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Showing posts with label Poem. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 17, 2010

A Little Inspiration and Cheddar Broccoli Ham Soup

I found this great little inspirational piece over at Wise Old Owl and I had to share it with you!

Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
(so very precious)

Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.

It doesn't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

You cannot unsay a cruel word.

When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

The best sermons are lived, not preached.

Most of the stuff people worry about ain't gonna ever happen anyway.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none.

Sometimes you get....and sometimes you get got!
(I love this one!!!)

The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
(so true!!!)

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.



My family loves my cheddar broccoli ham soup, it's just a version I made up. I love it because it's good with or without the ham and it's pretty easy too. I have found that if I'm making a huge pot of cream soup it's better not to add all the milk until it's just started to boil and thicken, then I add the rest of the milk, otherwise it won't thicken well.

Cheddar Broccoli Ham Soup

1/2 cup butter
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup flour
2 large potatoes, chopped
4 cups or so broccoli, steamed and chopped
2-3 cups ham, or what ever you have
6 cups milk
1/2-1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon onion salt
dash red pepper flakes
sea salt to taste

Cook the potatoes in water until just fork tender.

In a large soup pot melt the butter and cook the onion until just translucent. Add the flour and stir for 2 minutes. Add 4 cups of the milk and the seasonings. Cook and stir until it just boils. Add the rest of the milk and stir well. Drain the potatoes and add them, the ham and broccoli and stir until heated. Sprinkle in a handful of cheese at a time stirring until melted. Serve warm.
3-4 cups grated cheddar cheese



Sunday, October 4, 2009

Whole Grain Waffles and a Poem, The Gift and a Giveaway!

I've had my heart and mind in other places this last week. Helping our daughter pack up for a move across country that she's not real excited about has been hard. I know things are going to work out, I just wish we could have them closer to home.

I found this wonderful poem on Mindika Moments. She wrote it for her daughter's first birthday. It put my mind right back to when my daughter Jennie was a baby and now, I can't fix things for her, but I know she has the strength to do it on her own.

THE GIFT
By: Mindi for my baby girl on her first birthday!

My baby girl
I would stop time if I could
Just for a moment

To breathe you in
To recognize every detail
To lock away this perfection

I would package it safely
Store it on a high shelf
Safe from every element

For I know…because I have been there…

You will come to me one day
Behind salted tears
Broken heart
Lost friend
Hard day
Hard year

You will say…

Why Mom?
Why can’t I have this?
Why can’t I be like that?
Why did this happen?
What is wrong with me?

That’s when I would pull it down
Open it up
And show you...

You at 1 year

And you would see…

What God sees
What I see

And you would know that everything will be ok

That would be my gift.


I forgot to take a picture of these waffles, but trust me, they look just like waffles!

These are a nice filling waffle and yet were still light even though you don't have to whip the egg whites. They come together pretty fast and the family ate them all up!


Whole Grain Waffles


3 tablespoons flax meal
1 cup flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups skim milk
3 eggs
1 1/2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cooking spray

Heat waffle iron.

In a bowl whisk the dry ingredients. Make a well in the center and add the wet ingredients, mixing just until mixed. Spray hot waffle iron with cooking spray and scoop out batter. Cook until brown. Serve with butter and syrup.

Head over to Veater Family Adventures for a great giveaway!