My goodness - it is cold outside. First things first - The director of our Wednesday Night Ministry called me and said that we would cancel the meal for this Wednesday night and the ladies that are scheduled for next Wednesday are going to let me cook -- so all of my food won't ruin. Such wonderful sisters!!!
Tonight I really didn't want to cook - but it was (is) so cold outside - I decided the smart thing to do -- was more comfort food. So - I made up a new Potato Soup recipe (as I went) and it was really good. Served with cornbread - it made a meal and we saved money and stayed out of this wild weather.
JC'S POTATO SOUP
8 Yukon Gold potatoes
3 Carrots
1/2 large yellow onion
4 Cans Swanson's 99% Fat Free Chicken Broth
1 Tablespoon minced garlic
Salt and Pepper to taste (I like lots of pepper)
1/8th tsp. cayenne pepper
Dash of Pensey's Fox Point
3 Tablespoons corn starch mixed with cold water
1 Small Carton Whipping Cream or Half and Half (I had whipping cream last night!)
DIRECTIONS:
Peel and quarter about 8 Yukon Gold potatoes
Scrap and cut into bite size 3 carrots
Chop 1/2 onion
Add all of these ingredients to large sauce pan or stew pot and pour in the four cans of chicken broth. Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes and carrots are fork tender. Add garlic, salt, pepper, Foxpoint and cayenne pepper. Then stir corn starch into about 1/2 cup cold water and slowly pour into soup to thicken. (NOTE: IF YOU HAVE INSTANT POTATOES - YOU CAN SLOWLY ADD THE POTATOES UNTIL SOUP IS OF THE CONSISTENCY YOU WANT AND OMIT THE CORNSTARCH/WATER MIXTURE.)
After everything else is added - slowly add whipping cream to produce a creamy and smooth soup. Do not boil after this is added. Serve with my "JC's Jiffy Cornbread" and enjoy.
After we finished dinner I made a Banana Pudding - but after I had mixed some of the ingredients I discovered I only had one egg. You know what I used the one whole egg (yellow and white) and a little yellow cake coloring -- and it must have been good - about one good helping left!! Lesson: Improvise -- you really don't have to have all the eggs, sugar, etc., that some recipes call for!
My cousin sent me something that is definitely worth thinking about and answering in our own heart. I know this is all about cooking but I think this is even more important!!
WHAT DO YOU WANT??
John 1:38
“Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them what do you seek.”
Two men listened attentively to John the Baptist, and one day heard him say, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John was speaking about his cousin, Jesus of Nazareth. The two men immediately left John and started following Jesus along the road. Imagine how stunned these two must have been when Jesus abruptly turned to them and point blank asked, “What do you want?”
How would you reply to such a question if it were put directly to you by the Lord? Many of us are not honest enough with our souls to even know how to answer such a question. We fumble about for words, and stumble over our secret fears, and end up sputtering in the face of life’s fleeting and unexpected opportunities. So what do you want? No, what do you really want?
So many of our wants are so foolish, while others are vainly ambitious. We want a bicycle, a car, a couple of tickets to the super bowl, oh just give me the box that seats twenty seven people so I can brings my friend (only$ 65,000.00). A better hair-do, we want world peace, and animals living in harmony with man. We want all bad people to be good and behave themselves.
We want our toilets to flush without backing up. We want the weather to stay warm so we can play Golf, and a cure for dreaded diseases. We want free stuff. We want liberty. We want money. We want our candidate in the Oval office—not theirs.
We want entertainment, pleasure, fun, and we want it without guilt. We want answers, we want snow, and we want sun-shine. You see how the list goes on and on?
Sooner or later we will actually land upon what it is we really want. That’s what Jesus is asking about. So what do you really want? He asks you, “I know all the religious answers, all the ridiculous answers, and all the right answers-but, what I’m looking for is the real answer. What do you want?”
How would you answer that question today?
“May the Lamb that was slain receive the rewards of His suffering.”
How would you answer this question -- how would I answer that question?
Last night I talked about making Buttermilk Pies and I'm sure some of you cringed! Well here is your challenge: I give you the recipe and you try it -- then come next week and eat with me on Wednesday night and try mine!!
BUTTERMILK PIE
1/2 Cup butter, melted
1-1/2 cups sugar
3 Tablespoons flour
3 Eggs, beaten
1 pinch salt
2 Tsp. vanilla
1 Cup Buttermilk
1 deep dish pie shell (either your own or store bought -- I use the store brand kind that is already rolled - comes in a box and you just unroll it into your pan. TIP: ALWAYS PUT A LITTLE FLOUR IN YOUR PAN BEFORE UNROLLING IT INTO YOUR PAN!!!)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2A.Place pie crust in dish and roll to smooth it out. Crinkle the dough up around the edges.
3. Beat the butter and sugar together until light.
4. Add the eggs and beat; then beat in vanilla.
5. Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the batter alternately with the buttermilk; beat until smooth.
6. Pour into a deep dish pie shell and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees an bake for 50 to 60 additional minutes.
7. Pie should turn a nice golden brown and a knife inserted should come out clean.
8. Best when warm - but not bad cold!!!
Try it - I promise your man or lady will thank you!!
I am hoping everyone is in off the streets, out of the cold and home - in a warm and safe invironment. Today I heard that Path was begging for blankets - that they have given out more than in their history. I feel so bad for the folks that need the blankets -- you use to be able to buy wonderful blankets for 9.98 at Walmart, but the last time I checked - there was no such thing. We just need to find a way to help.
The Red Cross is really suffering for money! We have been having so many family fires that it is draining our funds. For each fire, if the people have no place to go, we put them up in a hotel for at least 3 nights, buy all of the family members a new set of clothing and any other thing they need -- medicine, eye glasses, uniform. Anything to help them feel like life is returning to normal. We are still trying to help with first month's rent - but it is getting so hard - who knows how long we can continue this ministry. If you have $1.00, $20.00, $100.00 or more - please consider a gift to the Red Cross. WE (I AM BOARD CHAIRMAN THIS YEAR) ARE NOT FEDERALLY FUNDED -- WE OPERATE ON DONATIONS ALONE.
Have a warm and safe evening - and thank God for your warmth and safety. Come back soon!!!!
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