Monday, August 18, 2025

Come Fix You A Plate: Food you’ll actually cook from Your Barefoot Neighbor by Matthew Bounds





 Reviewed by Kristin 

I love a good cookbook, even if I don’t cook as much as I once did. This is one of those indulgent books that tells you how to cook good food, and involves ingredients like “1 stick of butter” or “1 block of cream cheese”. I immediately wrote down four recipes and need to add a couple things to my shopping list. 

With funny names like Crock Pot-ato Soup and RotelTisserieVeetaTini and Ain’tChiladas, the cook obviously has a sense of humor. He also promotes charitable organizations close to his heart without being preachy about it. His love of family and friends also comes through in the short narratives accompanying some of the recipes. 

Myrtle’s Pasta Bake sounds a lot like the baked ziti that my husband orders at our favorite local Italian place. Pasta, meat sauce, cheese: I could fix me a plate of that. 

Sweet Potato Casserole isn’t an everyday food at my house, but this one sounds like a delicious variation that might be worth making for the next holiday. I can practically taste it now. 

Sodie Spice Cake is literally what it sounds like. A can of whatever soda you like, a box of whatever cake mix, both dumped over some apple pie filling. I haven’t made a dessert in ages, but I think this would be a big hit next time we have a family gathering. 

But that Chicken Cobbler…I might just make that this weekend. Shredded chicken, any variety of vegetables, biscuit mix, some liquids and that stick of butter—come fix you a plate.

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