Beef Short Ribs over Spaetzle

7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! 

8 God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. 

9 The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!  - Psalm 47:7-9

Such a rich and delicious dish!

4 oz Spaetzle cooked according to directions

Set aside

Beef 

2 lbs Boneless short ribs, cut into 1 inch pieces

1 T Olive oil

1 Onion, sliced into chunks 

1 T roasted garlic

2 T  dried shallots

1/8 c Worcestershire sauce 

1/8 c light soy sauce

Pinch of Red pepper flakes

2 c water

Preheat oven 375 degrees.

On top of stove, in a Dutch oven, sauté onion and pepper flakes in olive oil, add beef, garlic and brown.

Add water, dried shallots, Soy and Worcestershire sauce.

Place a lid on and boil on medium heat for 15minutes.

Place in oven with lid for 45 minutes.

After done add:

Mix 1 c water and 1 Pkg brown gravy mix in a bowl and whisk.

Put in Dutch oven with the beef.

Put on stove top and heat just till thickened into gravy.

Serve over Spaetzle, mashed potatoes or rice.

I served mine over Spaetzle.

My sides were boiled cabbage and green bean casserole with cut fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and radishes. 

Cornmeal Hominy Chicken Soup

Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.  - Psalm 127:1

An ej original!

2 c Rotisserie chicken breast

3 T Chicken base seasoning 

4 c water 

1/4 c Cornmeal

1/2 t fresh Sage 

1/2 t Thyme

1/2 t Rosemary

1 can Hominy

Cracked Black Pepper, a turn or two

1/4 t Sugar

Add water, chicken, chicken base and cornmeal to pan.

Stir.

Bring to a light boil and add herbs, sugar, hominy and pepper.

Simmer for 15 minutes, stir occasionally.

Serve with warm tortillas or crackers.

Honey Almond Cream Cheese Spread

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! 

24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!  - Psalm 139:23-24

1 tub whipped cream cheese

1 T Honey 

1 t molasses

1 T brown sugar

1/4 t cinnamon 

1 T chopped smoked almonds

This is yummy.

To serve:

On warm bagels, biscuits, croissants or toast.

Teriyaki Salmon Dragon Roll

You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.  - Psalm 40:5

2 pieces Salmon squeezed 1/2 lime juiced and marinated in teriyaki sauce

Bake 425 degrees for 14 minutes and set aside.

After cooling slice.

It crumbles but that's ok.

Inside out filling:

English Cucumber, cut into tiny strips

Carrot, cut into tiny strips

Sticky rice with seasoned rice wine vinegar ( I use Trader Joe's frozen Jasmine rice) 1 t seasoned rice vinegar

Black sesame seeds

Nori

Cook rice according to microwave.

Add vinegar and use a wooden spoon to stir into the rice.

Set aside to cool.

You can find videos on YouTube to show you how to roll sushi.

I got my mat and a wooden spoon at World Market.

They also have nori, wasabi and pickled ginger.

I do the inside our roll with the rice showing that's sprinkled with black sesame seeds.

Serve with pickled ginger, Wasabi, spicy mayo and unagi sauce.

Smoked Sausage Cheesy German Blackforest Spaetzle Bake

29 "Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,

31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.

33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. - Acts 2:29-33

2-1/2 c spaetzle, cooked according to directions, drain and reserve 1 c pasta water

Set aside

1 lb sliced and baked Smoked Sausage, set aside

In a skillet , add:

1 Onion, caramelize in 1 T clarified butter

Then add 1/4 c kraut

1/2 c kale

Season with:

1/2 t thyme

1/2 t rosemary 

Pinch of nutmeg

1 t sugar

Smoked salt and cracked black pepper

To make Sauce:

Add to onion mixture these ingredients

1 c pasta water

1/4 c heavy Cream 

1 c Gruyere shredded cheese

Into the onion mixture add sausage.

Topping 

1/4 c Gruyere 

1/4 c panko

1/4 c crushed canned onion rings

Bake 350 degree preheated oven for 30 minutes.

Meatballs Sauvignon Blanc Gravy and Spaetzle

21 Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! 

22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!  - Psalm 38:21-22

8 oz uncooked Spaetzle, it's an egg pasta, make and set aside, cook using directions. I used Black Forest style found at World Market

6-8 Meatballs, I make them and keep in freezer

5 button Mushrooms, sliced 

1 T roasted Garlic

1 T clarified butter

1/4 c Sauvignon Blanc

1/4 c Water

1/8 c heavy Cream 

Salt and pepper to taste

2 T Fresh cilantro 

1/2 t Rosemary 

1/2 t Thyme

1/4 c sour cream

Pour butter into skillet, add mushrooms, seasonings and garlic. 

