Brian's Chopped Salad

Hummus ...Food on Fridays

The Pumpkin who dressed up as a Sweet Potato
Here is the recipe for the delicious Autumn dessert that Margie Orr made for the church potluck.  I posted  a note on my wall asking who had made the tasty flavorful dish and no one fessed up.  I ran into Margie at the Women’s Retreat last weekend and she said very humbly it was hers and she gave me permission to share on my blog.  Margie is a lovely lady, beloved Sunday School teacher, mother of 4 grown children, and  volunteers as the Hope Treasurer.  All the flavors of fall, and  a colorful comfort-food that fooled me into tasting sweet potato when it was actually pumpkin.  Sweet!

Early Morning Fright
Very early this morning as I was driving the Cross Country runners to school I realized I had forgotten to line my lips. I reached in my make up bag and grabbed the liner, while driving and perfectly lined my lips in kohl black eye liner by Loreal. The girls were wide awake chatting away in the back seat, both showered and dressed beautifully before arriving to Cross Country practice. “Girls” as I batted my eyes and smiled widely for them in the rear vie

Sandwiched Between Two Parents
    One morning this week Todd was making lunch for our lovely teen daughter. She has always preferred one piece of bread cut in half with just the meat. Mom’s just know what their kids like best. My husband was making a sandwich with everything in the fridge on it with two pieces of bread. He had large pieces of lettuce, a large slice of tomato, mayo on both pieces of bread, 6 or 7 slices of turkey, a real Dagwood sandwich.   I was aghast…she doesn’t like mayonaise…or lettuce.  But I he

The Smaller Footprint
During our years in Tucson our small group read a book by Randy Frazee “Making Room fo Life”.  The Navigator staff couple leading the group asked us to read and implement the changes in every area of our life.  Our first change was to purchase a home in an area walking distance to school, a market, and would allow us to ride our bikes to and from work in good weather.  Freeing ourselves from the additional expense of one car, and ultimately allowing ourselves more time as a family.  We recently moved to a Texas and our home we selected had to fall into all the categories to be a “go”.  Walking home from work today took exactly 16 minutes. 

Vegetarian Refried Beans
 This week our church started reading Ann’s book “Not So Fast”, and I’ve slowed down so much I’m posting my “Food on Fridays” on Saturday.  We had a  lot of laughs as our leader Debbi Keller had us name off all our roles on any given day.  The small group is made up of  Mom’s who don’t know each other, so we spent most of the time just  getting acquainted.  We will meet for the next ten weeks to discuss two chapters a week, and pray for the last ten minutes of each session for our children.  Two of the Mom’s are from India, and it was so interesting to hear their stories of having arranged marriages.  Looki