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eftover makeover i thought about each ingredient as i put the recipe together broccoli i was using stems and a few florets that i steamed together i have been guilty many times of not using the stems as i ve planned to do but this time i did use forethought and steamed them while steaming the florets for a meal i had a few florets left and chopped the stems up with them there was the broccoli called for in the recipe and it was using up every bit of that food not bad thus far croutons were the next ingredient i make these using leftover slices of bread those too small to make toast or a sandwich and the end pieces i generally put the cubed bread in the oven when i have it on to bake something else i remove the item that was cooking set the pan of bread cubes in the oven and turn off the heat generally within an hour or so i have a pan of croutons so this ingredient too was inexpensive i knew the recipe called for two different salad dressings blue cheese and ranch i d just made up a half recipe of ranch dressing over the weekend john prefers blue cheese or french the ranch dressing wasn t likely to be finished before spoiling no hardship to use it up to avoid waste the blue cheese dressing is more pricey i was cautious about using that ingredient in fact from here the recipe and my made up version were widely variant i did not want to use half a jar of that dressing in my recipe that would have increased the cost by 2 the recipe also called for 6 eggs nope wasn t going to do that either that was another 50 in cost 8 ounces of shredded cheddar uhm nooooo cost 1 79 this simple little recipe meant to use up a variety of things leftover was now escalating into the 4 range a per serving cost of about 1 each serving no i just failed to see the economy in that now i ve shared that i seldom know the cost per meal i serve or even the cost per serving of any recipe but common sense helped me this time had this been a main course 1 per serving is not too far a reach but it was meant to be a side dish i decided at this point expertise was going to have to come into play over recipe eggs are generally meant for binding in a strata type recipe i knew from past experience at altering these types of recipes that 6 eggs are just not necessary i decreased the blue cheese dressing by half and used milk in place of it a thinner liquid by all means but it worked just fine and i did have the egg for thickening the liquid i added 1 beaten egg and half the cheese called for in the end my broccoli strata total cost came in somewhere closer to 1 80 for four servings still a little high but far better than 1 per serving and this was a half recipe i was making not a full recipe by the way the strata set up just fine and tasted awesome even the leftovers were good as i planned menus last week i looked at several recipes many i d have loved to try or make once more but i couldn t they weren t part of my budget balanced meal plan i found myself looking at recipes and meal plans overall differently all because of that silly bit of leftover broccoli i wished to use at november 14 2016 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels budgeting recipes the proverbial woman vs 25 proverbs 31 25 strength and dignity are her clothing and she laughs at the days to come ayin ah yeen is our next letter like the letter aleph the letter ayin is a silent letter having no sound of it s own the pictograph for this letter is an eye the word ayin means eye or to see and has an expanded meaning of understand and obey it might be said that this eye is an inner eye representing the holy spirit vision and helps us determine between good and evil in other words we live rightly we can easily distinquish between right and wrong and will make the right choices if we ve allowed holy spirit to guide our thinking and control our heart 22 the eye is the lamp of the body so if your eye is healthy your whole body will be full of light 23 but if your eye is bad your whole body will be full of darkness if then the light in you is darkness how great is the darkness matthew 6 22 23 esv our word here is az meaning strength it comes from an ancient root word which has a deeper meaning than physical strength it denotes spiritual strength there is a second word in this verse that begins with ayin and that is acharown which means latter i referred to the proverial woman in our previous verse as being spiritually prepared this verse in analysis of the hebrew gives ample evidence of that her clothing here are truly her spiritual character the word that is translated as dignity also translates into excellence and majestic both words which gives an added depth of meaning that she laughs represents her joy in her own latter days when she is standing before the throne of god at november 13 2016 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels shabat thoughts in my home this week autumn lull in my home this week i had a full week last week guests traveling groceries errands john is currently nursing something that appears to be more allergy than a cold but it s wanting to settle in his chest he s taking lots of vitamin c and drinking plenty of fluids he s not running fever so there is that the entertainment value alone of the bird bath outside the living room windows is awesome right this minute there are two blue jays and a red headed woodpecker squabbling over water rights i ve seen blue birds cardinals mockingbirds and brown threshers out there but the jays are the most predominant i think i shall see if i can t set up water in other areas about the yard and see about getting some bird feeders and seed set out as well i ve noticed misu stops by for a drink when she comes back from the fields by the way she never bothers the birds but she will climb the steps and stretch out to drink from the bird bath before heading back to her home base on the front porch continue at november 13 2016 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest the proverbial woman vs 24 proverbs 31 24 she makes linen garments and sells them she delivers sashes to the merchants samekh sahm keh is the fifteenth letter of the hebrew alphabet the pictograph of this letter resembles a shield the ancient root work for samekh means to lean upon to uphold to support the sages say that samekh also represents the cyclical upward spiral of seasons it is also said to represent the sukkah a shelter that represented the omnipresence of god and his continual protection the hebrew word here in this verse is samakh meaning cloak or linen garment according to one translation of the hebrew the lexicon word used is cadiyn which means to envelop or wrap around digging thru the lexicon meanings of each of the words in this verse i get a sense of a much much deeper meaning for one thing the garments she makes are described as sheets or a sort of gown worn next to the bare skin the sashes are described in the lexicon as a girdle if you read about jewish funerary traditions the traditional burial clothing includes the sheets or shroud which envelops the body as well as a sort of belt that is tied about the waist the garments meant for death also are meant to represent the priestly clothing worn by the priests tradition was that only very pious women made the garments worn by the jewish dead two things i note in the study of this verse first we ve already established