It's All Greek to Me

This is one of our family's favorite meals.
HUMMUS
2 small cloves of garlic (not pre-minced kind)
1 can garbanzo beans/chickpeas, drained and rinsed
4 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 Tbsp. Tahini (sesame seed butter)
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. olive oil
Place all ingredients into blender or food processor. Process until smooth adding water, 1 Tbsp. at a time, if needed, to get hummus moving & blended well.
ROASTED RED PEPPERS
1 pepper for approximately 2 people
Wash peppers well. Place oven rack on top position. Line a cookie sheet with foil. Turn broiler on high. Have zip-loc bag available to hold your peppers. Place peppers on sheet and broil till *black* and then rotate a quarter turn. It will look like the peppers are almost touching the broiler element. That is ok. If their touching drop the rack down one notch. Finish up with the top and bottom. The point is to char every surface. Obviously you don't want it to burn and turn into a lump of coal, so watch closely but don't be afraid of it either. Immediately and carefully put charred peppers in zip-loc bag and seal it. Let sit on counter until peppers are cool to the touch. Remove from bag and peel off skin and seed them. Cut into slices.
Serve together: hummus, roasted red peppers, sauteed onions, warmed & toasty pita bread & kalmata olives.

My next suggestion, though a different combination, tastes great! With all of our food intolerances, one being dairy for three of us, we have found that a smear of my hummus replaces the "cheesy goodness" on pizza. So we make pizza using all traditional pizza ingredients but with hummus in place of cheese. This is actually REALLY good & should be tried by cheese lovers!

My newphew Big D, 8 months, also likes his Aunt Stephy's Hummus!

Twitterpated #6

Two of the fledgling have left the nest! We are curious as to the final color & sex of the baby birds. One of the babies is dirty snow white while the others are dark grey. They all seem well & happy! The fledgling are trying to sing "their" song which is pretty funny to listen to. Beeps likened the tune & pitch to "knuckle down buckle down do it do it do it"....if you know the tune to that song. LOL The fledgling will still be dependent on their parents for the next 6 weeks. As you can see in the top picture, Duchess, who is on the right, has bird seed stuck to her bill.

Sorry it has taken awhile to post new pictures. The birds have been hard to photograph all stuffed in their birthing nest.

Armed & Educated

Our son completed his Washington State Hunter Education program this week. After 12 hours of instruction he passed his 75 question test with 100%! The next day he passed his field test with 100%! Only he and 2 other guys got 100% out of 4o kids. The teachers recognized this achievement by giving the 3 guys Buck Knives. Thanks to Grandpa R. who drove 90 minutes every day for 6 days to take Buddy to class! I was told they had great times of conversation and prayer.

A couple weeks ago a 14 year old boy shot and killed a hiker, who he thought was a bear, here in Washington state. With that heavy on the hearts of the instructors, it played a huge part in their instruction as well as ours. Be safe & wise in the woods.

Organized Choas: Tip of the Week #1

Keep your toothpicks clean and easier to dispense by storing in a cheese shaker jar. Just give it a little dash and a toothpick comes out!

Entertaining Angels "Old Man"

I ran into McDonalds yesterday because I had to pee really bad. I've made it a habit, when I make eye contact with a stranger, to make sure I look at them and smile.
This really old guy was coming out of the men's restroom. He was hunched over clutching the wall and moving about .10 mph! He was wearing all khaki colors with off white shoes & his head was covered in golden white hair. As I approached him, men's restroom on my left & ladies on my right, he looked up and I gave him a big smile. Just as I reached for the restroom door handle he yells, "That's the wrong one!!!!" or something like that. He made me jump and my heart skip a beat & I whipped around to look at him. There he was all a grin, pointing his finger at me saying "HA HA....I got you!!!!"

My Angel taught me today that no matter how old & handicapped you are, you still have LIFE in you.

The Garland Street Fair

Yesterday was one of our church's annual outreachs. The Garland Street Fair. Though the temperatures reached close to a 100 degrees (hotter on the pavement), & we were out there from 6 am to 7 pm, we served the Lord together for the purpose of the futherance of His kingdom. My prayer is that someone was touched and will be saved by our efforts.

Remember to pray for your community and how YOU can be a part of saving the lost who live close to you.

Some of the stuff we did:

seating area for concerts

free balloons (we gave away 1,000!)

free Bibles with an information desk about our church

4 carnival type games

prize booth

free hugs

story time

free sunscreen oasis

......& Happy Birthday Susie (1st picture)!

Twitterpated #5

The baby birds are getting so big! I can't believe how fast they grow. The first picture is 6 days old & the second picture is 1 day old. It's hard to photograph them now when their just a big ball of feathers!