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Recently, I was looking at a painting of an arid region similar to ours, and I noticed that all of the color was in the sky, not the landscape. It struck me, because I like color. I like life. I.....
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Parmesan Tilapia
Print This recipe came back from Louisiana with Aunt Kati and her family when they moved back home. She cooked it for Nana’s birthday dinner soon after returning, and Nana fell in love. Ingredients 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese.....
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Around the Supper Table #91 – Finishing Strong
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily best us, and let us run with patience the race that is set.....
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Special K Treats
Print Nana’s mom loved making this snack for her when she was younger. She would always say, "Eat this. It's good for you, because it's made with Special K." Nana would just smile and enjoy the snack. Ingredients 1.....
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Around the Supper Table #90 – How Can a Good God Allow Bad Things to Happen?
I'm sure everyone has seen what has been going on in the Ukraine over the last few weeks. Honestly, it would be difficult not to have heard something at this point. Slowly we have started seeing images of suffering and.....
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Meringue
Print There aren’t many recipes that Nana follows exactly, but this is one of them. She found it in an old Better Crocker cookbook years ago and continued to use it, because it doesn’t weep or pull away from the.....
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Around the Supper Table #89 – Cycle of Addiction
In my former life, one of my jobs was a counselor in a substance abuse residential facility. When I first started working there, I had very limited experience working with people with addictions, and I had many preconceived ideas about.....
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Coconut Cream Pie
Print This is one of Uncle Lee’s favorites, so Nana often makes it for his birthday meal. If needed, you can follow Nana's meringue recipe to top this pie. If you don’t like coconut, and you just want a cream.....
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Around the Supper Table #88 – God Controls the Seasons
This past week, we lost our cat Smokes. Smokes started meowing outside of the barn one morning and never left. I am not exactly sure where he came from, but I know God wanted to bless us with this special.....
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Oven Pot Roast
Print This oven roast was a typical Sunday lunch after church. My mom would get up early Sunday morning to prepare the roast, then it would cook in the oven while we were at church. We did not have time.....
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