Corn and Sausage Chowder
Ingredients:
28 ounce shredded brown potatoes
1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
2 cups frozen whole kernel corn
2 cups milk
12 ounces cooked smoked sausage, halved lengthwise and sliced
1/3 cup sliced green onions
¼ teaspoon black pepper
salt
hot pepper sauce

Directions:
1. In a 4 quart saucepan combine potatoes, broth, and corn. Bring just to boiling, reduce heat.
2. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes or just until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally.
3. Using a potato masher, slightly mashe potatoes.
4. Stir in milk, sausage, green onions, and pepper. Heat through. Season to taste with salt and hot pepper sauce.
5. Serve with warm buttered rolls. Makes 4 servings.

Broccoli macaroni and cheese with bacon
Ingredients:

2½ cups uncooked elbow macaroni
1 cup frozen chopped broccoli
8 ounces processed cheese, cubed
3 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
Side salad
Directions:
1. Cook macaroni according to package directions. While macaroni is cooking, cook broccoli in a large saucepan according to package directions until crisp-tender. Drain.
2. Add the cheese, cook and stir over medium-low heat until cheese is melted.
3. Drain macaroni, transfer to a large bowl. Stir in the cheese mixture. Sprinkle with bacon.
4. Serve with a crisp side salad. Makes 4 servings.

INTERESTING WAYS TO USE COFFEE IN THE GARDEN
Adding To Compost – Coffee makes for a wonderful addition to the compost pile or as a soil amendment. Just simple mix ground coffee left from coffee pots.
Pest Control – It seems that while the scent of coffee can get us humans out of bed in the morning and put a smile on our faces, it has the opposite effect on some of the creepy crawlies that we wish didn’t inhabit our gardens. Placing some leftover grounds around ant holes and plants that are troubled by slug and snails can work pretty well. Slugs simply do not like crawling over the scratchy surface so a nice, well-maintained ring of grounds around vulnerable plants can be ideal.
Cat Repellent – Cats may not be a pest in the more common sense of the term but most gardeners would agree that neighborhood cats are not all that welcome because of the damage they can cause, the threat to local wildlife and the mess they leave behind. Coffee grounds on the soil can deter them from digging andcan also be used near potentially dangerous plants for the cat’s safety.
Prevent Fungal Disease – On the subject of protecting our plants, it seems that coffee can also be helpful in preventing fungal rots and wilts in some plants because the grounds create their own superior, helpful form of fungus. The science gets a little complicated but the important thing to remember is these particular fungal growths are a gardener’s friend and should be encouraged.

CHANGING WAYS TO USE Q-TIPS
1. Spray the ends of a few cotton swabs with your favorite perfume and put them in a plastic sandwich bag before stashing them in your purse for touch ups throughout the day. Carrying around a bulky perfume bottle in your bag all day is impractical. But popping a few perfume-covered cotton swabs in a plastic bag (which will lock in the scents for several hours) is totally doable. That way, when you want to freshen up your fragrance midday, you just whip one out and run the scent-covered end over your pulse points (on the inside your wrists and elbows, the sides of your neck, and behind your ears and knees).
2. Fix a stuck zipper by rubbing shampoo on the area with a cotton swab.Dip one end of the cotton swab in a little bit of shampoo, and rub the end along the area of the zipper that is stuck. The shampoo will act as a lubricant and will help loosen the jammed zipper.
3. Apply eyelash glue to false lashes with the tip of a clean cotton swab.To avoid a mess when applying eyelash glue to false eyelashes, squeeze some lash glue onto the tip of a cotton swab, and then evenly disperse it along the base of your falsies. Finally, wait a few seconds for the glue to get tacky, and apply as close to your lash line as possible to make them look natural.
4. Coat the ends of a few cotton swabs in your favorite eye shadow shades, and then put them in a plastic sandwich bag when traveling to save packing space.If you’re going on a quick weekend trip and don’t have a lot of space in your carry-on, roll the ends of some cotton swabs in a few different eye shadow shades, covering them liberally with product. Then, use the cotton swab as mini eye shadow brushes with built-in color to apply your eye makeup on your travels.