Mary's Roasted Red Pepper Dip

Here is another recipe I have been asked to share and thought I would share it here for everyone to enjoy. I don't know who Mary is, but to her I say "Thanks!" This recipe was found at one of my favorite recipe share sites: http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Main.aspx. Remember, if you'd like to share a recipe with everyone just e-mail it to me ready to post and I will include it here for everyone to see! Enjoy!

Mary's Roasted Red Pepper Dip

PREP TIME : 10 Min
COOK TIME : 20 Min

INGREDIENTS
1 (7 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained and diced
3/4 pound shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon minced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons prepared Dijon-style mustard

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a small baking dish, mix the roasted red peppers, Monterey Jack cheese, cream cheese, mayonnaise, onion, garlic and Dijon-style mustard.
Bake in the preheated oven 20 minutes, or until bubbly and lightly browned. Serve warm.

Conception and Contraception

There is a great series right now on Family Life Today. They are discussing the spiritual issues surrounding conception and contraception. It is a great resource that I hope you all will take time to either listen to or read the transcripts. In fact I hope you can do this with your husbands. The broadcasts are only about 20 minutes long. It is a subject that as Christians we should prayerfully consider and know exactly how the Lord wants us to live.

http://www.familylife.com/site/c.dnJHKLNnFoG/b.3876235/k.8398/Advanced_Search.htm

a daughter of the king,

Jena

Recipe Share

It'd be great to share recipes that we come across that are fairly easy and inexpensive. I am always looking for easy! And I know some of you are quite the connoisseurs in this area! :) I'll start off the recipe share by giving out one of our favorite family recipes.

Shoyu Chicken
4 servings (more I think!)

In a crockpot place 8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Combine: 1 Cup (each) soy sauce, water and sugar
1 Tbsp fresh ground ginger (optional- I buy this in a small jar and it lasts a long time!)
2 cloves garlic, minced
Pour over chicken, cook 3 hrs on high

The last 1 hour of cook time add:
1 red pepper, sliced

Shred chicken in crockpot to soak up liquid

Serve with rice

the role of a woman

I was listening to the Family Life radio program the other day. They were talking with author and speaker Nancy Leigh DeMoss. She has written many books including one titled, "Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free. "

The topic of discussion was the role of women in society by God's design. And as they began to talk Dennis Rainey, host of Family Life Today, quoted Elizabeth Elliot whom they had interviewed in a previous program. They referenced Romans 12:1-2 which says ..."we should not be conformed to the pattern of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind." And quoted Elliot as saying, "You can almost count on it that if the world is teaching it, it's contradictory to what the bible says. It's not God's ways."

Wow! What a statement. That really resonated with me and has been circling around in my head ever since. I knew I wanted to share that statement with all of you. How much of the world's ways have I already bought into and not even seen that it has taken me away from God's word?

Again regarding a woman's role by God's design DeMoss reminds us that "things function poorly or not at all when they function contrary to their design. " So their example was that the microphone they were using works well for the purpose it was designed, but that if they were to use it as a book or bat that it would not function well or at all for that purpose.

Satan is constantly trying to deceive us (women) that God is putting limitations on us, limitations on our happiness. DeMoss asks "Would you be freer and happier and more blessed if you operated outside of God's parameters? That is an "essential deception" that many of us woman have listened to and believed.

I want to encourage you to seek God and seek his word and ask him if you have bought into any of these lies. If you are fulfilling the role that God has called you to as a woman. I know that I have and continue to re-examine and re-train myself in the areas where I have gotten off track.

At the end Rainey makes this comment to both men and women, but I have personalized it for us as women. "If [we] do not know who God made [us] to be then [we're] never going to have an impact in relationships, with one another, and in [our] world, that God intended [us] to have."

I pray that we will strive to live as God intends us to. I pray that our lives reflect the blessings we receive when we live in the ways that he has commanded.

a daughter of the King,
Jena

So we decided that we should try using a blog to keep everyone informed on what's going on in our Mom's Group. That way you can check for updates concerning location of playgroups, Park Days, upcoming events and any cancellations there might be.

This will also be the place to sign up for meals when someone has a new baby, share recipes and even prayer requests. I hope that this blog becomes just one other way that we, as moms, can connect and encourage one another!



Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58



A daughter of the King,

Jena