Summer Chicken and Vegetable Pasta

Then you will say on that day,

“ I will give thanks to You, O Lord;

For although You were angry with me,

Your anger is turned away,

And You comfort me.

² “Behold, God is my salvation,

I will trust and not be afraid;

For the Lord God is my strength and song,

And He has become my salvation.”

³ Therefore you will joyously draw water

From the springs of salvation.

⁴ And in that day you will say,

“ Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.

Make known His deeds among the peoples;

^[a]Make them remember that His name is exalted.”

⁵ Praise the Lord in song, for He has done excellent things;

Let this be known throughout the earth.

⁶ Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,

For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. Is 12

Ingredients:

4 cups cooked whole wheat spiral noodles

2 tbsp olive oil

1 lb raw chicken

2 tsp salt

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tbsp olive oil

2 bell peppers cored and diced

1 large zucchini diced

2 tsp salt

2 cups chopped tomatoes

1/2 cup chopped fresh basil

1/2 cup champagne grapes
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. fry the chicken, salt, and garlic powder in the oil on medium heat until cooked thoroughly (~15 minutes)

2. fry the pepper, zucchini, and salt in the olive oil on medium heat for ~ 5 minutes

3. combine all ingredients

Selah Lasagna (for Dan and Rachel's Wedding)

¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, ¹⁵ from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,¹⁶ that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith;and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, ¹⁸ may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, ¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Eph 3

Ingredients:

10 oz dry lasagna noodles boiled and drained al dente (~ 24 noodles)

1 lb ground meat browned with 2 tsp salt

4 cups Italian seasoned tomato sauce

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

2 cups cottage cheese

2 tbsp olive oil

1/4 cup dried parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. lay lasagna noodles flat onto the surface of a large metal baking tray (6 noodles)

2. mix the meat and tomato sauce and spread 1/3 of mixture over the noodles

3. sprinkle 2/3 cup of each cheese in three separate layers over the meat/tomato sauce

4. top with another layer of noodles

5. repeat for two more layers

6. brush top layer of noodles with olive oil and sprinkle with parmesan cheese

7. cover with tin foil 

8. bake at 350 degrees F for ~ 80 minutes

Chicken Wild Rice Garbanzo Bean Casserole

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger,

Nor chasten me in Your wrath.

² Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away;

Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed.

³ And my soul is greatly dismayed;

But You, O Lord— how long? Ps 6

Ingredients:

1 cup wild rice cooked in 4 cups chicken broth

8 oz chicken cooked and cubed
1 cup cooked garbanzo beans

1/2 cup butter (1 stick)

2 large carrots peeled and diced

1 onion diced

3 cloves garlic minced

2 apples diced (I used pink lady apples)

2 tsp salt

1/4 cup fresh rosemary leaves

1/3 cup white whole wheat flour

2 cups milk

1/4 cup shredded cheese

Directions:

1. heat the butter on medium heat in a large pot

2. add carrots, onion, garlic, apples, rosemary, and salt and cook for ~ 10 minutes on medium heat while stirring

3. add flour and cook for ~ 2 minutes while stirring

4. add milk and bring to a boil while stirring

5. add the rice and chicken and bring to a boil

6. simmer on low heat for ~ 15 minutes

7. pour into large baking tray and sprinkle with cheese; cover with aluminum foil

8. bake for ~ 15 minutes at 350 degrees F (optional; if prepared ahead of time)

Minced Meat and Cabbage Stir-fry

 ⁸ But about the Son he says,

   “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever,
   and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁹ You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
   therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
   by anointing you with the oil of joy.” Heb 1

Ingredients:

1/4 cup olive oil

1 onion diced

2 lb raw lean ground beef or turkey

1 tbsp salt

1 head cabbage chopped 

1/2 cup bell pepper diced

Directions:

1. fry the onions in the oil for ~ 5 minutes on medium heat

2. add the meat and salt and continue frying while stirring until the meat is brown (~5-7 minutes)

