BBQ Kraut Stir Fry with Sliced Brats, Pork Bits and Burger Bits

4 "O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! 

5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah 

6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! 

7 "And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.  - Psalm 39:4-7

2 T BBQ sauce

2 c Boars Head Kraut

4 grilled brats, sliced

1 grilled pork chop, chopped

2 burger patties, chopped

Stir fry all together!!

Chicken Marsala Rice Sweet Pea Casserole

9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation. 

10 All my bones shall say, "O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?" 

11 Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know. 

12 They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.  - Psalm 35:9-12

1/2 of a rotisserie chicken, pulled and rough chopped

1 leek, sliced

1/2 onion, sliced

1 small can Pet milk

1/4 white wine

1/2 c water

1/4 c Marsala

1 c cooked sticky rice

2 T parsley

1 pat compound butter, I used my own, basil-smoked paprika

1/2 t olive oil 

1/2 t chicken base seasoning

Smoked salt and cracked pepper to taste

3/4 c frozen English peas

1 c Parmesan Reggiano, reserve 1/2 c for topping

Topping( add in this order)

1/4 c Panko

1/4 c canned onion rings, crushed

1/2 c Parmesan Reggiano 

1/2 c shredded Mozzarella 

Over medium, heat oil, add compound butter, melt and add onions, leeks, rice and frozen peas. Next add the wines, chicken base seasoning, water and Pet milk, cooking for 5 minutes. Next add the 1/2 c Parmesan and the chicken. Cut off heat, add the parsley. Salt and pepper to taste. Add topping. Place in a greased casserole and bake 325 degrees for 20 minutes.

Knock Off Bright Star Peanut Butter Pie

The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.  - Psalm 28:7

For the crust:

Take 24 Nutter Butter cookies and place them in a freezer bag. Hit the freezer bag with a rolling pin (or whatever) to make the cookies into crumbles. I wanted the crust to still be recognizable as Nutter Butters - so we left a number of good-size pieces. Pour the crumbled NB's into a good-size bowl and add 5-6 tbsp of melted butter. Mix well. Place this mixture into either a pie dish or other suitable-size dish. I had a pyrex square dish that worked great. Once filled and even on the bottom, place in the refrigerator.

For the filling:

Cream together one 8-oz package cream cheese, one cup of peanut butter, 3/4 cup of sugar. The original recipe called for a splash of vanilla, but I didn't think that was necessary. Once that's all incorporated, stir in 8-oz Cool Whip.

Finish:

Take the crust back out of the refrigerator, and spoon the filling over. Level it out on top. Cover with Saran and place in the freezer for a few hours or overnight.

Yummy!

Chicken Rice and Creamed Spinach Casserole

13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 

14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 

15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.  - Psalm 139:13-16

1/2 of a rotisserie Chicken, pulled

1 frozen Green Giant creamed spinach, cooked

1 c Water

1 T Chicken base seasoning

1/2 c Onion rings

1/4 c White wine 

1/4 c Cream 

2 t parsley flakes

1 c Mozzarella cheese

1 1/2 c cooked rice

1/2 c Parmesan cheese, placed on top

Mix all together and top with Parmesan.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes or until top is slightly browned.

Dreamy Coconut Cake

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. 

17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses. 

18 Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.  - Psalm 25:16-18

1 white cake mix, make in a 13x9 pan according to box direction( don't use a pudding in the mix cake)

Cool and poke holes in cake with a wooden spoon

1 can of Coco Lopez cream of coconut( found in the wine section where the alcoholic drink mixes are located) pour in cake holes and around the edges( place can in bowl of hot water to melt, it hardens in the can, shake well

1 large cool whip, thawed( frost cake with cool whip)

Refrigerate