"our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.” ::stephen pressfield::
steven hopkins sent me a twitter yesterday asking if we had a daniel fast journal anywhere to download. we don’t. but i actually have used macjournal for quite some time and really, really love it. is is free (well, vs. 2.6.1 is) and allows you to organize different journals by topic. so i can keep my daniel fast thoughts and prayers seperate from say my bible study journal, or my “what keeps me up at night” journal. i hope to upgrade to the latest version as it’s has been a really great tool. it’s $34.95 and well worth it, but i’m gonna have to settle for the free version a little while longer.
i haven’t actually used any pc journaling software but my journal 1 is listed on download.com as a free download. it seems to get good reviews. might be a good place to start looking. there are some other ones that seem to run in the $39.95 range which i’m sure work great. if anyone has a good one, leave us a comment below.
rock church is getting ready to participate in awake21 a 21 day daniel fast starting on sunday. i am starting to get really excited. but, as i walked through the grocery store today i was a little spooked by the price of produce. ouch. so, when i got home i started planning out meals we can afford.
i stumbled on an old recipe i haven’t made in ages. it’s one of my favorites and very inexpensive to make. i thought i’d share it in case anyone needs any ideas.
perfect spaghetti with tomato sauce 2 tbsp. plus 1/4 tspn. salt
1 1/2 lbs. of baby pear tomatoes
8 oz. whole wheat spaghetti
4 tbsp. evoo
4 cloves garlic minced (or pressed)
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cu fresh basil leaves loosely packed and torn
(note: this recipe really is best with the real live fresh ingredients. you can substitute canned italian plum tomatoes and dried basil if it’s all you have, but if you can, take the time to get the real stuff. you won’t need much of it – it’s still an inexpensive meal with all the fresh ingredients.)
the recipe i use says to blanch and peel the tomatoes, but i never have. i just seed them and really cut them up fine.
in a skillet, heat up the evoo. add the garlic and simmer until golden (bout 30 sec.). add red pepper flakes and remaining 1/4 tsp. salt. increase heat to high and add tomatoes. heat them through while crushing them into the garlic, pepperflakes and evoo with the back of a spoon. the texture you’re going for is super mashed up tomatoes….not sauce. if it gets too dry you can add a little more evoo or some water from your pasta pot.
drain your whole wheat spaghetti noodles when al dente. then just toss the tomato sauce into the pasta.
not your typical spaghetti…it’s so, so good.
what about you? found any good recipes for the daniel fast?
[the conversation in progress is about sand spurs]
lori: today i found one right here on my sweater and all i did was walk from my house to the car.
bryan: how did that happen? did you roll to your car?
carolyn: they’re sand spurs. all you have to do is walk out the front door and they just all go [shlup] – and they’re all over you.
lisa: one time i got a huge burdock caught in my hair.
matthew: your hair? how did it get stuck in your hair?
lisa: [in a tone that would indicate to most the following scenerio was a completely normal, everday, common experience...] well, when you’re 3 years old and you’re riding your tricycle and you run into a sheep…
[group momentarily quiet & confused - wondering if they heard right]
carolyn: did you just say, you ran into a sheep with your tricycle when you were 3?
lisa: yep. took forever to get that burdocks out of my hair. it was huge!
hahahahaha!
but seriously, sandspurs are evil. and, now i fear i will have nighmares about giant burdock covered sheep.
