Thank God for dinner tonight

     I am going to start blogging more about the foods I am thankful for making for my family.  Tonight I am going to make a Cannellini Chicken chili.  It is more like a chowder, I guess.  Because I add a variety of vegetables to it.  But I use a white chicken chili seasoning.   Today I am going to add fresh corn off the cob to it.  I am not sure what else as of yet.
      Right now I am making a pot of chicken broth to save for a black bean soup I want to make later in the week.  It is a recipe I will adapt from Jacques Pepin.  I have some old green onions, zucchini, kale green bits, rosemary, salt and pepper, and a little butter and oil in the broth along with the chicken breasts I will use in my chili tonight.   I may not use all of the chicken breasts.  But what is left I can use to make chicken and rice or make a broccoli rice casserole with chicken added?  I will see.
       Earlier I took the bag of chopped kale I had in the fridge and I took out all of the big stems and the bad pieces.  I put a bunch of those in the broth pot.  My toddler prefers the taste of kale to spinach.  I do, as well.  So, I sauté the kale in a cast iron skillet with seasonings and the other veggies I might want on a pizza, like chopped broccoli and onions and garlic.  Then they have less water and will not water down the pizza.  Plus they add a lot of great flavor.  I usually season them with salt, minute pepper, and garlic powder.  It really makes a homemade pizza or the take and bake pizzas taste really over the top when you add sautéed veggies to it!  Everyone, even non veggie loves can appreciate them when they are seasoned right and put on a pizza.
      I made bread earlier in the week.  That turned out well considering I forgot to add the salt to the recipe.  The bread rose faster and had a more potent yeasty taste to it.  But it turned out fine other wise. Will work well for sandwiches.
      I promised a coworker of my husband's a coconut cheesecake pie this week.  His wife suddenly asked for a divorce after they sold their home to move into an apartment in a new town with better schools.  He is really bummed.  He used to eat the pies in the past with his son and they both enjoyed them, so I thought it would be a nice thing to do for him and his boy.  I talked to him about how God wants us to love one another and it is a choice, not a feeling.  God's kind of love is not a feeling but a decision we must make every day to do.  We talked a while and he wants me to try to talk to his wife via the mail,  That is because she does not know me and might not be receptive if she knew it was him involved.  Plus, divorce affects 3 generations of people.  Not just your kids.  Your grandkids get affected, too. It has BIG reprocutions.  Please pray for Matt and his wife so that they will be able to keep their family together and not get a divorce.
      Well I have to check on lunch.  That is a naan pizza.

Pray for Stephanie Harkins

     Please pray for Stephanie Harkins.  She is a woman I had a transaction with on Etsy.  She was not very nice to me (she talked down to me)  and she would/will not take responsibility for her misleading ad on there.  I bought something and it was not as described.  I have never done a dispute on Paypal but did one and was not allowed to send in my opinion or photos of the item.  She won the dispute and left a really nasty feedback on my profile.  I only have done a few transactions and so she tarnished my reputation on there.  But I know that God will defend me.  Now that I have stopped trying to do it myself.  Please pray for her.  She really needs to know God's love and understand the way God wants us to treat one another.  I hope one day she will take responsibility for how she treats people.  God bless you Stephanie.  I really do feel sorry for her.  She made such a big deal because I wanted to mail the apron back for a refund.  It is really sad.  Thank you for praying for her.  I know that God has a better future for her, filled with joy and happiness and a servants heart.