If you're looking for a quick and easy appetizer to serve this holiday season, take this tip: Take a simple log of goat cheese and roll it in something sublime...then serve with crackers. Really, it's easy to do and delicious...and boy does it fool people into thinking you tried. Here are a few suggestions: Poppy Seeds - The little black seeds look fantastic against the white cheese. ...
More than the thought counts….
Three years ago, my family was busy getting ready....not for Christmas...but for a trip to the other side of the world. Vaccines? Check! Passports? Check! Anti-Malarial Medicine? Check, Check, Check! We were stepping out on faith and taking our two-year-old daughter to Kenya with us. Everyone we knew thought we were crazy. Our parents threatened to kidnap her and keep her here, but we ...
Make-It-Yourself Monday: Pizza!
One of the things we usually do around here is make our own pizza. It's much cheaper and healthier than ordering out, and it can be a lot of fun to make because kids love to add their own toppings, sprinkle the cheese, etc. I used to make the dough in my bread machine, letting it rise and then rolling it out, but then I happened to come across this recipe at AmysFinerThings.com, and we love it! ...
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. Proverbs 25:24-26
It was one of those things...those GOD things. The other day, I was with my sister at her daughter's tumbling class and ran into a friend I haven't seen in years and never dreamed I'd see there. She was watching her granddaughter tumble...or at least she was before I came along. We talked for an hour, and what an encouragement it was! What an encouragement she was! She brought news of friends ...
