love fills the cracks. hope
holds the myriad pieces
together with faith.
---healthy as well as decadent recipes and interesting reflections in life
The citrus dressing makes this dip irresistible. You can make this your own by substituting the beans with tofu, the radish with any crunchy vegetable or fruit like apples or carrots or jicama or even nuts, the pineapple with mango or any exotic fruit and the red pepper with bottled pimento. The citrus dressing though I suggest you keep as is except for the amounts of some ingredients like the sweetener and amount of salt.
1- 14 oz garbanzo beans. drained and rinsed
1/2 cup pineapple tidbits, drained
1/2 cup radish, cubed
2 tbsp red pepper, diced
2 tbsp fresh cilantro
3 scallions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup orange juice from two oranges or from bottled fresh orange juice
zest and juice of 1 lime
1-2 tbsp maple syrup or date syrup
4 pieces jalapeno pieces from a bottle, chopped
1/4 tsp salt
ground pepper
Combine all the ingredients of the garbanzo vegetable mixture in a bowl,
Combine the citrus marinade in a small jar and secure the lid and shake.
Pour the marinade over the garbanzo veggie mixture and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Serve with nacho chips as a dip or you can top the nacho chips with the dip before serving.
This dish satisfies my soul. It never fails to bring me back to family gatherings when the carnivore version is proudly served. The original recipe calls for inards of the pig which I will not enumerate. It is blackish in appearance so everyone easily knows that this dish made the table. And everyone does rejoice. It is good.
Surprisingly, this vegan version which has been adapted from Astig Vegan hits all the receptors in my tongue reminiscent of the original. It has the sourness and heat chacteristic of the original and it is so much easier to prepare and less obnoxious looking and sounding. The effects without the drama. I love this, I almost ate the whole thing.
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
1/4 cup vegetable broth or more as needed
1 15 oz can black beans, undrained
14-16 oz extra firm or firm tofu, just drained not pressed and cubed
1 banana pepper whole or 1 poblano pepper whole
1-2 tbsp white vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
Saute the garlic and onions in the broth till cooked. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer till the pepper is softened. Add just enough broth as needed. You want a sauce consistency not a soup.
You may cut the banana pepper upon serving into two pieces.. I cut mine since I need that pepper flavor and heat. Poblano pepper might be a middle ground approach. A tamer one is green pepper and a tiny pinch of red pepper flakes.
what more can i say
more of the same as before
spoiled to death by their aunt b
candies galore. even i indulged
boy i regretted choosing chocolate for lent.
old toys rediscovered.
leggo time with lolo.
new ones bought. by aunt b of course.
and us next day at the mall.
reading their favorite books.
to luca by maddie. sweet.
kitchen crafts. making rice krispie treats.
measuring with cups.
taking orders for toppings
for doughnuts and making them.
it was a fruitful day.
i wish i did not give up chocolate for lent. ahhh.
it was a definitely a yes day. even for me except for chocolate.
then their favorite part, sleepover.
with candies and videos till wee hours.
decadence to the max.
its been months.
it has been a long time.
yes yes yes. thanks to the vaccine shots.
they are back
grateful.
The theme for today is abandonment. The narrative is based on one portion of the three part series of talks on St Therese of Lisieux Life of Prayer given by Lori McMahon and Susan Muto of the Epiphany Academy of Formative Spirituality at St Bernadette Parish Monroeville PA in October 2016. PLUSRichard Rohr Reflection on Love for 3/17/2021.
1. Calm Challenge | Day 5 - YouTube
2. Meditation music to accompany the narrative part.
3. Narrative
The following slides on "Living in Appreciative Abandonment". came from the last portion of a three part series of talks on St Therese of Lisieux Life of Prayer given by Lori McMahon and Susan Muto of the Epiphany Academy of Formative Spirituality at St Bernadette Parish Monroeville PA in October 2016.
5. Richard Rohr medication 3/17/2021
From the Center for Action and Contemplation
Week Eleven: An Expanding Love
I very much enjoyed my time with Bishop Michael Curry, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, when we worked together on the Reclaiming Jesus project and when I had dinner at his house in New York City. He reminds us why we must accept God’s love for us before we can love another:
I’ve come to see that the call of God, the love that bids us welcome, is always a call to become the true you. Not a doormat. The true you. Not an imitation of someone else. The true you: someone made in the image of God, deserving of and receiving love.
There is a Jewish proverb, “Before every person there marches an angel proclaiming, ‘Behold, the image of God.’” Unselfish, sacrificial living isn’t about ignoring or denying or destroying yourself. It’s about discovering your true self—the self that looks like God—and living life from that grounding. Many people are familiar with a part of Jesus’s summary of the law of Moses: You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself [Mark 12:31]. Yourself. Loving the self is a required balance. If we fail in that, we fail our neighbor, too. To love your neighbor is to relate to them as someone made in the image of God. And it is to relate to yourself as someone made in the image of God. It’s God, up, down, and all around, and God is love.
Sometimes we can only recognize God’s love for us through the love we receive from another person (whom God has loved well). The important part is that the flow of love gets started. Bishop Curry continues:
The ability to love yourself is intimately related to your capacity to love others. The challenge is creating a life that allows you to fulfill both needs. . . .
I’ve seen it happen enough times to be confident in saying it. Perhaps loving others saves us from the confusion, the frustration, and ultimately the neurosis that comes when we try to center the world around ourselves. Or perhaps it allows us to step outside the self enough to see ourselves with some distance, for a better perspective on what’s missing. Or maybe when loving ourselves is hard, practicing loving others strengthens the muscle enough to turn the force inward. . . .