3. cover lid and cook for ~ 10 minutes

4. add the remaining ingredients and fry while stirring for ~ 3 minutes

5. cover lid and cook for another 5 minutes

Asian Indian Shrimp and Vegetable Noodles

¹ In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, ² but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. ³The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. ⁴ So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. Heb 1


Ingredients:


3 tbsp sesame oil
1 onion diced
2 cloves garlic minced
2 tbsp soy sauce
1/4 cup crushed peanuts
1 cup fresh broccoli
1 cup baby carrots chopped
1/2 cup diced bell peppers
2 tbsp small hot peppers sliced
3 eggs scrambled separately
1 lb raw shrimp (I used frozen de-veined and tail-off)
1 lb dry whole wheat noodles
2 quarts water
2 tsp salt

Directions:

1. boil the noodles in the water and salt until al dente (~ 8-10 minutes)
2. fry the onions and garlic in the oil for ~ 5 minutes on medium heat
3. add the soy sauce and shrimp, continue frying for ~ 3 minutes, cover lid and let simmer for ~ 10 minutes
4. add the remaining ingredients, cover lid, and keep cooking for ~ 5 minutes.
5. add the shrimp and vegetables to the noodles and mix

Ciambotta (Italian Stew)

¹¹ With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. ¹² We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess 1

Ingredients:

1/4 cup olive oil 

3 cloves garlic minced

2 tsp salt

2 cups quartered brussel sprouts

2 cups halved cherry/grape tomatoes

2 cups fresh spinach leaves

1/2 cup diced bell pepper

1 cup slivered baby carrots

1/2 cup fresh basil leaves

2 cups cooked garbanzo beans

Directions:

1. heat the oil in a pan on medium heat

2. add garlic and salt to pan and fry for ~ 3 minutes

3. add the brussel sprouts and continue frying for ~ 3 minutes

4. add the tomatoes and continue frying for ~ 3 minutes

5. add the spinach leaves and cover lid; leave for 3 minutes

6. open lid and stir

7. add the peppers, carrots, and basil and continue cooking covered for ~ 5 minutes

8. optionally stir in garbanzo beans

Serve over whole wheat noodles or brown rice with shaved cheese and/or grilled chicken pieces as a topping

Noodles with Italian Butter Sauce, Broccoli, and Yellow Peppers

⁴ As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— ⁵ you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ For in Scripture it says:

   “See, I lay a stone in Zion,
   a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
   will never be put to shame.”1 Peter 2

Ingredients:

2 tbsp butter

3 garlic cloves minced

2 tsp salt

1 tbsp dried Italian spices 

2 cups fresh broccoli chopped

1 yellow bell pepper diced

1 tomato diced

3 cups cooked whole wheat noodles

Directions:

1. fry the garlic, spices, and salt in the butter for ~ 5 minutes on medium heat

2. add the broccoli, peppers, and tomatoes and bring to a boil

3. cover lid and let simmer for ~ 5 minutes

4. add the noodles or the serve noodles with the vegetable sauce on top

Rosemary Chicken and Potatoes

¹³ Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. ¹⁴ As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. ¹⁵But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; ¹⁶ for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” I Peter 1


Ingredients:


2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion diced
3 cloves garlic minced
3 carrots peeled and diced
1 tbsp salt
1 tsp pepper

2 tbsp fresh rosemary (or 1 tbsp dried)

1/4 cups whole wheat flour

2 cups cooked and cut chicken meat

2 cups chicken stock

3 cups milk

Directions:

1. fry the onions, garlic, carrots, salt, pepper, and rosemary in the oil on medium heat for ~ 5 minutes 

2. add the flour and continue frying while stirring for ~ 3 minutes

3. add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil

4. cover lid and let simmer for ~ 15 minutes

Rosemary Scalloped Potatoes and Turkey (for potluck)

²³ I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes. Ez 36

Ingredients:

7 medium potatoes sliced into 1/4" slices
3 cups cooked cubed turkey
2 oz butter cut into small pieces
1 tbsp salt
2 tsp white pepper
1 onion sliced
2 tbsp fresh rosemary leaves
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
3 cups milk