Sauté until mushrooms get slightly soft, remove to a plate.

Add meatballs to drippings and sauté until done, about 10 minutes. 

I cut mine in half.

Add wine, sauté 5 minutes then add water and cream.

Sauté until sauce resembles gravy, then add sour cream. 

Sauté until the sour cream dissipates, remove from heat, then add Spaetzle.

Rich Ricotta Banana Pudding

I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.  - Psalm 38:18

Box of Vanilla wafers, Aldi has the best ones

4 large bananas

1 small box of instant cheesecake flavor pudding 

2 c whole milk

1/4 c ricotta cheese, Aldi Happy Farms full fat is delicious 

1 can eagle brand condensed milk

12 oz tub of cool whip

Whisk pudding, ricotta and milk together.

Add eagle brand, then 1/2 of the cool whip.

Start layer with wafers then bananas, repeat for a total of 3 layers. 

Top with cool whip.

Refrigerate over night to set.

Creamy Teriyaki Shrimp Sushi Roll

3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. 

4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 

5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.  - Psalm 37:3-5

I'm so excited about how well these turned out.

I've been talking myself into this for months.

I've watched videos, read recipes and prayed for guidance in doing the rolls correctly. 

I have been granted success! 

They were delicious!

Your cut items:

Carrots thin strips

English Cucumbers cut into thin strips

Cream cheese cut into thin strips

Set aside.

Your protein items:

shrimp, marinated in teriyaki sauce and  

sauté in skillet with clarified butter

Slice into thin pieces.

Set aside.

Your rice item:

2 packages Trader Joe's frozen Jasmine rice, cook according to directions

2 t seasoned rice wine vinegar

Black sesame seeds

Nori ( I used Blue Dragon roasted seaweed sheets which I cut in half) 

Pour cooked rice into large bowl, one package at a time adding half of the vinegar.

Toss around with a flat wooden spoon. 

Repeat.

Set aside.

Cover sushi mat with plastic wrap.

Get a bowl of cold water.

Assemble your ingredients. 

Place Nori shiny side down.

Keep hands really wet as you work with rice.

Leave 1/8 inch on one end of Nori sheet.

Sprinkle with black seeds.

Flip over, gently press.

Layer filling in the middle end to end.

Do not overfill.

Roll and squeeze to pack, then roll and squeeze until it's in a roll shape.

Wet really sharp chefs knife and cut evenly in half, in desired size.

Serve with picked ginger, light Soy sauce and wasabi paste.

World market has all these ingredients except the shrimp.

I used frozen extra large shrimp and Teriyaki sauce.

I slightly thawed shrimp before cooking.

Do not overcook.

Next I will cook Asian Salmon and use that as my protein source.

Yummy!!

Chicken in White Wine with Cipollini Onions Carrots and AndouilleSausage

And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. - Exodus 33:19

6 Chicken, I used large tenderloin, seasoned with season salt, onion powder, smoked paprika, sage and rosemary 

3 T clarified butter

1 inch piece or more of Andouille, diced

Cipollini onions, boil water just to cover, remove from heat, add onions, leave 5 minutes (helps in removing skin to keep Onion together) 

3 Carrots, chopped

1 c White wine, I used Sauvignon Blanc

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Cook covered 30 minutes until chicken reaches 165 internal temp.

Heat clarified butter in Dutch oven.

Sear seasoned chicken.

Remove and set aside.

Add carrots, onions, and Andouille sausage to drippings.

Sauté 5 minutes then add wine.

Sauté another 5 minutes and add chicken back in.

Bake covered.

Bring chicken out and slice across the grain.

Return to Sauce, stir.

Serve over sticky rice with veggies on the side and crusty garlic bread!

Yummy Meal

2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all.

3 And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

4 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.

5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,

6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. - 2 Corinthians 3:2-6

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Chicken Soup Skillet

1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! 

2 Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 

3 Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! 

5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.  - Psalms 100

This is so delicious.

Taste like a cross between chicken soup and chicken and dumplings.

2 c shredded rotisserie chicken breast

Set aside.

2 c cooked egg noodles

Set aside.

2 T clarified butter

1 small onion, chopped

1 T roasted garlic

Sauté these ingredients until onion is tender.

Add chicken.

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 12 oz can Pet milk

1 t fresh sage, chopped

1/2 t dried rosemary, chopped 

1/2 t dried thyme

Cooked egg noodles

Add these to chicken mixture, turn to low heat.