Recipies

This was a Thanksgiving Menu but I am sure it could be used for Christmas or any other also. All taken from Chatalaine magazine, October 2007-

Starters

Garlic-Orange Spiced Olives

Vege Turkey and Cranberry Pinwheels

Ginger Coy Cheese Dip with Fall Fruit

Carrot and Pear Bisque

Mains

Gluten with Herbs

Sun-Dried Tomato Gravy

Mushroom and Rice Salad

Honey-Cinnamon Glazed Squash

Desserts

Chai-Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake

Apple Butter Tarts

Garlic-Orange Spiced Olives

8-12 servings

4 garlic cloves

1 large orange

1/4 cup olive oil

2 large rosemary sprigs

1 tsp cumin or fennel seeds

1/4 chili flakes

2 cups mixed olives

1. Thinly slice garlic. Peel 4 thick strips from orange skin cutting away white pith. Slice in thisn slices. Pour oil in small pan and heat ingredients for about 3 minutes


2. Discard herbs and serve warm.
   
   

Carrot and Pear Bisque
makes 8 cups

2 leeks 3tbsp butter

6 large carrots, peeled

1 ripe pear, peeled

1 tsp curry 1 quart water with chicken style seasoning

pinches of salt and pepper

2 tbsp fresh thyme

Sour Cream and chopped chives

1. Slice off and discard toots and dark green tops of leeks. Wash and cut leeks in thin slices. Melt butter in saucepan add leeks and fry till soft 5-8minutes


2. Slice carrots and chop pear. Add rest of ingred to leeks and cook for about 30 min until carrots are soft


3. Pour in blender and whir till smooth and serve. Soup will keep well, covered and refrigerated up to 5 days or freeze up to 2 months. 105 calories

Mango Tart

this will make a small pie for two

For the crust:
1 cup of pecan pieces
4 majool dates
1 tablespoon of lemon peel, I just sliced peel of the lemon
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp saltPut in food processor and grind until grainy looking and mixed well. Press into pie dish

For the filling:

1 fresh mango
1 frozen mango
3 majool dates
1/4 cup macadamia nuts
1 tablespoon coconut butter, I used canned coconut
1 tbsp lemon juice

Put in the food processor and mix till fluffy and put on the crust

The Banquet

The table spread before us we sang the theme song My Lord and I or as I know it - I Have A Friend So Precious We talked of other things as:

• next meeting will be November 11 at the church 4-6p
• Betty will do the soup, bring your sandwiches, fruit or raw food
• community gift will go this time to the new pastor and family to welcome them here, next month we will arrange a basket of clothes and toiletries only, no food please, for the women's shelter, will someone like to decorate a box??? please phone and let me know
• Laura will be sponsored for cleaning someones house from Woman's Ministry fund
• Depression Seminar are in progress
• Start saving money for next years Women's Ministry Retreat --It only takes $12 a month for the registration fees. They have planned speakers for the next two years now
• Soup money came to $ 19.05 , $ 30was given for soup and fixings etc, $13.57 remaining in the fund
• Sponsored children - we have $37 and need to collect $28 by end of Dec. we are sponsoring four children in Uganda

We had a wonderful sharing time together, reacquainting ourselves with the summers happenings, the warmth of friends, warm table, warm songs, warm soup, no one seemed to mind the picture taking this time!!! So we prayed again asking God to bless us all and sang the song - His Banner Over Me Is Love.

Here is the link for the rest of the pictures October 07

Thank you so much for coming to the meeting and helping with the cleanup and loading the stuff into the car. I already had several phone calls saying how much they appreciated the atmosphere of the room. Ladies took home 'their buns'!! ornamental pumpkin and their invitation to enjoy a blessing all month...
...... Bev

Prayer

Sharing the Burden and Praying for one another:

• Pearl's eyes - she will see fully again after double surgery


• Valerie - health and funding in a new way of life


• Cori - the addictions of the past and present will be erradicated


• Carl and Leona's house will be built quickly, forms and funding arranged


• Dolores Peterson and School


• New Pastor Santos and Rebecca will be at home here and that their ministry will be filled with blessings


• Yshi and Aimee


• Denise Olson - regain health


• Jaimie, Curt, Clint, Clarisa - and their partners will have Christ in their hearts


• Christine Moody and family


• Bonnie's family


• Sarah Blabey


• Florence's children


• "all our children" ! each of us have family and burdens for our children to be saved and this is the great ministry of prayer we carry in this day.

blankets of faith

Women's Ministry Retreat - Hope

Here are a few pictures of the wedding theme.

