Eating Well in Hard Times – April 27

I Corinthains 10:13    God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can beat.  But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 
Sunday Dinner today was Meatloaf, boiled/buttered potatoes, green beans and cheese/garlic biscuits.  When making the meatloaf you can [...]

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Eating Well in Hard Times – April 21

Hebrews 10:23  Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for God who promised is faithful.
Ham was on sale this week so I purchase a bone in ham for $.99 per pound.  I placed the ham in a slow cooker after we returned from church and let it simmer on 200-250′ for about 4 [...]

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Eating Well in Hard Times – April 13

Proverbs 16:6  Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil.
I didn’t cook the usual large Sunday meal today.  Hubby had to leave for Illinois, Son #1 exhibited at the Home and Garden Show so I decided to take a “time out” and not cook.  However [...]

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Eating Well in Hard Times – Use Leftovers

Galatians 5:22-23  The fruit of the Spirt is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. 
When you have time COOK.  I cook mostly on Sundays when I have time, but I do a lot of it in the slow cooker or crockpot.  This past Sunday I made the following menu:  Turkey Breast, Mashed [...]

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Jesus in My Heart

2 Thessalonians 3:3  The Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 
I babysat with GK #3 and GK #5 today.  They have been on vacation and so have I.  I had them all day today, when I normally only have them for 1/2 day.  We were listening to Veggie [...]

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Diaper Cake

1 John 1:9  If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
I have a baby shower on Saturday, so I decided to try to make a “diaper cake”.  My daughter has been making these and selling them for some time, but I [...]

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Eating Well in Hard Times

1 Peter 4:10   Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in various forms.
I realized this last week how much the rising fuel costs are impacting our food costs.  As Americans living during prosperous times we have not had to look at the cost of food.  We [...]

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