Love is a commitment to seek the good and to work for the good and welfare of others. It doesn’t stop at our front door or our neighborhood, our religion or race, or our state’s or your country’s border. This is one great fellowship of love throughout the whole wide earth, as the hymn goes. It often calls us to step outside of what we thought our boundaries were, or what others expect of us. It calls for us to sacrifice, not because doing so feels good, but because it’s the right thing to do. . . .
God’s love is everywhere, in all things, and that includes you.
Bishop Michael Curry with Sara Grace, Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times (Avery: 2020), 95–97, 23, 49.
Image credit: Dorothea Lange. (1936) "Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity (detail), photograph, public domain.
6. Happy birthday Sue
7. our father. song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O2lgVpwqD1c
I am excited to share this oil free recipe for a rice bowl I adapted from the Pinch of Yum website . I almost devoured the whole thing in one seating. The marinade for the mushroom is key to the addictive nature of the dish. The website's choice of vegetable and fruit to complete the dish also helps but I can see other possibilities. The same is true with the pesto. The vegetable you choose can be any greens or herbs. What matters is that there is garlic, lemon and any nuts.
I used my air fryer which has the capacity of cooking three trays of food at one time with rotation but you can use a regular oven to roast the mushrooms, the vegetable and fruit at the same time in separate pans.
we have the sun, the
stars, the trees, the flowers, the
gamut of ups and downs in life
the joy, the sorrow, the love, the
anger, the awe, the wonder.
to show there is a God
who always loves us.
do we have to rationalize
a mystery. justify what we
cannot explain. complicate
simple truths before our eyes.
beliefs, ideologies. that divide
us. we are all one with Him
from the beginning. let nature
be our book. that should be
enough. we can add but let us not
overthink it.
1. Song
Ashes to Ashes - Dan Schutte | SAB Virtual Choir with Lyrics Cover - YouTube
2. Handout
Lent
Give Thanks for Everything
Give thanks for everything you have,
For everything you receive,
And for everything you are going to receive.
Never cease to give thanks,
For this positive attitude towards life –
The very act of giving thanks –
Draws the best out of you,
Helps to keep your heart and mind open;
Helps to keep you awareness expanding.
The more blessings you count,
The more they increase.
(Adapted from a poem by Eileen Caddy)
The season of deliverance has come; the time of salvation is at hand.
Turn to me with all your heart, says our God.
which through dreams, stories
memories our ancestors
reach out now. always.
note: Inspired by Richard Rohr's daily meditation 3/9/2021
https://m.youtube.com/watch/SEfs5TJZ6Nk
2.
meditative music to go with narrative
3. narrative
Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation
From the Center for
Action and Contemplation
Week Eight: Wisdom
A Seminary of Life
To understand the world knowledge is
not enough, you must see it, touch it, live in its presence. —Teilhard de
Chardin, Hymn of the Universe
Suppose a superstar of knowledge moves into your house as a
boarder. With three PhDs after his name, he sits at your supper table each
evening dispensing information about nuclear physics, cyberspace, and
psychoneuroimmunology, giving ultimate answers to every question you ask. He
doesn’t lead you through his thinking process, however, or even involve you in
it; he simply states the conclusions he has reached.
We might find his conclusions interesting and even helpful, but
the way he relates to us will not set us free, empower us, or make us feel good
about ourselves. His wisdom will not liberate us, it will not invite us to
growth and life; indeed, it will in the end make us feel inferior and
dependent. That’s exactly how we have treated Jesus. We have treated him like a
person with three PhDs coming to tell us his conclusions.
This is not the path to wisdom nor is it how Jesus shared his
wisdom with those who wanted to learn from him. Rather Jesus teaches his
disciples through his lifestyle, a kind of “seminary of life.” He takes them
with him (Mark 1:16–20) and watching him, they learn the cycle and rhythm of
his life, as he moves from prayer and solitude to teaching and service in
community. As Cynthia Bourgeault explains in her book The Wisdom Jesus,
he taught as a moshel moshelim, or a teacher of wisdom. [1] He
doesn’t teach his disciples mere conceptual information as we do in our
seminaries. Rather, he introduces them to a lifestyle and the only way he can
do that is to invite them to live with him. He invites us to do the same (see
John 1:39).
“But the crowds got to know where he had gone and they went
after him. He made them welcome and he talked to them about the kingdom of God
and he cured those who were in need of healing” (Luke 9:11). Can’t you just see
the apostles standing at Jesus’ side, watching him, noticing how he does
things: how he talks to people, how he waits, how he listens, how he’s patient,
how he depends upon God, how he takes time for prayer, how he doesn’t respond
cynically or bitterly, but trustfully and yet truthfully? Can you imagine a
more powerful way to learn?
Luke tells us that
Jesus walked the journey of faith just as you and I do. That’s the compelling
message of the various dramas where Jesus needed faith—during his temptation in
the desert, during his debates with his adversaries, in the garden of
Gethsemane, and on the cross. We like to imagine that Jesus did not doubt or
ever question his Father’s love. The much greater message is that in his
humanity, he did flinch, did ask questions, did have doubts—and still remained
faithful. This is the path of wisdom.
[1] Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind—A New
Perspective on Christ and His Message (Shambhala:
2008), 23.
Adapted from Richard Rohr, What the Mystics Know: Seven Pathways to Your Deeper Self (Crossroad
Publishing: 2015), 14, 108, 118.
4. discussion
No one had to die for our sins | U.S. Catholic
5. peace song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Waitmz6C100
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Line two cookie pans with parchment paper and spray the paper with Pam.
Mix all ingredients in a bowl..
Take two tbsp of the mixture and place two inches apart on the parchment paper lined pan.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 12- 15 min.
(Adapted from the I Am Baker)
Mix all the ingredients in a large jar using a spoon. Shake the jar to
ensure all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Use 3 3/4 cups to equal 1 box yellow cake mix called for in a recipe