Daniel Fast Day #1 - Plus Recipe

Well yesterday was day #1 of the Daniel Fast.  I'm so thankful for our church!!! 

Here's a recipe to share!

Eggplant Parm - "Sort of"

1 Large Eggplant
1 Spaghetti Squash
1 can diced tomatoes
2 T. Oregano or Italian Seasoning (divided)

Preheat oven to 375. Cut spaghetti squash in half and pull out "cobwebs and seeds" (like the inside of a pumpkin). Place squash cut-side down on cookie sheet. Bake for 25 min. Then slice eggplant and add to the baking dish with squash Season eggplant with 1 T. oregano or Italian seasoning. Bake for 20 min. Blend together tomatoes to make a spaghetti sauce. You can also add Thyme and parsley to season the sauce.

Once baked, use fork to rake "spaghetti" out of the squash. Place baked eggplant on top and then cover with sauce!

It's yummy and healthy.  We've been eating steel-cut oatmeal for breakfast.  Today I'm also making black beans.  Yum!  I'm excited about all the recipes I can come up with!  Woo hoo!  We're basically eating vegan!  Other than being a little gasy...ok a lot of gas, it's been great so far!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Finding Your Passion

Last fall I went to a Beth Moore conference here in Little Rock.  She talked about finding our ministry.  I always knew I was supposed to be a wife and mother but what was my ministry, my life passion/goal.  Well we are closer than ever to having our first foster child!  We're so excited!  We have done everything we need to do.  Now we are waiting on a phone call from a social worker to set up our home study!  Whaaaahooo!!!

I found a great blog The Middle Mom.  What an inspiration!!!

Mom-To-Be MUST Haves Vol. 1

The following are things that I think every mom-to-be needs in order to be most successful! At least, they are things that really helped me out!

#1 The book On Becoming Baby Wise This book is a life/sleep saver! It makes it easy to know what baby wants/needs! When you're on a schedule, you know whether he/she needs a nap or food. I would have been lost without this book. I recommend reading before baby arrives and then again once he/she gets here. I would underline, highlight, and make notes. It's unbelievably helpful!

#2 The video Happiest Baby on the Block A dear friend told us about this video. It presents 5 simple ways to calm a screaming baby. Two or Three of these always worked with baby D! It was great to know how to calm him down and make him feel safe. Again, I recommend watching this before and after baby arrives!

More to come...

What is my ministry?

Well...I can't believe our baby boy is 7 months old. I'm ready to have another, but since I had a c-section, we'll be waiting a while. I recently read a blog about a couple adopting. That's in our future...Lord willing. We're considering selling our house. I need lots of little bedrooms for little people.

This past weekend I attended a Beth Moore conference. Love her! She talked about finding our ministry. We were made to serve, but where am I made to serve. I've been praying and seeking. There are lots of ministries I'd love to call mine, but we're not called to do them all ok. We're called to do one or two with excellence. I don't want to go through my life spending time on things I shouldn't and not being excellent at what God wants me to be excellent at.