Meal Planning with Connie

The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food, and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it. --Andy Rooney   Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them,  is the true measure of our thanksgiving. --WT Purkiser  Meal Plan for  November 9th - 15th Monday - Chicken with Mushroom Cream Sauce, Parmesan-Bacon Romaine Salad and Crescent Rolls Chicken with Mushroom Cream Sauce 4 chicken breasts, pounded thin 1 tablespoon canola oil 3 tablespoons butter, divided 1 cup chicken broth, divided 2 tablespoons flour Salt and pepper to taste 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream 1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced Hot cooked rice In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook chicken breast in oil and 2 tablespoons butter until golden brown and no pink remains; drain. Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, combine 3/4 cup chicken broth and flour; whisk until smooth.  Stir in sour cre

We're studying the book of James this month in Sunday school.  Part of our focal passages for the day was James 1:2-4:  Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.   I am afraid I still have much maturing to do!   I like this quote from C.S. Lewis: “If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it as a place of training and correction and it’s not so bad.”  ~C.S. Lewis   I've always liked this movie quote: "Life is like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you're gonna get." ~ Forrest Gump's momma  Betty Crocker Cinnabon Coffee Cake I made this easy coffee cake for Sunday school this morning.  I have often made Cinnamon Pecan Muffins using this mix and thought I'd try makin