This is a favorite of mine. Nothing like this soup, fresh bread, and extra grated Romano or Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on at will!
Italian Minestrone Soup
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 garlic cloves, crushed
½ cup diced onions
1 ½ cup sliced carrots
1 cup chopped celery
2 cups finely shredded cabbage
1 cup diced zucchini
16 cups water . . . or so, whatever works!
1 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
1 cup canned white beans
1/4 cup dried peas
3 tablespoons pearl barley
1 ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
1 teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon tabasco or chili sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons basil
1 teaspoon fennel seed
1 teaspoon celery seed
1/4 cup minced parsley
½ teaspoon dry chili flakes
1/4 cup red wine
Dash of lemon juice
Lightly grease stock pot bottom to prevent beans from sticking. Saute the vegetables in olive oil until vegetables are very slightly softened.
Add water, crushed tomatoes, dried beans, peas, barley, salt, pepper, garlic powder, bay leaves, oregano, basil, celery seed, fennel seed, parsley, chili pepper, wine and lemon juice. Simmer 2-3 ours until beans are soft. Adjust seasoning.
Serve with fresh Parmesan cheese, cooked bite-sized pasta and homemade garlic croutons or Italian bread/garlic bread. I added a cup of elbow noodles to the soup about ten minutes before serving.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Liberalism is a Sin . . .
We may then say of Liberalism: in the order of ideas it is absolute error; in the order of facts it is absolute disorder. It is, therefore, in both cases a very grievous and deadly sin, for sin is rebellion against God in thought or in deed, the enthronement of the creature in the place of the Creator. Don Felix Sarda y Salvany
Top Ten Quotes on Tragedy of Abortion . . .
10. "Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women." Alice Paul, drafter of original Equal Rights Amendment
9. "Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born." Ronald Reagan
8. "America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
7. "When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit." Elizabeth Cady Stanton
6. "It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; but oh, thrice guilty is he who.drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime." Susan B. Anthony
5. "To earlier feminists who had fought for the vote and for fair treatment in the workplace, it had seemed obvious that the ready availability of abortion would facilitate the sexual exploitation of women." Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard Law Professor
4. "Every 36 seconds in America a woman lays her body down forced to choose abortion out of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women." Patricia Heaton, Emmy Award Winner
3. "Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier." Dr. Albert Schweitzer
2. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Jesus of Nazareth, Socrates, Confucius
1. "Thou shall not kill." God the Creator
9. "Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born." Ronald Reagan
8. "America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
7. "When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit." Elizabeth Cady Stanton
6. "It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; but oh, thrice guilty is he who.drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime." Susan B. Anthony
5. "To earlier feminists who had fought for the vote and for fair treatment in the workplace, it had seemed obvious that the ready availability of abortion would facilitate the sexual exploitation of women." Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard Law Professor
4. "Every 36 seconds in America a woman lays her body down forced to choose abortion out of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women." Patricia Heaton, Emmy Award Winner
3. "Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier." Dr. Albert Schweitzer
2. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Jesus of Nazareth, Socrates, Confucius
1. "Thou shall not kill." God the Creator
Telling it like it is and not politically correct . . .
This was published six years ago but it is even more appropriate today as things are not rapidly improving on many levels!
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and call it Pluralism.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and call it Pluralism.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!
See how they love one another . . .
This was one of my favorite moments as a mother!
My then-nineteen year old son was complaining about an old sport injury. When I offered some motherly advice, he said, "Mom, when you have had six years of medical school, then maybe I can use what you are telling me." Instantly, his younger sister muttered, "It doesn’t take six years of medical school to recognize a pain in the neck."!
My then-nineteen year old son was complaining about an old sport injury. When I offered some motherly advice, he said, "Mom, when you have had six years of medical school, then maybe I can use what you are telling me." Instantly, his younger sister muttered, "It doesn’t take six years of medical school to recognize a pain in the neck."!
Best Fudge Recipe I've Found to Date . . .
Crazy Mamie’s Fudge
Forever grateful to have found it on the Internet!
1/4 cup Butter (½ stick, chilled)
4 3/4 cup Sugar
12 oz Evaporated Milk (one large can)
12 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (one bag)
11.5 oz Milk Chocolate Chips (one bag)
13-14 oz Marshmallow Creme or Marshmallow Fluff (two 7 oz. jars - may substitute 4 cups of mini-marshmallows
2 cups chopped nuts, your choice
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Imitation Butter Flavor
Line a 13" x 9" pan with aluminum foil, butter the insides, and set aside. Place chips, vanilla & butter flavor, about half the marshmallow creme, and nuts into a LARGE saucepan or Pyrex glass dish and set aside.
