Uh – This!!
Blessings.
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Uh – This!!
Blessings.
Author: jachancellor
Daughter of the King, wife to hubby David, Mom to Carmen and Stephen. Lover of the Razorbacks, Gastric Sleeve 5/16/16, Lupus Warrior.
Bucket List
If you have been following my blog for any amount of time, y’all know that I love going to famous chef’s restaurants. So David and I were in Las Vegas for our anniversary and birthdays. We were able to go to several Bucket List places.
We went to Giada’s, and to Robert Irvine’s Public House. Both were wonderful.
But the one place we were absolutely in love with was Hell’s Kitchen-at Caesar’s Palace. We had seared scallops, lobster risotto as appetizers. (And I did’t eat all of my meal.)
Then I had the Beef Wellington and David had the beef short ribs. Everything was incredible. We have watched Hell’s Kitchen, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Being able to eat at the Gordon Ramsey Hell’s Kitchen was amazing. I know that it wasn’t the actually studio for the filming, but…it was incredible experience and meal.
We had a ball, had some really great food. Truly a wonderful day.
Blessings.
Salmon with Pine Nuts
I have been craving a lot of fish lately. So when David and I where in Washington DC, I had this wonderful salmon dish with pine nuts. I thought I would try to mimic the recipe. I came close.
Pan roast the pine nuts until golden. 
The use a rolling pin or chop as you like to crumble the pine nuts.
I added in some fresh parsley, and did a coarse chop.
I had purchased this beautiful salmon filet. I cut it into 4 equal pieces for cooking (and I left the skin on—love the skin especially when crispy).
Take the pine nut mixture and coat the top of the fish with it. 
Cook it with the pine nut side down first, cooking it 4-5 minutes.
Flip them, and cook until the skin is crispy. 
It was good, nutty, and succulent. I should have served the skin side up, but didn’t so it didn’t stay crispy. It was still very good. I did serve this with the cherry sauce.
September
This month means a lot in different ways for all of us. For me, it is the beginning of College Football.
College Football started this past Thursday (officially) although for us it was Saturday. Loved being able to spend time with friends earlier in the day, and then to have time to make snacks/dinner for the family was really wonderful. 
I made my pimento dip, million dollar dip and crab and artichoke (hot) dip. It was so yummy! I hated having to turn on the oven with it being 90 plus degrees outside. I haven’t made the crab artichoke dip in a long while. I don’t always seem to make it the same way…what we have on hand I suppose. 
College Football is almost like a religion in the South. I have missed it so…
Blessings!
Labor Day
Be safe if traveling. Happy Labor Day!
Blessings.
Sunday Thought
I had lunch with a precious new friend on Friday. We always enjoy our time together, and we are able to talk about our frustrations with work, life and in general. We leave feeling lifted and loved.
We were leaving, hugged for our good-byes, she asked for prayers for patience.
NO! Never ask for patience from God. Background: A precious missionary wife (Marianne) was in a prayer group with me about twenty years ago, and I had asked for patience with my first husband and kids. She came up to me afterward – privately- and said “Never ask for patience, God will just you more tribulations. Ask for wisdom and discernment instead.” Now, whenever anyone asks in prayer for patience, I immediately respond with what Marianne said.
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.” James 1:2-5 (NIV)
Blessings.
Shape
Or the path you have walked on.
Blessings.
Rosetta’s Black Beans
When we visited family in DC, we had some incredible meals that were primarily vegetarian. Rosetta was the cook for portions of the meals, and I asked for several of her recipes. This is one of her recipes. She made black beans that were so simple but so good that I had to make them.
I used dried black beans, and soaked them overnight in cold water. First thing the next morning, I rinsed them.
Pour the rinse beans into a pan and cover with water. Add salt, pepper, olive oil (just a bit), and two cloves of garlic minced to the pot. Bring to boil and cook until the beans are tender. You might need to add more water, please watch and taste after about a hour of low simmer.
You can serve these beans as is, or mushed on tortillas, or over rice! So good. So simple. Really good.
I used mine in nachos. Loved the flavors. Simple and really good.
Pictures really don’t show how good these beans are. I loved that something so simple could be so good.
Blessings.
Warm Up
What are you warming up for?
Blessings.
Believe
Blessings.
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