I probably didn't really make up this recipe. But I tasted a similiar version once and tried to re-create it on Saturday since we have an abundance of tomatoes and basil in the garden at the moment. If tomatoes are still in season in the States (I have no idea any more!), you should try it!
Tomato-Basil Fettucini
1 pkg. fettucini
6 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 small red onion, finely minced
1 handful fresh basic, finely chopped
1 cereal bowl full of chopped tomatoes (cherry tomatoes are the best)
1/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup butter
salt and pepper
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1. Boil water for pasta.
2. Chop up all the veggies.
3. Cook pasta.
4. Heat oil and butter in a skillet.
5. Cook garlic and onion in the skillet until tender. Cook on low heat and be careful not to let it burn.
6. When the garlic/onion mix is tender, take it off the heat and add tomatoes and basil to the hot pan. Let them sit for a minute while you spoon the butter/oil mixture over them.
7. When veggies are a bit wilted, dump everything into a big bowl and add the cooked pasta. Toss together. Add lots of salt and pepper.
P.S. I just want you to know that the fact that I was able to focus long enough to write down this recipe is a great testament to how yummy it was. I can't even remember where I put my glasses these days.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Just plain ol' MEAN
So, whether it's the fact that I'm pregnant, busy, tired of people, unbalanced, or just plain ol' mean: I have NOT been myself lately. I feel like I'm trying to teach lessons all over the show and make people understand their mistakes and why they're making them. All the while ignoring the things that I'm not doing in hopes no one will notice.
Maybe I haven't been walking around screaming at people. But in my head, I've been screaming. In my mind, I've been teaching lessons. In my thoughts, I've been judging people for the very things that I'm lacking in.
Quite a confession for a Friday morning. I know. The internet tends to listen pretty well. :)
So, I found a CD this morning (who listens to CDs anymore, right?) that I listened to constantly in college. (Beth and Jenn, you would recognize this RIGHT AWAY if you heard it...I probably tortured you with it for two years.) It struck me so sharply as I was working away at my computer.
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Who gave you the right to judge me?
Did we not come from the same seed?
Was it you who gave the sea it's boundaries?
Is it your wrath that could expose me?
We are set apart by one thing only...unfailing love...and I accept it.
Those who thought they were sowing wheat will reap thorns. You've become rich and powerful, fat and sleek. You're gonna fall backwards.
"Shaken"
by: Unspoken
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God forbid that I ever become so "rich and powerful" in my knowledge and ideas of how things should be done on the mission field that I start to judge others and fall backwards.
Instead, let me not forsake my first love:
"Seeking Jesus, His steps I measure. My eyes on Jesus, no thoughts of turning. He's got me wasted, I'm drunk in love with You."
"Thinkin' of You"
by: Unspoken
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I don't know if you've ever heard of Dr. Rodney Howard Browne. He's a pretty well known charismatic evangelist that is friends with our director Phil and the ministry. He came to visit the base this week and said (roughly) this about sharing the Gospel with people:
"We don't need discouraged people sharing the love of Christ. We don't need joyless, hopeless, pessimistic people sharing the love of Christ. We need joyful, free people. We need people who laugh and smile and who are not under a burden of religion."
How easy is it to get religious in our "service" for the kingdom. And how carefully we must guard against it!
Some old pictures:
Sunda when she was about 15 months old. Oh, how she has changed!
Me and the group of LIFE teachers that I work with and train on a regular basis.
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
Maybe I haven't been walking around screaming at people. But in my head, I've been screaming. In my mind, I've been teaching lessons. In my thoughts, I've been judging people for the very things that I'm lacking in.
Quite a confession for a Friday morning. I know. The internet tends to listen pretty well. :)
So, I found a CD this morning (who listens to CDs anymore, right?) that I listened to constantly in college. (Beth and Jenn, you would recognize this RIGHT AWAY if you heard it...I probably tortured you with it for two years.) It struck me so sharply as I was working away at my computer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Who gave you the right to judge me?
Did we not come from the same seed?
Was it you who gave the sea it's boundaries?
Is it your wrath that could expose me?
We are set apart by one thing only...unfailing love...and I accept it.
Those who thought they were sowing wheat will reap thorns. You've become rich and powerful, fat and sleek. You're gonna fall backwards.
"Shaken"
by: Unspoken
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
God forbid that I ever become so "rich and powerful" in my knowledge and ideas of how things should be done on the mission field that I start to judge others and fall backwards.
Instead, let me not forsake my first love:
"Seeking Jesus, His steps I measure. My eyes on Jesus, no thoughts of turning. He's got me wasted, I'm drunk in love with You."
"Thinkin' of You"
by: Unspoken
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I don't know if you've ever heard of Dr. Rodney Howard Browne. He's a pretty well known charismatic evangelist that is friends with our director Phil and the ministry. He came to visit the base this week and said (roughly) this about sharing the Gospel with people:
"We don't need discouraged people sharing the love of Christ. We don't need joyless, hopeless, pessimistic people sharing the love of Christ. We need joyful, free people. We need people who laugh and smile and who are not under a burden of religion."
How easy is it to get religious in our "service" for the kingdom. And how carefully we must guard against it!
Some old pictures:
Sunda when she was about 15 months old. Oh, how she has changed!
Me and the group of LIFE teachers that I work with and train on a regular basis.
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
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