Cheesy Blend Baked Fresh Tomatoes

O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.  - Psalm 30:2

4 fresh tomatoes, sliced into thick slices

Olive oil to drizzle over slices

Cheese blend, I used Trader Joe's Shaved Blend, it has Unexpected Cheddar, Toscano and Parmesan

Mozzarella, shredded or fresh thin sliced

Seasoned salt

Black pepper

Tuscan Garlic seasoning

Fresh sweet basil, chopped

Place parchment on a large sheet pan. 

Oil and season slices, then add cheese blend first and end with mozzarella.

Toast under broiler until cheese is slightly brown around edges.

Add fresh basil before serving.

These make me think of pizza without a crust!!

Chicken Fried Chicken Thighs

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. - Romans 11:6

1 pgk. Boneless chicken thighs

Chicken Soak

1 can Ginger Ale

1/8 c salt

1/8 c sugar

1/4 c water

Marinate thighs for at least 1 hour.

I used a ziplock bag.

Place thighs on plate and season with seasoning salt, pepper and Garlic 

Dredge

2 beaten eggs

2 c flour 

Dredge thighs in beaten eggs then flour and repeat.

Fry in hot oil until golden brown.

Amaretto Cream Sauce

9 There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. 

10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 

11 "But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. 

12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.  - Psalm 81:9-12

2 c half and half

3 T sugar

1/4 c amaretto liqueur 

2 t cornstarch 

Put half and half and sugar in heavy pan.

Bring to boil, whisking constantly.

Whisk cornstarch into liqueur and whisk into cream.

Serve over warm bread pudding.

Hawaiian Roll Bread Pudding with Amaretto Cream

"And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed. - Joshua 23:14

Bake preheated 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Cool 20 minutes before serving.

Hawaiian rolls, cut into cubes (I used 3/4 of the package)

6T butter, softened 

1/2 c sugar

5 eggs

2 c half and half

1 t Cinnamon

1 t vanilla 

Pinch of Nutmeg

1 c raisins (I soaked mine in 1/4 c of amaretto which I reserved for the sauce)

Using a 8 1/2 inch x 9 inch pan, spray with Pam. Press bread cubes in pan.

 In a bowl cream sugar in butter.

Add eggs one at a time. 

Then add seasonings and vanilla. 

Sprinkle raisins over bread.

Pour the custard over the cubes, mashing cubes down with a fork. 

Bake.

Cool.

Party Ham Sliders

24 And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,

25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. - 2 Timothy 2:24-26

Thick sliced Ham, I used Kirkland Master Carve

Smoked cheddar, cut into thin slices

Hawaiian rolls

Butter sauce:

2 T butter

2 T diced onions

1 t sugar

1 t dry mustard

1 t poppy seeds

Build sliders.

Brush with butter sauce.

Bake, covered preheated 350 degrees oven for 30 minutes.