This picture does not do the view from my computer justice. On Friday, I sat at the computer with our new door open and saw beautiful sunshine coming through the few leaves left on the trees. Actually the trees have dropped over half their leaves. The ones falling now are brittle, brown, and dry rather than the colorful, supple leaves of a few weeks ago. The weather this past week has been perfect - - - colder nights (40s) and warm, sunny days (high 60s).There is not too much new in our lives - - - - - other than deciding is it time to buy a new car or will the older one go six more months? We will get a verdict from our daughter's father-in-law who is a mechanic. It is great not having a car payment but it will also be great to have a car that does not need repair for a while. However, we would like to make it a few months past Christmas before giving the bank our money to keep!
Lunch today was quick. It was easy Chicken Soup. You need 3 cans (16 ounces) of Swanson's Chicken Broth, 3 cups water, 3 chicken bouillon cubes, 1 cup of uncooked rice (like Uncle Ben's that takes 30 minutes to cook), 2 large carrots - sliced, 1 bag each of frozen corn & frozen beans, 1 can rinsed & drained kidney beans, and some cooked chicken. (Always keep some cooked, cubed chicken in the freezer.) Bring liquids to a boil. Rice and carrots should already be in the pot, too. Cook about 10 minutes. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Some might find this bland and if so, add your own enhancements from chopped onion to black pepper. However, this is a great meal for anyone with an upset stomach (except for the kidney beans) or a person suffering with sinus ailments. This is one meal I could eat often because I LOVE chicken, grean beans, rice, and corn! I didn't find the recipe anywhere - - - - just put stuff in a pot I liked until I got the right proportions.
HE . . . opened the doors of heaven, and had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. Man did eat angels' food . . . Psalm 78: 23b, 24, 25a
