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Homemade Rice-a-Roni

One of the things that my family collectively loves is my homemade Rice-a-Roni. Besides being ridiculously yummy, it is also a simple and inexpensive recipe. As a side dish, this recipe feeds us all with leftovers….hallelujah for that! Keep reading for the video and printable recipe.

What things do you make homemade that you can find pre-made at the store? I would love some fresh inspiration!

These basic and inexpensive ingredients is all you need to make Homemade Rice-a-Roni.

A few simple steps to light, flavorful, fluffy rice goodness!

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Click here for the printable recipe.

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Be Blessed and be a Blessing,

Rebecca

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Huge Aldi Grocery Haul 5-25-2016

1 Jun

Two to three times a year I like to “shop” my pantry, freezer, and fridge. I like to use up what we have. I find that I waste a lot less food doing this. I love that it gets me to be more creative in the kitchen and it makes it easier to clean the fridge and pantry J I’m all about that…BTW, I just read an article that said homemakers in the 50’s did over 50 hours of housework a week…..phew…..I am so grateful for modern conveniences!

I love watching and seeing what others are shopping for so I thought I would once again share my Aldi grocery haul.

I share that I like to use coconut oil as a moisturizer but am pretty clueless on how to cook with it! I would love to see how you use it. Please leave a link or recipe in the comments…I would LOVE to check it out!

You can view my Aldi Grocery Haul here.

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~Be Blessed and be a Blessing~

Rebecca

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Lest we Forget

28 May

I am so grateful for the brave men and women who headed the call and left what was familiar and comfortable for a life of upheaval and uncertainty. Today I pause with reflective prayer to honor those who gave their all…the fallen brave who courageously breathed their last breath defending the country and the people they so loved.

To the families who gather around a grave rather than a grill-my prayer is that our Heavenly Father will fill them with grace, peace, and healing. That they would find comfort in each other and that the sweet memories of their loved ones will sustain them until they are reunited in Heaven. Thank you, for your great sacrifice also!

As you enjoy your 3 day weekend please remember and pray for all the brave men and women in our military. Pray for the mothers and fathers who will never hold their precious boys and girls in their arms again, for the wives and husbands who will never get to live out the hopes and dreams they planned together, and for the precious children who will never feel the tickle of daddy’s whiskers on their cheek or the soft embrace of their mother’s arms again. The burden is too great to let this weekend go by without a heartfelt sense of gratitude for the meaning behind our three day weekend.

~Be Blessed and be a Blessing~

Rebecca

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Homemade Croutons

18 Apr

This is a public service announcement.

It seems for years we have been doing our salad injustice! We take our beautiful fresh garden greens and top it with stale, artificial tasting, bagged croutons. Why? Because we didn’t realize making our own was so easy!

I have always been a sorta like croutons kind of girl but once I started making my own, they have pretty much become more than just a salad topping. My family will eat these for a snack, my daughter’s boyfriend asks to take some home whenever he comes for dinner, and friends and family are always wanting the recipe.

Because I consider you all friends…I want to share the recipe with you too!

Keep reading for the salad changing printable recipe.

The stars of the show. 8 simple, mostly pantry staples.

Get your butter, oil and spices in a 9×13 baking dish and place that in your pre-heated oven.

Cube your baguette into bite size pieces.

After about 30 minutes, this gloriousness happens! Crispy without the expensive dentist bill and so flavorful!

Garden fresh salad topped right!

Click here for the printable recipe.

See, simple right?

Is there something you make homemade that is much better than store bought? Please share a link or comment down below, I would love to check it out!

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~Be Blessed and be a Blessing~

Rebecca

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These Muffins are Bananas

31 May

*Updated*

Let me tell you, I fail miserably at banana bread. Burnt on the bottom, raw in the middle, deflated..I am not kidding! If there was a way to ruin it, I would. I have been on a mission to find the right combination of ingredients to yield a moist flavorful banana bread that cooks evenly throughout. After a lot of trial and error…. I got to mixing and……..Houston, we got ourselves a winner;) I am really excited to share this simple yet delicious recipe for chocolate chip banana muffins. Scroll down for printable recipe. Let’s get baking!

Printable Recipe

We would love to know what you’ve cookin’! Leave us a message or link in the coments and let us know. Thanks for visiting!

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Rebecca

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Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

15 May

I left here last seeking to manage my time better. It has been four months since I shared and my time has been fruitful, well, mostly. I read once that a new habit needs a good three week commitment in order to become so. Whoever came up with that time fame must not of had me in mind. My silence has been the knuckle busting work of the Lord. He has His work cut out with this stubborn girl!

The past four months has been one of discipline and prayer. Learning to re work your whole way of being is challenging and frustrating at best. I had to learn how to make a schedule, to put things on a calendar, and the toughest of all was the art of saying no (I really like to say yes!).