Use Medium heat to bring the milk and sugar to a rolling boil while stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or single stem hand mixer. Add half the marshmallow creme (or 2 cups of mini-marshmallows) - fold in - the boil will stop. Bring back to a rolling boil and continue to boil for [8] full minutes by the clock (start timing once the marshmallows have melted and the boil has resumed). The mixture will expand and start to turn brown during the boil. If you get brown flakes in the mixture then turn down the heat a little and continue stirring.
Remove from heat, mix in the butter, and pour hot mixture over chips, vanilla, and nuts without scraping the sides of the hot saucepan. Mix thoroughly and pour into prepared pan. Cool 2-3 hours at room temperature. Remove from pan, remove foil, cut into squares. Store in an airtight container with wax paper dividers for up to 2 weeks. Makes about 4 pounds of fudge.
THE STUFF GROWS: After adding the marshmallow creme to the hot milk/sugar solution, the volume will expand to almost twice the original volume. So use a sufficiently large sauce pan (4 quart or better). As the boil continues, the volume will begin to contract. Stirring is important to help distribute the heat throughout the mixture and prevent scorching. Remember, this recipe calls for two [2] sauce pans... one to boil and one to mix.
SPLIT THE MARSHMALLOW: Add half the marshmallow creme to the hot mixture (one of the two 7 oz. jars). Splitting the amount helps keep the texture creamy. Add the second 7 oz. at the end of the boil. [However, if you want to add all the marshmallow creme to the hot mixture it will still work fine.]
Forever grateful to have found it on the Internet!
1/4 cup Butter (½ stick, chilled)
4 3/4 cup Sugar
12 oz Evaporated Milk (one large can)
12 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (one bag)
11.5 oz Milk Chocolate Chips (one bag)
13-14 oz Marshmallow Creme or Marshmallow Fluff (two 7 oz. jars - may substitute 4 cups of mini-marshmallows
2 cups chopped nuts, your choice
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Imitation Butter Flavor
Line a 13" x 9" pan with aluminum foil, butter the insides, and set aside. Place chips, vanilla & butter flavor, about half the marshmallow creme, and nuts into a LARGE saucepan or Pyrex glass dish and set aside.
Use Medium heat to bring the milk and sugar to a rolling boil while stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or single stem hand mixer. Add half the marshmallow creme (or 2 cups of mini-marshmallows) - fold in - the boil will stop. Bring back to a rolling boil and continue to boil for [8] full minutes by the clock (start timing once the marshmallows have melted and the boil has resumed). The mixture will expand and start to turn brown during the boil. If you get brown flakes in the mixture then turn down the heat a little and continue stirring.
Remove from heat, mix in the butter, and pour hot mixture over chips, vanilla, and nuts without scraping the sides of the hot saucepan. Mix thoroughly and pour into prepared pan. Cool 2-3 hours at room temperature. Remove from pan, remove foil, cut into squares. Store in an airtight container with wax paper dividers for up to 2 weeks. Makes about 4 pounds of fudge.
THE STUFF GROWS: After adding the marshmallow creme to the hot milk/sugar solution, the volume will expand to almost twice the original volume. So use a sufficiently large sauce pan (4 quart or better). As the boil continues, the volume will begin to contract. Stirring is important to help distribute the heat throughout the mixture and prevent scorching. Remember, this recipe calls for two [2] sauce pans... one to boil and one to mix.
SPLIT THE MARSHMALLOW: Add half the marshmallow creme to the hot mixture (one of the two 7 oz. jars). Splitting the amount helps keep the texture creamy. Add the second 7 oz. at the end of the boil. [However, if you want to add all the marshmallow creme to the hot mixture it will still work fine.]
Remembering All Souls' Day . . .
"Lay this body wherever it may be. Let no care of it disturb you: this only I ask of you that you should remember me at the altar of the Lord wherever you may be." St. Augustine
Some Quotes for a Sunday Morning . . .
"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first
things to be bought and sold are legislators."
-- P. J. O'Rourke
-- P. J. O'Rourke
"My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be
invented so he could hate that too."
-- Peter De Vries
-- Peter De Vries
"It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority.
By definition, there are already enough people to do that."
-- G. H. Hardy
-- G. H. Hardy
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