....and on her Tongue is the Law of Kindness. .

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness. Proverbs 31:26 .......Lord ,let it be so!  


   Our Women's Ministry at church hosted the Beth Moore Simulcast this past weekend. This was the verse that she spoke about. I just want to share some of my notes and thoughts about how God spoke to me. 
First we live in a MEAN world! Second as Women we ARE going to open our mouths! You know thats true! whether you like it or not. I want to be Kind!  


Beth Moore had 8 tastes of kindness that she discussed.
Two stood out to me: 
1. Kindness wears down when we wear down.
    Boy do I know that to be true. When I'm tired physically, emotionally, or spiritually I find it almost impossible to be kind.  The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:44-46   I want my heart to be so full of kindness that, that is what will splash out on to you if your standing to close. 


2. Kindness craves and outlet.   God has laid on my heart a desire to help some people that are in need. the next thought I had was HOW? I don't have the financial resources needed to met their needs. Then I was reminded that my Father does! He owns the cattle on a thousand  hills.  I also was reminded of George Muller:  
   When God put it into the heart of George Muller to build orphanages, he had                 only two shillings (50 cents) in his pocket. Without making his wants known to any man, but to God alone, over a million, four hundred thousand pounds ($7,000,000) were sent to him for the building and maintaining of these orphan homes. (this was in the 1800's) 


Praying Philippians 4:7 & 8, and trusting that God will supply all their needs according to his glorious riches. 

Speaking the Truth in Love

Last night we had Mormon Missionaries come visit us. I have to be honest my first thought when I saw them pull in the drive was 'Oh no, how can I get rid of them quickly. I'm far to busy for this.' Then the very next thoughts were, 'No, I just taught a lesson last week about speaking the truth in Love .....and we had just attended a concert the night before with four ex-LDS Missionaries shared their testimonies about how they came to Christ through a Christian Pastor respectfully speaking the truth in love to them." I knew that I had to graciously welcome them and listen to them.

The reason I say I needed to listen to them is I believe as a Christian I need to earn the right to be heard. What I mean by that is I show sincere respect and listen to what they have to share first then when they ask what I think, I have earned the right to share what I believe.

In the past my main goal has been to plant a seed of doubt. Which I still believe can be effective in challenging the missionary to search out and find God's truth. Just maybe no my first plan of action. This time I plan to simply try to show respect and God's compassion and love for them and pray that they see it as being different.

They are coming back next Tuesday at 7:00pm. Pray that God will give David & I his Love and Grace along with clear thoughts and speech.

The Cure for PMS

If David could find a way to get his "recipe" FDA approved I think we'd be millionaires.
Dark Thai Pepper "HOT" Chocolate.

Last night I was having one of those evening...Ladies you know what I mean. You have all been there, you can fill in the blank ________ so there really is no reason for me to elaborate.

We have all heard about the wonders of Chocolate and what great things it does for us. Well I never really bought into that until last night. David melted a block of dark chocolate added some dry Thai pepper flakes them he stirred it into a pan of warm milk for the most wonderful HOT chocolate. If your reading this and are one that doesn't care for dark chocolate or you don't like hot spicy peppers, fuggedaboudit.... no substitutes will do! With out the DARK Chocolate and Thai peppers you simply have a cup of childs hot cocoa, and that won't cut it. Seriously, I have never experience such rich, soothing comfort in a cup. It calmed the savage beast within. Rich, Dark, Spicy, Creamy, warm Chocolate! Really do I need to say any more?

So now when I say I have the best husband in the world, you know that I'm telling the truth!

Menu Planning for March

I really don't have to say this because if you know me and are reading my blog then you know, I Love to cook. I love good food and I enjoy planning, shopping for and preparing good food.
I also remembered that by planning out a couple of weeks worth of menues and shopping for those item I can keep my grocery expenses down.

Menus for March 1-18
( Insert a MUSTGO night 'leftovers' about every 2-3 nights)
**Justifcations: I am not on a diet I am simply watching and being aware of the choices I make.

1.Spaghettii w/ homemade meat,mushroom & Tomato sauce

2.Bacon Cabbage & Root Soup ( I got this recipe from our snowshoeing, camping and hiking friend-Sandi) ** only 4 fat trimmed pieces of bacon in the entire pot of soup.