I went into it really excited and motivated with what I thought were realistic expectations. After a week I found myself slipping into familiar habits and clinging to every excuse as a free pass to slack off. So I kind of retreated for a bit feeling the sting of failure.

What I love, is when something is the will of the Lord, He has ways of helping you to see things through His eyes. It’s like the proverbial “aha” moment.

See, I thought that I had to schedule my day minute by minute in order to better manage my time. One of the things that I love most is the organic spontaneity of life. I love getting the itch to just go and so does my family but my new schedule didn’t allow for it. I failed because I had such tunnel vision on how this new life looked that I never considered that there were other possibilities.

Life isn’t about filling every moment with stuff -sometimes the Lord wants you to pause, kneel, and seek His face, and then rest in His grace and glory in order to be ready for whatever and wherever His will leads. His way ensures you never miss the really good things…….and sometimes the spontaneous things.

What steps do you take to better manage your time and life? I would love to hear from you!

~Be Blessed and be a Blessing!

Rebecca

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New Mama Chicken Casserole

2 Sep

I love, love, love bringing a meal to a new mama. It is such a nice stress reducer for a new family to not have to worry about dinner or having to spend a lot of money eating out the first few days and I’ll admit I kinda like getting my newborn fix! Blessing someone with a homemade meal can be quick, easy and budget friendly! I love this recipe because it can easily be put together and even easier for the recipient to throw it in an oven and serve. This is also a recipe my family loves and it is so easy to personalize it and make it your own! Keep reading for the printable recipe.

The stars of the show.

mix together the soups, the milk and 1 Cup of cheese. Set aside.

Shred or cut chicken into bite sized pieces.

Add your drained egg noodles to a large bowl.

To the noodles add 1/2 the sauce mixture, the chicken, 1/2 C of cheese, and the peas. Mix well. Add more of the sauce mixture until you get a nice creamy moist consistency. I used all but about 1/8 of a cup of the mixture.

Add to your disposable baking dish and top with the last of the cheese.I brought this dish to the family unbaked so they could eat when they were ready. .

Printable Recipe

Have fun with this recipe! You can add potato chips on top to make a crunchy crust. Try using mixed medley of vegetables or use leftover turkey instead of chicken. I hope you enjoy this simple but yummy recipe. Thanks for stopping by!

~Be Blessed and be a Blessing~

Rebecca

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A Season of Transition

20 Jul

I have entered a new season of my life. Let me go back a few steps. I have spent the last several years helping lead a ministry that is for mother’s of preschoolers and younger. I built close friendships and a tight community. It was such a blessing to me to see how God worked in the lives of these mama’s who were just beginning their journey as wives and mother’s. I was blessed enough to share my heart with these ladies about marriage, motherhood, and how God can use them in small but signifigant ways in this busy season of their lives.

This past May, I graduated out of the group. I no longer had little ones so my time came to an end. I spent so much of my time dedicated to this group, so when I left, I felt an extra large void in my life. I kind of felt like two iron doors chained and locked closed behind me and I was left with an armful of memories and no clear direction to where I should go. Please note that these are still very dear welcoming friends, I just don’t belong there in the same way I did before. I was so focused on this ministry I was lost as to where to go next. So I wandered…….

I spent time in prayer but was in a period of waiting on the Lord to lead my path. The Lord chose not to answer right away. I think he was refining me by teaching me patience and trust in His will for me. It is hard to wait. I wanted to jump right in to something else because I had a hundred ideas of things I wanted to do but didn’t have peace about. In this time I had to neatly fold all my plans and lay them at the altar knowing that the will of God is so much greater than all the neat ideas I have swimming around in my head.

Several months ago God brought Titus 2: 3-5 to mind. I kept thinking I have many Godly older women mentors-maybe God wanted me to have more? I continued to pray about it and several weeks later while reading it for the hundreth time I finally got it! God was telling me that I am the older women being spoken about in the verses. Seriously? I was thinking, first, I have to leave a ministry I love and now God is telling me that I am old.

Reading this, I came to understand that the older women were teaching the younger women-I have daughters, I have a community of young wives and moters comming up right behind me. I have almost 18 years of being a mama under my belt along with countless other experiences. God has given me the gift of wisdom. Am as as wise as I will ever be? No, of course not, but enough to be an encouragement to other younger women. To walk beside them as they are journeying a path I already took.

God is taking my youngish self and gathering my experiences and strengths and channeling them into something just as wonderful but different-and I am starting to be OK with it, dare I say excited.

God, gave me this precious break to regroup and put my focus right back on Him. This has given me a more mature deeper relationship to the One who loves me most. I’m still not sure what exactly all that God has in store for me but I do know that I can wait and trust in His perfect timing (proverbs 3:5-6).

Are you in a season of transition? How is God working in your life during this time? I would love to know!

~Be Blessed and be a Blessing~
Rebecca

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Huge Aldi Grocery Haul 5-25-2016

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