The Meaning of Marriage

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The Meaning of Marriage
By Timothy Keller

Our church offered an 8 week sunday school class based on this book. It was so AMAZING! I know that I often read lots of books on raising children and child training, but I don’t spend enough time reading, studying and working on my marriage. All of this ‘family stuff’ started with my husband and to keep it all together we need to stay together. Continue reading “The Meaning of Marriage”

I Pray You Have a Merry Christmas!

I pray each of you is having a special day with lots of fun and celebration and good food to eat!

I pray that you celebrate the birth of our Savior with much joy.

I pray that you don’t forget the reason for the day and remember His great gift of coming in human form to live a perfect life and be The Sacrifice to give us a new life!

I pray that as we give gifts and enjoy the day, that we may not forget the great gift that was given to us.

I pray that your heart is filled with joy and hope and peace in believing in our great Savior who has come like the dawn with redeeming grace.

I pray that you experience His love and care for you in a new way today and in this coming year.

I pray that as this year closes that you can see renewal, growth and a deeper relationship with Him than in previous years.

I pray that you know Him and His ways and that it CHANGES YOUR LIFE…. FOREVER!

I pray for you this Christmas.

I pray…

 

For unto us is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11

Christmas Preparations!

Are you ready for Christmas? I’m ALMOST ready… Everything is made and wrapped except one project… and I’m waiting on dear hubby to finish his part so I can do mine. I RARELY am this late finishing up and it stresses me out!!!! I like to be mostly done except wrapping by Thanksgiving. Not happening this year! Continue reading “Christmas Preparations!”

Beef Tip Broccoli Stir Fry

I think I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m all about one pot or plate dishes. I like to make one major portion of the meal and not have lots of sides much less complicated sides to concoct. This one fits the bill! It was quick and simple and took less than an hour easy to throw together.

It was a hit in the family and everyone had seconds. I think Tonchi had fourths and we had only one tiny dish of leftovers for Brian’s lunch the next day! We did serve it over rice, but it would taste good over quinoa as well if that is prefered. Sometimes I can do that, but often times it’s near mutiny by husband and kids if there isn’t rice to go with a stir fry. Their Asian blood definitely shows in this preference!

Dear hubby would prefer to have rice once daily if not thrice daily! So limiting it to once a week is quite an adjustment, but it’s all I can do! It is also a relatively cheap filler, which is nice. When we have these types of meals over rice them the whole family can easily eat on a pound of meat. Otherwise it’s a bit of a stretch if there aren’t enough sides to fill them up!

Even though the kids are young it is amazing how much food they can put away. If you’ve ever seen them eat or you’ve been generous enough to have us over, you might not have prepared enough food. The way they eat, you’d think I hadn’t fed them in the last week!

So check out this recipe and let me know what you think!

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Beef Tip Broccoli Stir Fry

Ingredients:
4 servings

3 TBSP Arrowroot
¾ cup water, plus
1 lb beef tips cubed
1 small onion sliced
6 garlic cloves finely chopped
2 TBSP chopped fresh ginger
2 TBSP coconut oil
4 cups broccoli florets
⅓ cup tamari
2 TBSP raw honey

Directions:

  1. In a bowl combine 2 TBSP arrowroot and 2 TBSP of water and mix till smooth
  2. Add beef and mix well till completely covered – Let sit for 30 minutes
  3. Saute onion, garlic and ginger in coconut oil till soft, remove from pan and set aside
  4. In wok over medium high heat stir-fry beef in coconut oil until reaches desired doneness; remove from pan and keep warm.
  5. Steam broccoli in about ¼ cup water until soft and water is mostly gone.
  6. Return beef to pain.
  7. Combine tamari, honey remaining 1 TBSP arrowroot and ½ cup water until smooth
  8. Add to pan
  9. Return all ingredients to the wok and cook for 2 minutes or until warm and thick.
  10. Serve over rice, quinoa or cauliflower rice.

If you try it, let me know how it works out for you and what the rating is with your family!
Enjoy!

Finding a Good Deal Part VI {Insurance}

This is such a big topic that I really don’t know where to start! Thankfully when we first got married we set up life and disability insurance and had health insurance through our employment. For auto insurance, I had State Farm since I first started driving and he got onto my policy since it was cheaper when we first got married. Continue reading “Finding a Good Deal Part VI {Insurance}”

Post-Thanksgiving Mashed Potato Patties

I know it’s a bit past Thanksgiving, but I did make these the week after our delicious meal! My sister had copious amounts of leftover mashed potatoes that she didn’t want to keep and my mother in law delivered us a LARGE package of leftover mashed potatoes as well. It seemed we had them coming out our ears! Continue reading “Post-Thanksgiving Mashed Potato Patties”

Paleo Mexican Tuna Steak, Sweet Red Peppers & Avocado Salsa

On occasion we have some yummy tuna steaks… although I have to be honest… in the past I’ve just cooked them, flaked them and made tuna salad. The kids like it a lot and so do I! We usually just have it on cucumber slices or in lettuce boats. I probably overcook it, but I feel like it turns out really dry and that is definitely not my preference! I had looked many times in the past for a fail safe recipe and I finally found one! Continue reading “Paleo Mexican Tuna Steak, Sweet Red Peppers & Avocado Salsa”