Connie http://www.conniecox.com/?p=1021 It’s too hot to cook and I have a deadline looming (I LOVE typing that).  So here’s the world’s easiest summer soup. 2 cups plain yogurt (not the vanilla flavor.  Just plain.) 1/2 cup cucumber, peeled, seeded, pureed  –many thanks to sister-in-law Sonia for the fresh cucumbers 1/2 tsp dried dill Blend together.  Let sit–covered– [...]]]> http://www.conniecox.com/southern-cooking-eating/foodie-friday-cucumber-soup/feed/ 2 http://www.conniecox.com/southern-cooking-eating/foodie-friday-fresh-pear-cobbler/ http://www.conniecox.com/southern-cooking-eating/foodie-friday-fresh-pear-cobbler/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:01:14 +0000 Connie http://www.conniecox.com/?p=1016 We have a magnificent pear tree in our yard.  It’s not much to look at, due to some broken limbs from springtime storms, but it gives a huge amount of fruit each year. Despite the drought, this year is no exception.  Except–the thirsty squirrels have been stealing those rock-hard, bitter pears, risking my noisy dachshund’s [...]]]> http://www.conniecox.com/southern-cooking-eating/foodie-friday-fresh-pear-cobbler/feed/ 0