Full disclosure. We don’t have a Netflix account, so when I got a couple requests to clone Meghan Markle’s trendy jam thumbprint cookies which she made on her Netflix cooking show, my first thought was to turn to the grandkids. Grandson Will and girlfriend Kenna were visiting, so Kenna pulled up the recipe on her Netflix account. I wasn’t surprised that Meghan’s recipe is similar … Continue reading RITA AND MEGHAN’S THUMBPRINT COOKIES
A good spiritual discipline, fasting on bread and water is a way to connect with the meaning of Lent. What makes fasting bread different than ordinary bread? First, it’s not a light textured or fancy bread. Dense with high quality Biblical ingredients – and the ingredients all have Biblical significance. INGREDIENTS AND THEIR SYMBOLIC REFERENCES: Flour – a reminder of the manna given by God … Continue reading Fasting on bread and water has a long tradition in Catholic spirituality. It’s a personal devotion and goes back to Biblical times.
Today, Matt Swaim and I chatted about fish on the Sonrise Morning Show, Sacred Heart Radio. Here’s where it’s listed in the Bible: Matthew 15:34-36: The story of the loaves and fishes, when Jesus took seven loaves of bread and a fee small fish and miraculously fed 4,000 men, plus women and children, with leftovers. When you consider the geography, the Sea of Gallilee, the … Continue reading Baja Fish Tacos
I just had to share a couple of photos that I took today on my little patch of heaven. It was close to 70 degrees and a perfect day to clean up the asparagus patch before the new shoots pop out, and, of course, to hang a load of clothes on the line. How’s the weather where you live? Have a blessed evening, Rita Continue reading Spring has Unofficially Sprung!
Have you heard the old saying about being a day late and a dollar short? Well, that’s just how I felt this week when it dawned on me that I was way overdue in tapping our maple trees. We usually tap them in early February when the wild yellow aconite blooms on our hillside bordering the East Fork river. That gives plenty of time to … Continue reading Indian Butter Chickpeas for Lent
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