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Kids can use these fun coloring pages to learn how God designed food to provide the fuel they need to grow, learn, and think clearly.

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A simple and delicious breakfast is always a day changer! The good news about this quick and easy meal is you can do it the night before as you prepare your dinner, then just heat it in the microwave 30 seconds the next day.

I used fresh milled hard red wheat berries to make my pita bread and Bread Beckers pita bread recipe (the recipe is below). It was easy to follow and only took an hour of my prep day. I know that may sound like a long time for some people, but when a loaf of bread takes 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours from start to finish, I consider that a “quicker” bread.

Don’t sweat it if you don’t have time to make the bread or if you are avoiding bread altogether. You can substitute eggs for the bread if you’re on a low carb plan or use your local grocery stores whole grain pita pockets to save time. Walmart carries BFree, a nondairy, Non GM0, vegan and gluten free brand of pita bread. It’s a little pricey; $5.49 for 4 pockets, although they are a pretty good size and can be split in half for a one-person meal. Kroger carries the “Old World” Brand that is $2.49 for 12 oz. So, you do have options.

God’s merciful provision to sustain us never ceases to amaze me! The benefits of Kale, mushrooms, and garlic are phenomenal. We are given plenty of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to sustain and nourish us throughout our day. At the same time, this meal helps build our immune systems and fight off the environmental toxins we encounter daily. Give thanks to the Lord for such goodness, his love endures forever, as Psalm 118 reminds us.

Enjoy his precious Word today my friend, and maybe a Kale & Mushroom Pita Pocket too!

God’s garden is good!

Bread Beckers Pita Bread Recipe—adapted to my lower sodium consuming tastes.

1 and 1/4 Cups Lukewarm Water

1 Tsp Salt

1 Tsp Onion Powder

3 Cups Freshly Milled Hard White Wheat

2 1/2 Tsp. Yeast

Combine the water in a large bowl. I grind my wheat berries then add the salt and onion powder with my whisk. Stir half of the flour into the water and mix well. Add remaining flour and knead until smooth (about 5-10 min). I divided this into 8 balls (hers made 6). Flatten with a rolling pin and make into 6-inch circles. Place them on a cookie sheet and let rise about 45 min. Preheat oven to 500 degrees and I baked them 10 minutes or until brown and puffed in the center. They will be hard when you get them out, but soften as they cool. I split them in half and make pockets. Store extras in the fridge until you are ready to use them.

Refrences:

Pita Bread, The Bread Beckers, Inc. Recipe Collection. 305 Bell Park Dr. Woodstock, GA 30188, www.breadbeckers.com (770)516-5000

Have you ever tried a fall soup swap? It’s easy and so much fun! Especially if you live alone or if there are only one or two of you in the house. After all, an entire pot of soup seems like a lot to eat for one or two people!

But, what if you get a couple of singles on your street to make a pot of soup too? No neighbors? Easy fix, ask your Sunday School class or bible study group. If you’re not doing that either what about co-workers?

The only stipulation is, they have to be CLEAN and good cooks, LOL!

You may think I’m kidding, but I’m not. So, once you’ve selected your lovely group of people, follow these steps:

Simple Steps

1. Pick your group of four people with whom to exchange a soup. Four is an easy number, you can choose less, but I wouldn’t do more.
2. Decide what soup each of you will make and what day you will prepare and exchange.
3. Gather your storage bowls. There are sets of ten in various sizes throughout all retail stores.
4. Make your soup. I’m giving you plenty of nutritious ideas in the links below.
5. Gather together with your chosen friends, bring your soup and divide the soup between your bowls.
6. You’ve successfully participated in a Fall Soup Swap, enjoyed one another, and have enough variety of delicious, and hopefully healthy, portions for the rest of the week!

God bless you and enjoy what he placed in the garden for us to harvest this season!

 “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,  not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”

Hebrews 10:24-25

Here are some ideas to get you started!

Simply Wholesome Potato Soup – Strengthen Your Heart (mystypfeffer.com)

Harvest Vegetable Soup – Strengthen Your Heart (mystypfeffer.com)

Tortilla Soup-Autoimmune Style – Strengthen Your Heart (mystypfeffer.com)

Butternut Squash! Amazing! – Strengthen Your Heart (mystypfeffer.com)

Quinoa Black Bean Chili – Strengthen Your Heart (mystypfeffer.com)

What is your favorite soup to share? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Ground Beef & Sweet Potato Sauté is a quick and delicious week night meal that is ten times better than anything in a box! This recipe comes to you from my kitchen as I wondered what to do with a few garden sweet potatoes. Harvest time is always a fun time to play with new ideas and… my food. So for this dish, all you need is some fresh sweet potatoes, ground beef, herbs, and root veggies and you are ready to go.