that this woman has a strong spiritual character is known for her devotion to god hence she is making funeral garments for the dead as befits jewish tradition she is seen as a pious woman in her community second i note that while we ve studied throughout these verses her impact upon the living in her community she also has an impact upon those who ve died funeral laws and services were sacred and strongly adhered to a funeral would be postponed if proper funeral garments were not available for some reason it was considered an honor to be in attendance in the rituals of preparing a body to meet god her preparations on the behalf of others though is not all there is to this verse i think this verse also refers to her own state of spirituality being such that at any time she is ready to meet the creator she has no unfinished business she has no reparations to make no tangles to continue to work out she has reached a state of spiritual preparedness at november 11 2016 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels shabat thoughts frugal friday my best efforts friday packed john s work lunch and made him breakfast before he headed out to work this morning i was planning my day when my guest s changed plans and announced he was arriving five hours earlier boy did that throw me into overdrive plans got tossed new plans were made and some things just didn t get done we ll do our best to manage without those things made a pan of gingerbread and a pan of brownies i hope that will see me through the company weekend but i m not convinced it will continue at november 11 2016 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest the proverbial woman vs 23 proverbs 31 23 her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land nun noon is the fourteenth letter of the alphabet the pictograph for nun looks something like a sprouted seed the sages say this letter represents both the faithful and the rewards of faith it means fish and represents life joshua was the son of nun and on his succession to moses as he entered the promised land was called the son of life i find it interesting that the letter mem means water and the letter nun represents fish what is a fish without water noda is our first word in this verse the lexicon does not have any word which begins with nun but another translation of this verse says that her husband sits with distinction i am thinking noda may well be an adverb that describes how he sits in the gates if he is sitting with distinction he has not only the right to sit there but is respected among the elders of the city young men might go to the gate but it was the seat of wisdom a place of judgement and settlements in the ancient city it was a place for business deals where reputable witnesses were party to contracts and agreements in other words it was a valuable part of any city to sit in the gates one had to have displayed many respectable and admirable traits earlier in proverbs we see this proverbs 8 1 3 wisdom is calling understanding is raising her voice on the heights along the road where the paths meet she is standing by the gates leading into the city at the entrances a man was appointed to sit in the gates he didn t just decide that was where he belonged deut 16 18 you are to appoint judges and officers for all your gates in the cities adonai your god is giving you tribe by tribe they are to judge the people with righteous judgement the reputation of a wife could absolve that of a bad husband remember abigail and nabal when david and his men were hiding from saul they watched over the sheep and shepherds making sure that no harm came to nabal s property in the wild fields they roamed david s men were sent to nabal and requested provisions nabal refused abigail hearing of how rudely her husband behaved ordered the servants to load up provisions and take to david and his men later when nabal died david remembered this remarkable woman and sent for her to become one of his wives i samuel 25 what might nabal have been had he realized the value of abigail s wisdom no doubt this husband is sitting in the gates as well because his wife is such an exemplary woman she has rightly seen that she is a reflection of her husband and his reputation is something she values as much as her own i believe again it s her example not just of her work ethic but of her spiritual wisdom her compassion to those less fortunate which elevates herself and her husband in their community at november 10 2016 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels shabat thoughts coffee chat sweet november hello dear do come in and have a cup of coffee with me there are those lovely spice cookies to go with our cups or the little danish butter cookies we have an abundance of sweets this week it s both my desire to have a little something and my thought of more impending company though i can t tell you anyone whose meant to be here until two weeks from now yes indeed the guest room has been booked once again we ll take coffee to the living room and sit by the window so we can watch the birds at the birdbath it s warmer by the window with the sun coming in less smoky than outdoors and isn t it lovely to at last have cool weather and find our hot drink such a comfort i was just sitting here smiling over a post i made many years ago on facebook one of those shared memories in it i proclaimed that henceforth november should be my favorite month of the year and i see no reason to change my opinion monday night i sat there across the room and watched the sun set i don t know just when the trees on the horizon went bare but there the branches were etched black against that lovely panoramic view of the sky highlighted by the beautiful blue and purple and coral of the setting sun i don t know why god allots us such beauty at the day s end and beginning but he does and i for one appreciate it a day can only seem more lovely when you see the rising sun and the glory of it and no matter how awful it s been beauty at the end is soothing and reassuring somehow it s something too to see you through those long dark hours in between when it s sandwiched between glories over the past weekend we saw our oldest son and his three children we so seldom get to see them these days but i did enjoy them i watched them scuffle their feet through the fallen leaves and john and i stood smiling at the kitchen window watching the twins stroll slowly back up the driveway as they chatted five and seven are vastly different than four and six they are more independent in their play which is a blessing it meant i could sit by and listen though i appeared to be busy on my own i love listening to the imaginings of children as they play they were satisfied still with the same toys we ve had here since their own infancy and they loved the freedom of being able to head outdoors when they wanted and run downhill and back up again i was grateful once again for what i was able to pass along to another generation of children the same joy i d had visiting here while i was growing up i think it s important children have a place to be free and safe at the same time how fortunate i am to have that here it s a sort of living legacy of granny s to have bought this place for her children and have wanted her children s children to have it now it s my children s children this place has been a generational 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