Looks and sounds complicated, but it's not and so worth it!

Homemade Chicken & Dumplings


*3-4 cups of all purpose flour
*1 1/2 cups of milk
*2 eggs
*1-2 teaspoons of baking soda
*Salt n pepper
*2 cans of Tyson White meat chicken in a can drained (use a fork 1st in a bowl to break up chicken)
*1 can of cream of chicken soup
*onion powder
*garlic powder

Mix flour, milk, eggs, baking soda, salt/pepper in a large bowl with a fork. Where dough seems sticky after mixing with a fork, add more flour. Where it seems too thin, add flour until dough seems firm. If it doesnt come together yet, add some water until it's glued together. Sprinkle flour onto a cutting board, and empty dough onto board. Flour a rolling pin until evenly spread. Take a pizza cutter and start cutting both horizontal and diagonal until you have small squares at least 1-2 inches each.

Either use 2 cans of Tyson white meat ONLY cans of chicken or boil your own chicken and add in stock pot after dumplings have cooked.

In a large stock pot, empty 1 lrg box of chicken broth, 1 cup of water, 1 can of cream of chicken soup. Adding salt/pepper, a dash of onion powder, and a dash of garlic powder. Bring to a boil then drop in each dumpling individually. They will rise up and just simmer until dumplings are fluffy then add chicken. Low heat until soup thickens and ENJOY!

Mel

Utility and Kitchen Room.....

Ok... What a chore tonight was in cleaning the utility and kitchen rooms at the church. Made me realize how much I dreaded doing this chore so much until the moment we finished cleaning it, I was so incredibly relieved that it was done and felt great about it.

So, that made me realize that it's really the same thing I do when it involves getting into the word plus praying and having faith that God hears and answers my prayers on his timing of course. I find myself knowing it NEEDS to be done but dread doing it as I've said before yet when I do, I feel so good after I've done it. So, in a dramatic way of sounding, I feel complete.

Now, I can only imagine if I know how good I feel after going to the one and only open arms that I can trust all of the time through my ugliest of times and my happiest, then God must love me unconditionally and willingly to allow his child come to him. Even when I "dread" doing it sometimes and actually think of it as a chore at times.

BTW..... I've been at Bryan's band practice forever tonight while they're getting the new sound board set up and I'd be a terrible person not inviting you to come out Sunday to thecitychurch at 10:30. If you are looking for a church home and want somewhere that you can walk in just the way you are, come see me there!!!

Love you people as much as a freshly cleaned house : )

Mel

Wow.....What a week!

Hey guys! So happy to create yet another blog for those imaginary people out there that I think are reading this.

Well.......This past week was a ROLLER COASTER of a week with schedules, homework, cooking, routines, birthday party gift purchasing, frustrating moments, sad times for a family member, SELLING BRYAN'S CAR????, figuring out how to get him to and from places until we get another car and so on........

To say all of that, I found myself thinking about how much JUNK that I either consumed my time with or is considered "real" stuff that I committed to do and found out that ALL of it was just that, STUFF! I realized that between all of that stuff, I forgot to read my bible for almost the whole week yet found myself praying more this week? Have you ever done that? Prayed often, yet forgets to get in the word? I Do!

My goal this week is to get in the word AND pray to the GOD that created the universe (hello, the FLIPPING UNIVERSE) and with all of that in mind cares deeply for me and wants to spend time with me! STUFF is sometimes a great thing unless that STUFF is enabling you from being with your creator. STOP...and pay more attention and worship the God that sent his son to pay for my sins on the cross. We must mean a lot to him and so we owe him everything! Can I give it to him this week??? I'm sure gonna try....

I hope you guys have terrific "GOD TIMES" this week.

*****The weather is so much cooler and so the new dishes are coming out in the kitchen. Try to cook up a new recipe this week for you and the family, play games, or watch a movie together......I've got some great recipes coming your way to share : ) If you've got some, don't hesitate to write one also!

Mel