3.Perogies (a friend called me up and said she had made a large batch for a party and had some leftover) Toni is Polish and make these from scratch the old world way! Yummy!
** Sorry no Justification can be made here, just take heart that the last time I had any of these was 4-5 years ago.

4.Smoky Bean Chili ( I'll try to recreate a chili that Wayne brought to our church's Soup and Chili cook off - my mouth is watering as I think about it)

5.Baked Salmon & Asparagus

6.Crock-pot Burritos **lean ground beef fat free refried beans, load up on homemade salsa, lettuce & onions.

7.Homemade Pepperoni Pizza & salad ** this is treat for David that he gets only once every 3 or 4 months.

8.Scallops w/Asparagus & lemon Pasta

9.Homemade Mac n Cheese w/ Green Beans

10.Great Northern Beans & Ham ** I refrigerate them over night and remove any fat that rises to the top of the beans.

11.Chef Salad

12.Hamburgers ** I load up on onions, mushrooms & Lettuce, I use extra lean beef and I don't use a bun

Orange Cocoa Brownies (Taste great and good for you!))

My bosses Birthday is this weekend so I decided to make a treat to take in to the office.
She is watcing her Cholesterol so I thought I'll play around and create something she can enjoy guilt free.
My number one rule with healthy recipes are they have to taste wonderful. I will not eat or serve something that taste like tree bark or dirt clods.

Orange Cocoa Brownies
1 brownie mix (dry)
1 egg
1/3 c pumpkin puree *
1/3 c apple sauce *
Zest of 1 orange
1/4 c water
1/2 tsp of pure orange extract
1/4 c cocoa

Mix and bake at 350* for 20 minutes
The brownies come out very dense and delicious.
You are reading the recipe correctly there is no Oil!!!
* All Natural, no sugar added. These items were home grown and canning in my own kitchen.

Seriously, These were wonderfully awesome!!!

Not a New Year Resolution!

I Never make Weight loss, Diet or Exercise a New Years Resolution. I guess because so many people do, I just don't want to. I've always been that way, I rarely ever start the latest trend or get the hottest item on the market until it has run its course or been around for a while.

Yesterday I was at Border and picked up Ali Vincent, (The first female Biggest Loser Winner) new book, 'Believe It and Be It'. and read several pages - a quick read. Last night I went to the Library and checked out a copy of Jessica Seinfield's Cookbook 'Deceptively Delicious'. I felt the motivation building.

Today is the day. I started out by making a DD recipe for breakfast. Of course I altered the recipe, My version was: Pumpkin and Walnut Oatmeal [ oatmeal, pumpkin puree, ground flax seed, cinnamon, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, brown sugar and walnuts] No Fat, Highfiber and Very Tasty.

Started keeping my food Journal again. Planning to workout after lunch. Hoping to talk a friend into getting on board with me so that we can encourage and hold each other accountable.

Is This Another Food Blog?

After watching the Julie & Julia movie I was inspired. Not to Blog for 365 days about 500+ french recipes that I wouldn't be able to afford or find some of the ingredients. But I was inspire to cook. Okay, I really don't need to be inspired to do that. If you know me I love to cook. I had 6 days off from work before Christmas. I spent the entire time cooking. I loved ever minute. I made Julia Child's Boeuf Bourguignon for Christmas, Wow it was amazingly delicous. Other dishes during my holiday cooking frenzy where Garlic Cheese Grits w/ Shrimp, Curry butternut squash & basmati rice, cookies, cookies and more cookies and Korean BBQ W/ stir fried vegetables & rices.

I enjoy reading cookbooks and food magazines for new ideas. My dear sweet husband bought me several cookbooks for Christmas along with ramikins of different sizes. I have collected dishes and kitchen utensil since I was 12 years old. Cooking has been a life long love affair for me.

It is now two weeks since my holiday food frenzy and I'm just getting around to blogging about it . I wanted to but thought there are a million plus food blog out there. What would make mine special or different from all the others. Nothing. Mine isn't loaded with new recipes, its not funny and witty. I don't even know how to post pictures or attach links. It's simply me. I will occasionally post some of my favorites or recipes that I have tried. As much as I would love to be Paula Dean or the Barefoot Contessa, Martha Stewart or Julia Childs I won't be. So here I am, Christy Holmes just another foodie.