No Small Faith

Happy Friday! 15 days in 350 to go! When I get overwhelmed by my circumstances and my faith is on low, it is His faith in me that makes all things possible. There is no small faith with God! 

Hurry Scurry Curry

I love food! 
I love to cook!
I love to have family and friends enjoy what I have cooked! 

In expanding my culinary efforts I have been fixing dishes from around the world. My latest attempt has been curry! 

One of my favorite recipes is an easy and quick Cashew Curry Chicken. I have changed up the original which I got from The Chew. Clinton Kelly made this a few months ago and I just had to try it. So, so good. Now I am experimenting with different flavors that seem to enhance the curry.

Orange Cashew Curry Chicken

Basic Recipe: 

• 6 Boneless-Skinless Chicken Thighs cut into one inch pieces. (May use boneless-skinless chicken breast) 
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 yellow onions or one large yellow onion diced
• 1 to 2 tablespoons of Curry Powder
• 1 teaspoon of Gram Masala
• 1/2 cup plain Yogurt
• 1 13-ounce can of Coconut Milk
• 1/2 cup Chicken Stock or Water
• 1/3 cup Raisins
• 1/2 cup toasted and coarsely chopped Cashews
• Server with Rice (Basmati, Jasmine Rice or plain White Rice)

In a heavy bottom skillet brown the chicken in two tablespoons of olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Remove the chicken to a plate. Lower the heat. Add another tablespoon of olive oil if needed and sauté the onions until they are translucent. 7 to 8 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Add the Curry Powder and Gram Masala. Return the chicken to the pan and add the Yogurt, Coconut Milk. Chicken Stock or Water and the Raisins. (At this point I also added about a 1/3 cup dried Cranberries along with grated orange peel and the juice of one orange) Turn heat to low and let simmer to thicken the sauce. Top off with the cashews. Serve with rice. To make Orange Rice add a small amount of grated Orange peel and about a 1/4 cup orange juice to the cooking liquid for the rice. 

Hope you and your family enjoy this dish as much as we do! Very warming to the body and soul on a cold wintery night, but just as comforting on a mid-summers eve. 

Hope this is the beginning of a wonderful world of delightful taste discoveries and may this be a blessing to all. 

Epiphany 2015

Epiphany Solemn Eveningsong

Trinity Episcopal Church ~ Michigan City, IN ~ The Rev. Deacon Tanya Scheff ~ Deacon in Charge ~ 4 January 2015

To God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit be all glory now and evermore. 

BFF MOMENT

Sometimes there just aren't any words for the way your bed caresses you when you first lay down. That comfort hug of one who knows you best and wants to ease away the aches of the day. 

Yes, a true BFF moment!

Waiting & Watching

HOPE …

First Sunday of Advent

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Happy Advent! 
Today we start the great adventure of the coming of the Lord! As we prepare our homes for this happy season of Christmas may we take time to also prepare our hearts as well. Keeping Christ in Christmas is one way but far more importantly we need to welcome and keep Christ in our daily lives. Today we look forward to the return of Christ in Glory. Will He come and find us lacking? Sleeping in place and not about the master’s business. 

In the lesson for this day Jesus asks yes, no commands us to be awake. To be about our Master’s business, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, loving the sinner, forgiving our enemies, building the Kingdom of God here on earth. Are we truly the HOPE of the world? 

Lord, help me to see you more clearly, to love you more dearly, to share you more freely.



First Week of Advent 2014

Trinity Episcopal Church 116th Diocesan Convention of Northern Indiana

Flash Mob at 5 Points South in Birmingham, AL - Every Praise

Have posted this before but it is never too much or too often that we should sing out in Praise to our God. Can I have an AMEN!