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Thursday, November 28, 2019

Grateful...(Happy American Thanksgiving Day!)

At 3:00 I was still trying to decide what I could make for supper
that could cook while I put a second coat of paint on the 'purple room'! 
When in menu limbo thaw ground beef.
so I did; 2 lbs.
 While it thawed in the microwave I scrubbed a few potatoes
 then tried to decide what next.
I chose meat-loaf, with baked potato-wedges and butternut squash
because this could bake at alike temps.
I put the meatloaf in for 45 min@325F before adding the pan of squash-potato.
I left it at 325F for an hour then reduced the heat around 6;00
because on Thursdays no one is home before 6:30.
Second coat of paint was done by 6:00
allowing time to make a spinach salad to complete the menu.


Meatloaf
2 lbs ground beef thawed.
I small onion chopped
3 or 4 bread-crusts, crumbled
1 teaspoon each of salt and black pepper
2 eggs
squirt each of ketchup and mustard (according to taste)
2/3 cup milk
Mix and press in pan
Baking instructions above
 (if using a deep loaf pan bake covered for 11/2 hrs at 350 then uncover for the last 15 minutes.)
I topped this meatloaf with a BBQ sauce when I uncovered it
1/3 cup ketchup
1tbsp. br. sugar
1 tsp. chili powder
I tsp (heaping) honey mustard 


Cut clean, dry potatoes into wedges. 
Peel and slice squash into 1/2" rings
place in buttered casserole dish
 sprinkle salt and pepper to taste
as well as paprika and
parsley flakes or fresh chopped parsley
another drizzle of butter and enough water just to cover bottom of pan
Cover with foil and bake 1 hour at 325/350F
Remove foil for the last 15 min.
Spinach Salad
base of baby spinach
topped with thinly sliced red and green cabbage
celery, chopped
toasted sunflower seeds and sliced almonds
dried cranberries
Leave dressing on side
I used a soy-sauce dressing
the recipe for a full batch is;
Mississippi Salad dressing
put in blender 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
3 tbsp. soy sause
1 tbsp black pepper
blend then slowly add 3/4 cup oil
 (I use 1/4 cup olive oil and 1/2 cup canola or veg. oil)
put in glass bottle or jar.
Lightly drizzle salad
refrigerate unused dressing


Grateful for goodness that graces the table
Grateful for strength to do what I am able
Grateful for mercies renewed every morn
Fields that were laden with harvest, now shorn
Flicker of leaf-lanterns strewn ‘neath our feet
November’s embers where earth and sky meet

Grateful for love that gives heartstrings a tug
Wood fire warmth, like a welcome home hug
Seasons that stir us then startle us, oh
Swift gifted shimmer from first bud to snow
Teaching us tenderly as time goes by
To look the moment at hand in the eye

Grateful for touch, for hands still within reach
Grateful for much love’s demands seem to teach
Grateful for blessings too countless to name
(God, my forgetfulness puts me to shame)
Day made for labour and night deigned for rest
Purpose that bids us strive to give our best

Grateful that God always faithful and true
Never stops caring for me and for you
Grateful to know His ways are always good
Even when His grace is misunderstood
Grateful, when trouble and heartache assails
To know no matter what, love never fails


© Janet Martin

Colossians 3:17
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed,
 do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, 
giving thanks to God and the Father by him.


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