Plan for a great soup using leftover Thanksgiving turkey, a recipe that’s both fast and yummy. Turkey and Wild Rice Soup 8 cups chicken or turkey broth 1/2 cup chopped green onion 1/2 cup wild rice, rinsed 1 stick butter, melted 3/4 c. flour 1 Tbsp …
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Thanksgiving
Who to Thank this Thanksgiving
While it’s a nice thought, very polite, and good manners to teach your kids to be thankful, it is not the whole truth. It’s like wishing someone good wishes, when you could be praying for them. It’s like saying a good word, when you could …
Thankful for a Word
Everything about the Thanksgiving holiday stirs my heart. I bid a fond farewell to summer and look forward to it again next year, but for now… My heart begins to ponder countless things I’m thankful for, the many blessings I’ve received. At the top of …
Edible Twist on Five Kernels Tradition
A few years ago I bought a large bag of Skittles for our Thanksgiving family gathering. I opened the bag and instructed each family member to take some Skittles. The bag made its way around the family circle. The younger children chose to pour a …
Thanksgiving: Least Favorite Food, Favorite Dressing, and Leftover
I thought this poll was funny that I saw about holiday food on AOL. I narrowed it down to traditional Thanksgiving foods. Least favorite Thanksgiving food in no particular order: a. dry turkey b. lumpy mashed potatoes c. giblet gravy d. stuffing with weird stuff in …
Blessed to be a Blessing
Last year at church I listened as a sweet sister in Christ shared how someone provided her family with a Thanksgiving dinner. A man said that the Lord impressed him to do this for her family. My friend is a stay-at-home mom whose husband had been out …
Grateful for Nothing
I have nothing to be grateful for this year. Nothing that I know of, anyway. We had no major illnesses requiring miraculous healings. No job loss, no house fire, no broken bones. Nothing whatsoever interfered with the normal, peaceful rhythm of our lives. What I …
Testimony of Faithfulness
My husband and I knew the heartache of losing a loved one through a car accident while we were still college sweet hearts. I received the call late one night: my stepsister had been tragically killed only six days after her twentieth birthday. My husband …
Making Thanksgiving Memorable
Although I do have fond memories of my childhood Thanksgivings, I also distinctly remember wanting to stay far, far away from my mother all that week. She always took upon herself the burden to entertain and feed the extended family. It was certainly a noble …
Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
It’s about time for a recipe–the Fall season puts me in a baking mood. So many of my favorite recipes have stories that go with them, as I’m sure yours do too. Family and friends connecting through food is really universal. I don’t think there …