Wow - what a compliment! Travis said his boss told him yesterday: "I found you!" Confused Travis asked for clarification. He was told to look up Exodus 31:1-6 and Exodus 36:1. It does describe the man I am married to - and I am so proud of him. He has built some amazing things for Pine Cove and for the misistry at Shiloh! To be honest - his talent amazes me -- guess I am - well at least - one of his greatest fans!!! This has been a hard day at work and I am thankful to be here talking to you! I have a recipe I want to share with you now - early on. We ate at Cheddars on Sunday (and I am suffering withdrawal from the want of Mexican food) - and Travis ordered their Spinach dip and it was very good. This is a "light and healthy" version of one and I think it would be equally as good as the "fat one" we had on Sunday! BAKED SPINACH-and-ARTICHOKE DIP
2 (6 oz.) packages fresh baby spinach
1 Tablespoon butter
1 (8 oz) package 1/3 less fat cream cheese
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)
1 (14 oz.) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1/2 cup light sour cream
1/2 cup shredded part-skim mazzarella cheese, divided
Fresh pita wedges or baked pita chips
Microwave spinach in a large, microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 3 minutes or until wilted. Drain spinach well, pressing between paper towels. Chop spinach.
Melt butter in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add cream cheese, garlic and cayenne pepper; cook three minutes, stirring constantly, until cream cheese melts. Fond in spinach, artichokes, sour cream and 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese. Stir until cheese melts.
Transfer mixture to a 1 qt shallow baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese.
Bake at 250 degrees for 15 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Serve immediately with fresh pita wedges or baked pita chips.
There - with just a few more recipes before Sunday - you should have some food that will wow even the most discriminating critic!
Today I thought about a wonderful young lady that is planning her June wedding and has chosen the color Pink (in all shades) to compliment her wedding party's dresses! To me - pink is the perfect color for a bride to choose -- think about where you find "Pink!" Newborn babies are "pink" - so beautiful and pure; pink cheeks - when you see the one you love (and maybe they don't know yet) so you blush that beautiful pink; pink lips - when you've just been kissed by that special - maybe - one and only - or surprised at a young age with a stolen kiss; or what about that cheek that some innocent girl has slapped because some young man took a liberty she wasn't ready to give; or cheeks that played in the sun too long! All special things to each one! When you combine the different shades of pink - you have a kaleidoscope of beautiful colors and just perhaps - of memories. PERFECT COLOR!!!
If you are ever feeling depressed about our countries' situation and just wish you could escape - or you are disgusted by something you have read -- want to know how to regain your appreciation of this wonderful America we live in? Log in to the New York Times and look up the articles by Nicholas Kristof on Cambodia - and the slavery of young girls there - often sold by their relatives into prostitution and you will hit your knees with Thanksgiving to God for putting you here in this United States of America - even with its' problems today.
The thought of listing the "Essentials of a well stocked pantry" has really become a "project" to me - because I want to lead you right -- so today I Googled it and was amazed at the answers different ones had. I've taken a couple of them, revised them to fit what I think and will share with you soon! You see - my cabinets are very different than when I first got married - so I want to make sure you have essentials and not all the wonderful stuff I have now - that I might use this year and I might not!!
I love my notebooks full of recipes. We ran out of Six Week Muffin mix last week and Travis indicated he was ready for more muffins. (I get up around 5:15 and turn on the oven, get about 3 muffins ready to go in the oven, sit down and read a little of the paper, and then put the muffins in the oven, set the timer and go take my bath.) The rest is up to Travis - get them out and eat!!! Tonight I made the mix up again and instead of looking at least 30 minutes for the recipe - I look in one of the notebooks for the catagory "Orange" (which is "Breads"), found it, found the recipe in less than a minute! Wonderful!!!!
Well - one recipe is probably all you want tonight -- so I will just say - God Bless, Good night - and ask a special favor - Go about doing good tomorrow!
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