Indeed a banqueting table is set before us when Christ comes again!

SUNNYSIDE LADIES

Welcome!
Great to see who was going to come tonight after the busy summer months of not meeting together. There was lots of catching up to do!! Mrs Blabey was the first to arrive after a day of washing carrots and a hundred buckets of potatoes . Whew. That is a full weeks work for me!!! Then Jo arrived with her carload full, Valerie and Charlotte too with their cars full.







Gratified anticipation greeted me as the ladies came in, their exclamations over the decorations, curious as to what kind of food we were going to eat and seeing each other over again brought smiles and gasps and voices chattering about this and that.











Choosing a place to sit, which is not usually hard because normally we all sit in the same place!!! but this time everyone just took their place near the top and soon all but two places were filled at the end of the table. We should go out into the street and invite the people to our banqueting table!! We were twelve in all.














INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT: Soon the conversations were interrupted by a request for opening prayer which Charlotte offered asking God to bless each one present and absent and thanking Him for all that was before us. Going across the table and back I started by acknowledging the pictures Charlotte printed and put up on the bulletin for ADRA Walkathon. Several of us went on that even though it was muddy and drizzling, but still pleasant enough to walk or bike as a few of us did. Jim jogged all the 10 kilometers or at least every time I saw him. I biked and got mud from head to toe. Sometimes I had to get off and walk as the hills were too steep. Then I would get back on and bike again. Sometimes the getting on and changing gears made the bike swerve more than a few times! and I wondered what the people might think about it, that this person sure has a hard time steering a bike!! On the way back, still drizzling rain I was curious as to how my tracks actually looked and smiling felt a little foolish, but noticed the tracks didn't show. They were gone! The rain had smoothed the crooked tracks away.

I smiled to myself again and thought, "Well isn't that just like God, He knows we make mistakes and have a hard time in life, getting up and down in our walk of life. Then He washes the rough times away and and we can go on with living again!" ..... Still smiling!

Alice was happy as about five people phoned to give her a ride to the meeting. She has been not feeling well for a long time and was glad to come. We were glad to see her too and give her a hug. She is thankful for all the helpful visits from her children. Thank you for coming Alice.


Alma - thankful for the morning worship book which gives her a lift every morning. She prays for Mrs Mattson who has had surgery.

Betty - they had a wonderful time on their long trip to the north looking at all the scenery, swamps, animals, bison and I am sure birds! She was remembering when she was a little girl, Alice used to hold her on her lap and Alice remembers all the curls Betty used to have!! Good memories!

Jo - The Lord was good to her also as she got to spend a whole month with her father before he passed away. Then she had to go thru surgery with her brother who is well now. All this prompted a good visit with her children. And she is thankful for all the energy God allowed her to have thru the summer.

Valerie - Wonderful summer with her children. One is overseas doing well and learning new things. The other making her favorite soup and the last one is studying hard. She praises God for the time in raising her kids. And now for the time she will spend at home gaining health again. Lifelong friendships with community and church uplift her.


Bonnie - Has empathy for others who are going thru hard health problems as she herself has had to go thru. She did not get the time to grow her garden this year in part because the weather did not cooperate!! but with family and pets that gave her comfort she was able to share Jesus to listening ears. A book her husband happened to find at the garbage - Steps to Christ - she gave to a young man. The weeds are still there, that's OK, but God's goodness was spread too. Good Summer!

Laura - had a wonderful summer with the girls, they went on sunshine bands and door to door. She is back to school again taking nursing. Went to the Woman's Retreat at Hope and had many wonderful words to say. and Praising God all the way. Well! you do look refreshed.


Florence - went to a wedding, a graduation, a bomb scare, on several airplane rides, braved it all by herself sometimes, a music festival, and after all that came home and entertained and canned pears and cleaned house and what else does this woman do. My head is spinning-ahhah Thank you Lord for safety and family.

Ruth T - is busy getting the church library organized and hopes that many more of us would stop by and look at the good books that are available there. So on a Saturday night when there is no hockey ladies, you could grab a book and read it, or dare I say even when there is hockey on. no no.!

Gail is happy to keep in touch with her daughter and perhaps getting some new things to eat with. We are glad you are coming to our meetings.

Charlotte - Praises God for the wonderful summer also as she got to spend time with her husband and family. She went to campmeeting and also the women's ministry retreat which everyone thought was just wonderful and came back with and unspeakable blessing.

Bev - I too had a blessing as our family seems to have mended and are able to communicate once again. My father seems to recouperating well even though he has some sleepy days.

if we are not talking about you we are not thinking about you and if we think about you we like you!!!!!