In the Kitchen
My New Year’s resolution to be on-the-ball about meal planning and healthful cooking has been working out so far! Here was last week’s “Meatless Monday” recipe… This (90%) meatless soup was delicious, and made enough for dinner and 2 full lunches! Cheese Tortellini & Tuscan Vegetable Soup Ingredients:– 1 (14.5 oz) Can of Diced Tomatoes with Garlic & Onion (undrained)– 1 (11.5 oz) Can Condensed Bean with Bacon Soup* (undiluted)– 4 Cups Water– 1 (16 ounce) Bag of Frozen Italian Style Veggies * – 3/4 Teaspoon Dried Italian Seasoning– 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper– 1/2 (9 ounce) Package of Fresh Cheese Tortellini– 1/4 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese I also tossed in a bunch of fresh spinach just before serving for some added greenery, and served…
Epiphany
Welcome to a new year (and a new blog design)! 2010 flew by, but I was more ready for 2011 than I expected. Ready for a clean slate, fresh start…. even though it’s all really just a mental thing. We see January 1st as the start of something new because the calendar says so. Because that is the arbitrary date set for the beginning of a new calendar year. In truth, every day is a new day, a chance to be better than the last. Every Sunday the start to a new week, inspired and encouraged by Sabbath worship. That is my number one resolution for this new year: to live in each day with full awareness of the present, complete attention to giving my…
Advent Calendar!
This year I decided to brush up on some of my crafty project skills, break out the scissors, markers and colored paper and create something. I wanted to put together an Advent Calendar like this last year, but somehow ran of out time or creativity or both. With a little bit of determination (and 3 days into December), I finally finished my little craft. And here’s the gist of it…. I wanted this to be something I could use for future Christmases, and I also wanted it to be more involved than just the little candy calendars you can pick up in CVS. So, after a little research online, I was able to track down some great Scripture verses to include on each card as…
Tidings of Comfort & Joy
I have really been trying to get into the Christmas spirit this year, and remind myself of all the blessings that God has given us. All too often, I allow myself to be bogged down in the tedium of daily burdens — forgetting that I have a roof over my head, clean clothes on my back (and sometimes even NEW clothes), plenty of food to eat, a loving and supportive family, a strong group of friends…. the list goes on. Most of all, however, I want to remind myself daily (not just during Christmas time) that I am able to enjoy these things–these blessings of comfort and joy–because of the loving mediation of my Savior Jesus Christ. Were it not for his birth, life, death…
Holy Days
Each day was created by God with purpose and intent — with each rising of the sun, a new phenomenon was accomplished and with its setting proclaimed “good”. And on the seventh day, God rested, proclaiming that day not only a pause but a completion of work, a Sabbath. In the Ten Commandments, He tells us to honor this day and in it to do no work. We know that the seventh day, even according to the Old Testament calendar, was a Saturday. After the onset of the new covenant in Christ, however, and based in His resurrection on the 1st day of the week, the early Christian church gathered together on Sundays to worship and break bread in Christ’s name. Attending church on Sunday…