Benefits

Sweet potatoes provide a decent amount of fiber (6.5 grams) for gut health. It also has the antioxidant (anthocyanin) for a neuroprotective role and decreasing neuroinflammatory markers; which is good news for aging brains(1). They also contain a good amount of manganese, vitamin A, and beta-carotene. Plus, they are yummy in this ground beef and sweet potato sauté. Just add some chili powder, fresh oregano, onions and celery.

Pair this dish with a side of steamed broccoli and you have a well balanced and EASY supper! What God puts in the garden is so good!

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest

Proverbs 6 ESV – Practical Warnings – My son, if you – Bible Gateway

For more recipes look in the garden

References:

The Anti-Neuroinflammatory Role of Anthocyanins and Their Metabolites for the Prevention and Treatment of Brain Disorders – PubMed (nih.gov)

Henriques JF, Serra D, Dinis TCP, Almeida LM. The Anti-Neuroinflammatory Role of Anthocyanins and Their Metabolites for the Prevention and Treatment of Brain Disorders. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Nov 17;21(22):8653. doi: 10.3390/ijms21228653. PMID: 33212797; PMCID: PMC7696928.

The zucchini is coming on fast with this lovely warm summer! I anticipate the growth when I see those beautiful orange blooms! Believe it or not, the broccoli is still producing smaller heads that want to sprout upward and bloom to produce seed. If I don’t catch them in time, they will flower within a day!

The clear picture of provision and bountiful urgency to reproduce themselves never ceases to amaze me in God’s glorious garden. As the rain continues its steady flow outside the window, I think about how faithful God is to provide.

Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field.
Zechariah 10:1

Zechariah 10:1-3 ESV – The Restoration for Judah and Israel – Bible Gateway

Even if you don’t grow a garden, the delicious broccoli and zucchini are available to you at your local grocery store or farmer’s market. So enjoy the vegetation God places in season and use the freshly picked vegetables and rotisserie chicken from the store to make this delicious Sweet & Spicy Chicken Zucchini Quinoa Bowl.

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Making red plaid log ornaments are fun for a cold winter day activity. I especially like the relaxing part of creating ornaments. Although the holiday season can bring a multitude of to do lists, and along with that some stress, I like to keep it simple.

Therefore, creating these log ornaments is not just another to do list activity, it is a peaceful time to teach little ones the joy of creating. I think the reason I enjoy it so much is, like our Creator, we derive joy creating things. A sense of accomplishment and worth are inherent in our desire to build.

Furthermore, just as the Lord took pleasure in the work of His Voice, we too, take pleasure in the work of our hands. The Psalmist puts it so succinctly in Psalms 104 26-31:

O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵ Here is the sea, great and wide,
    which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships,
    and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

²⁷ These all look to you,
    to give them their food in due season.
²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
    when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
³⁰ When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works,

It reminds us so much of all the good things we want to give our own children! Especially at the holidays. What better gift to give them than sweet memories of preparing for the advent of our Savior’s birth?

These red plaid log ornaments may be just the thing to kickstart our creative juices this season. Since we’re always looking for ways to share the story of Christ with our little ones, a building project is a good idea. Creating things reminds them of the great Creator and opens the door for talking to them about where we come from. Not only where we come from but how God takes such care to make us whole. Mind, body, and soul. Just as we put parts together in our project to make it whole.

Check out the Bold Faith Blog for more encouragement.

A trip to Hobby Lobby may or may not be needed depending on your crafting supplies. But, while your out look for the following:

• A spool of Red Plaid Ribbon
• A bundle of mini Burch logs
• A bundle of Snow covered Sticks
• 1 Package of Red Bells
• 1 Package of Garland Ties
• 1 Bag Pine Cones
• 1 Sprig Berries
• Hot Glue Gun with Glue Sticks

Instructions for Assembling Red Plaid Log Ornaments

• Assemble 2-3 Birch Logs and glue together with hot glue into a bundle.
• Place the ribbon over the logs, it’s ok to overlap.
• Twist the garland to look like a wreath and glue to ribbon on the log..
• Apply the pine cones, then the bell.

Instructions for Assembling Red Plaid Stick Ornaments

• Assemble the sticks in a bundle of 6 or seven
• Place the red plaid ribbon over the sticks and glue with a hot glue gun.
• Twist the garland tie to look like a wreath and glue onto the sticks.
• Glue the red bell and pine cones in place.
• Insert the a small berry sprig on each side of the ribbon

You’re all done! Enjoy your peaceful advent time with your little ones and share the joy of creating!

“fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” Isaiah 41:10

God never fails to give us a passion for something…….

He works in us and through us to help His people….. My passion is to learn! I love God, His wonderful word and His wonderful provision in the garden.

I want to combine the last 20 years of continuing education classes and on line nutrition classes with 25years of nursing adults to bring you encouragement, hope, fun, and healthy recipes to build an sustain these temporary bodies that serve our Lord.

So, feel free to look around! There are devotions, bible studies, and easy recipes to explore!