Prayers, Pasta, and a Promise Fulfilled

Sometimes it seems that the road of life is a struggle.  There are smooth places along the way, yet they often come after we have faced a particularly difficult stretch of road.  One thing that has never failed to help me is the power of prayer.  Even when it feels...

Think muffin of it

The trouble with collecting recipes is that I have way more than I will ever prepare.  But when the finished products sound good, I keep the recipes.  Sometimes I clip them out, sometimes I mark where they are in cookbooks, and at other times I save them on my...

A harvest of rice recipes

Something tells me that we are going to have an early fall.  It could be the cooler temperatures we have experienced lately.  Maybe it’s the colored leaves I saw on the way to church Sunday morning.  Or maybe it is simply a “feeling” in the air.  All I know is that I...

Things go better with bacon

September has arrived, and with it came my daughter, Molly.  She was on her way home to Illinois from New Jersey, where she has been living since December, having been on active duty assignment with the Air Force for the past several months.  Although eager to see her...

Recipes that work for Labor Day

Summer is winding rapidly to a close.  Nights are becoming cooler, and it is getting dark much earlier.  However, summer still has one last hurrah – Labor Day.  I was having trouble deciding on which recipe(s) to delete out of the ones I selected but decided to cut...