Directions:

1. stir together the first 7 ingredients
2. mix in the flour and arrange on a large baking tray
3. pour milk over the other ingredients
4. bake for ~ 2.5 hours covered at 350 degrees F (it took this long for the potatoes to cook!...but you could keep checking every 30 min)

Whole Grain Crackers and Almond-coated Cheese Ball

 ¹ Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan—

 ² The people walking in darkness
   have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death^[o]
   a light has dawned.
³ You have enlarged the nation
   and increased their joy;
they rejoice before you
   as people rejoice at the harvest,
as men rejoice
   when dividing the plunder.
⁴ For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,
   you have shattered
the yoke that burdens them,
   the bar across their shoulders,
   the rod of their oppressor.
⁵ Every warrior’s boot used in battle
   and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,
   will be fuel for the fire.
⁶ For to us a child is born,
   to us a son is given,
   and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
   Wonderful Counselor,^[p] Mighty God,
   Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
⁷ Of the increase of his government and peace
   there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
   and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
   with justice and righteousness
   from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the LORD Almighty
   will accomplish this.Is 9

Ingredients:

Crackers

1/4 cup olive oil

3 egg yolks

1/3 cup water

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

~2.5 cups whole wheat flour

Cheeseball

5 oz Neufchatel cheese

2 tbsp grated gouda cheese

2 tbsp grated cheddar cheese

2 tbsp grated provolone cheese

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup chopped almonds

Directions:

1. combine yolks, oil, water, salt, and baking soda

2. knead in the flour (add more if necessary) to achieve a soft rollable dough

3. use a rolling pin to roll pieces of dough very thin (~ 1/8")

4. use a pizza cutter to cut squares and arrange on a baking tray

5. bake for 12-15 minutes @ 350 degrees F

6. combine cheeses and salt and put onto a sheet of plastic wrap

7. use the plastic wrap to form the cheese into a ball

8. remove wrap and roll the ball in chopped almonds

9. arrange crackers and ball on a tray

Fragrant Chicken and Brown Rice Quinoa Potluck Dish

 ⁸ But I am like an olive tree 
   flourishing in the house of God; 
I trust in God’s unfailing love 
   for ever and ever. 
⁹ I will praise you forever for what you have done; 
   in your name I will hope, for your name is good. 
   I will praise you in the presence of your saints.Ps 52

Ingredients:

Chicken

1/4 cup olive oil

4 cloves garlic minced

1 large onion diced

2 lb raw fresh chicken

1 tbsp salt

2 tsp curry powder

1 tsp white pepper

juice from 1/2 lime

2 zucchini diced

1 carrot peeled and diced

1 bell pepper diced

Rice and Quinoa

2 cups dry brown rice

1/2 cup dry quinoa

2 tsp salt

4 tbsp butter (1/2 stick)

7 cups water

cilantro and dried cranberries for garnish 

Directions:

1. fry the onions, garlic, salt, curry powder, and white pepper in the olive oil fo r~ 5 minutes under medium-high heat

2. add the chicken and continue frying while stirring for ~ 5 minutes

3. cover lid and reduce heat to medium; simmer for ~ 15 minutes

4. all the zucchini, carrots, and peppers

5. meanwhile bring the rice/quinoa ingredients to a boil in another pot, reduce heat to low and let simmer for ~ 1 hr

6. in a casserole dish pour the rice onto one side on the dish

7. pour the chicken mixture onto the other side of the dish

8. bake for ~ 20 minutes before serving 

garnish with cilantro and dried cranberries

Lemon Grape Asian Pear Kiwi Carrot Kiwi Cheese Flaxseed Salad

¹ The Mighty One, God, the LORD, 
   speaks and summons the earth 
   from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. 
² From Zion, perfect in beauty, 
   God shines forth. 
³ Our God comes and will not be silent; 
   a fire devours before him, 
   and around him a tempest rages. 
⁴ He summons the heavens above, 
   and the earth, that he may judge his people: 
⁵ “Gather to me my consecrated ones, 
   who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.” 
⁶ And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, 
   for God himself is judge. Ps 50


