Monday, March 25, 2019

Rebekah's 20th birthday!

Last weekend, we had a coffee party celebrating our daughter Rebekah's 20th birthday! How can that even be? Most days I still feel like I am only 25!😁

We had family and friends over after church, and we had made banana bread, egg & sausage casserole, coffee cake and lemon cupcakes the night before. Joshua's sister and mom brought donuts, which we delicious! We also had fruit and yogurt to dip it in. We had several different kinds of coffee made (Italian press, French press and drip coffee), as well as juice. We offered tea but I don't think anyone had any tea.

I enjoyed that 6 or 7 of Rebekah's college friends came to join us. I liked hearing them talk and laugh together. We had a bunch of church friends here too, besides family. I enjoy seeing the different groups of people mix and mingle together. I enjoy seeing my daughter in various small groups chatting with them. I enjoyed my other kids conversing with friends of all ages.

(There is an ice cream man driving by outside, and its not even warm yet! But I digress...)

She loved having different friends and grandparents here to celebrate her birthday. She even got a few gifts that she liked too! (How can it be 20 years since we first became parents?!)

She is a wonderful, lovely, talented, smart, kind, sweet girl and we are so thankful that God brought her into our lives 20 years ago-- what a gift and a treasure!


Have you had any birthdays in your family recently? What do you do to celebrate?

John 4:10
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”


Acts 2:38
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.


Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.


James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Friday, March 22, 2019

Wild Rice and Chicken Casserole

This is a meal that I found recently during our gluten free stage. We liked it, and I've made it several times since then, even though we are not strictly gluten- free anymore. We generally like casseroles at our house, and we like chicken and rice. I had a wild rice and BEEF casserole that we used to love, but it has tomato soup in it, which I can't eat anymore since it hurts my mouth. 😒

I'm not sure where I found this recipe, it may have been Pinterest...? But no matter, it is delicious and easy, which are my requirements for cooking! 😉 I also like that it uses ingredients that I usually have in my house! (My comments below are in italics)

Onions, celery and chicken...

Wild Rice & Chicken Casserole


1 box Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice (or microwave package)

1 can cream of mushroom soup (I use cream of chicken)

2 cups cooked chicken cubed (or any other meat)

1 1/2 cups frozen vegetables

1/2 cup cream or milk (I've used dairy-free)

1 tablespoon butter (I've used dairy-free)

1/2 onion diced

1/2 stalk celery diced

salt

pepper

about 1 cup grated cheese, any kind you have (she says Swiss sliced cheese)

1/3 cup slivered almonds (she says to toast them, but I usually do not)
Rice mix, soup and veggies...

After adding the almonds( one daughter doesn't like them)
Instructions

Cook box of rice according to packaged directions. In skillet, melt butter and sautee onion and celery over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Once cooked, spoon rice into large bowl. To the rice, add cream of mushroom soup, chicken, vegetables, cream, cooked onion and celery, and salt and pepper. Spread into a casserole dish. Top with cheese and almonds. Cover with foil and warm thoroughly at 300 degrees for at least 30 minutes (and up to 60). Serve with a side salad.
Ready to go in the oven  (no cheese for the non-dairy people)

You can find the original recipe here. 

I hope you enjoy this recipe too, and if you make it, be sure to come back and let me know what you think! 

Matthew 23:37
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

Proverbs 15:17
Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.

Romans 14:2
One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
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