A Trio of Found Recipes by Professional Mom (a repost)

 

I don’t really remember what I was looking for, but the kitchen drawer was the spot I chose to start. Everyone has “that drawer” in the kitchen, be honest, everything paper and otherwise that you have saved is there. Addresses, recipes, pens, birthday candles, I could go on and on.  As it turns out I found several recipes, some I had made before and some not. I picked three and decided to rustle up all the ingredients and make them.

After a hundred-dollar trip to the grocery store, I was ready to proceed. My son and his family were on the way home from a trip and I wanted to prepare a great meal, so I chose three out of the ordinary (for me) recipes to make. I will share these recipes at the end of this post.

There is a certain significance to these recipes in that my mother-in-law, Kathleen McDonald, who had a huge impact on my cooking and all-around housekeeping skills, wrote one of these recipes with her own hand. She’s been in Heaven for about ten years now, so it was particularly moving for me find this recipe. That was the Broccoli Salad. The Four Layer Pie, our all-time fave, was another recipe, although written by me, but was another family recipe I got from Grandma.

She was what I would call a precise cook. As I put these recipes together, I was reminded of her special and neat way she cooked, especially the Four Layer Pie, because you could see the layers both defined and beautiful. The Broccoli Salad was cut in tiny little pieces, again, precise and beautiful to behold. My daughter pointed this out when we ate mine, but, oh well, it’s me. As I was pressing the crust into the pan for the pie, and thinking of Grandma McDonald, I sized my cooking skills up as too good for “Worst Cooks in America,” yet not good enough for “Chopped.” Funny what you think about when you’re cooking.

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Joe McDonald Ministry January 2024 Newsletter

Here is the January Newsletter “The Evangelism Trail” for January 2024!

 

Follow us all year and email me if you want to receive your own copy either email or snail mail!

Blessings,

Joe

Reverend Joe McDonald  Isaiah 6:8
sharing “the message of grace”
Joe McDonald Ministry Inc.
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New Year, New Goal to Read the Bible Through!

I’m one day away from reading my Bible through. Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve and I am so excited to have experienced this! Thank you to the folks at Teach Sunday School (.com) for putting together this chronological guide, that is both extremely easy to follow and keeps you on target to finish in a year!

I have been a Christian and Bible student since my teens but 2023 was the first year I actually read the Bible from cover to cover!

You can too! Simply download the guide link and either print it out, like I did, or follow on line. It’s that simple.

I plan to do it again in 2024, starting Monday!

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*Disclaimer: This does cost $9.99, but you can copy and use multiple times.

Be sure to comment when you get started! Patti (Professional Mom) Click the title of this post to comment.

Joe McDonald Ministry December Newsletter and Family Update!

Time is moving right along and Christmas morning is just around the corner.

Check out the December two page ministry newsletter by clicking here: “The Evangelism Trail” Christmas News

BE SURE TO SEE THE LITTLE ARROW AT THE TOP LEFT FOR THE SECOND FAMILY NEWS PAGE!

I have also attached it in PDF format for you to print or share with friends and family.

Thank you for all you do for us and let us hear back from you after you look this over.

Merry Christmas,

Joe and Patti

Honoring Veterans 2023

 

I am grateful to all veterans who have served on my behalf to allow the freedoms we enjoy to continue in perpetuity. That said, sometimes the history is lost on younger generations and I in addition to thanking veterans for their service, and I have many veterans I love in my family, I decided to give a short bit of history, with information from the web, written and researched by the Editors of Encyclopaedia Brittanica, November 10, 2023.

Although the original celebration of Veterans started in 1919 after the First World War;

“November 11 became an official national holiday in the United States in 1938. In 1954 the name was changed to Veterans Day to honour those who had served in all U.S. wars. Ceremonies are held each year at the Tomb of the Unknowns, and floral tributes are placed on the graves of service men and women and at memorials throughout the country. Naturalization ceremonies have come to be an important part of the day’s activities.”

Again, thank you for your service, all veterans that have served in all of the branches of the military to keep us free!

Professional Mom