Ingredients:


juice from 1 lemon
2 tsp salt
2 heads cabbage chopped
1 carrot grated
1 asian pear diced
2 kiwi peeled and diced

2 cups grapes halved

1/2 cup shredded/cut cheese

1/4 cup flaxseed

Directions:

Toss all ingredients

Mediterranean Chicken

 ⁸ Good and upright is the LORD; 
   therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. 
⁹ He guides the humble in what is right 
   and teaches them his way. 
¹⁰ All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful 
   toward those who keep the demands of his covenant. 
¹¹ For the sake of your name, LORD, 
   forgive my iniquity, though it is great.


Ingredients:


2 lb raw fresh boneless skinless chicken cut into pieces
2 cups pureed fresh tomatoes
5 cloves garlic minced
2 tsp pepper
1 tbsp salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
2 zucchini diced


shredded mozzarella cheese (opt)


Directions:


1. toss all ingredients in a large bowl
2. spread onto a baking pan with high edges (chicken water will come out); sprinkle with cheese
3. bake for ~ 45 minutes covered at 350 degrees F

Creamy Chicken Pasta

 ⁹ If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! ¹⁰For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. ¹¹ And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts! 2 Cor 3


Ingredients:


1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion diced
1 tbsp salt
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup half and half
3 cups milk
1 cup mozzarella cheese

2 cups cooked chicken cut into small pieces
1 tsp black pepper
16 oz raw pasta cooked in 4 quarts of water (drained)


Directions:


1. fry the onion and salt in the oil for ~ 5 minutes under medium-high heat
2. add the flour and continue cooking while stirring for 3 minutes
3. add the half & half and milk while stirring continuously
4. combine with pepper, cheese, chicken, and pasta and bring to a simmer

Baby Red Potato and Minced Meat Stir-Fry

¹⁵ See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. ¹⁶ For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

 ¹⁷ But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, ¹⁸ I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. Deut 30

Ingredients:

2 lb minced raw meat (I used ground turkey)

1/2 bell pepper diced

1 onion diced

3 cloves garlic minced

1 tbsp salt

1 tsp white pepper

2 jalapeno peppers minced

2 cups cubes cooked baby red potatoes 

Directions:

1. fry the meat, peppers (both types), onion, garlic cloves, salt, and white pepper under medium-high heat until the meat is cooked (~ 10 minutes)

2. add the potatoes, stir, and cover lid for ~ 5 minutes

Wild Rice Soup for "Jazzed Up"

⁷ Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations,
   ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
⁸ Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
   bring an offering and come into his courts.
⁹ Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness;
   tremble before him, all the earth.

 ¹⁰ Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.”
   The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
   he will judge the peoples with equity.
¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
   let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
 ¹² let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
 ¹³ they will sing before the LORD, for he comes,
   he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
   and the peoples in his truth.Ps 96

Ingredients:


16 cups salted homemade chicken stock 
1.5 cup wild raw uncooked


2/3 cup butter
Vegetables
1 large green pepper diced
1 large red pepper diced
6 stalks celery diced
4 carrots peeled and diced
5 cloves garlic minced
2 medium onions diced

1 apple (I used "Harrold Red" a gift from dad's work friend)

2 tsp curry powder
2 tsp white pepper


1 cup white whole wheat flour


4 cups half and half
4 cups cooked chicken cut into pieces (I used drumstick meat after boiling the drumsticks for the stock)

1 cup slivered almonds




Directions: (directions are for half the recipe because the soup was made in two batches)


1. boil the rice in the stock until the rice is cooked (bring to a boil and let simmer for ~ 1 hr)
2. cook 1/2 the vegetables in 1/3 cup butter until the vegetables are cooked (~ 5 minutes under medium heat)

3. add 1/2 cup flour to the vegetables and continue cooking for ~ 2 minutes under medium heat

4. add 1/2 of the rice/stock, 2 cups of half and half, 1/2 cup almonds, and 2 cups chicken
5. bring to a boil 

6. repeat with other half of ingredients