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New Reality Book Review

Blog Address Change

Hello friends, I appreciate any and all of you who have taken the time to read my blogs, though few and far between last year.  I would like to ask you to continue following me on my newly updated blog at

www.cookwipesweep.com

if you want to keep following along.  I appreciate your readership and support very much. Hopefully I can get this address forwarded soon =)

Peace be unto you,

Meghan Weyerbacher

The Fixin's

My new favorite thing to do when I have time to plop on the couch, which isn't often but I cherish what time I can get, is watch a show by Food Network called The Pioneer Woman. A pretty, red-headed rancher wife and mom cooks up the most appealing dishes and somehow makes it all look easy-peasy.  I have tried a few of her recipes before but this is my first documented one, big woop-tee-do I know. Why do I feel such happiness snapping photos of food? Is it the fact that the bright colors which pop so vividly are like artwork to the cook's soul? Or is it the fact that after I watch Ree Drummond effortlessly cook a cuisine while NOT worrying about the crumbs that just fell on the floor, I relish the idea of accomplishing just that. I want to make yummy things, and I want to not care so much about the mess. Granted she doesn't have any toddlers running around in the background and it looks like she has miles of counter top which is great for a person like me who gets overwhelmed if I do not have enough elbow room! 

Ree Drummond's Perfect Post Roast

~Click HERE to go straight to the source for all the details on this recipe~

Ingredients
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
One 3 to 5-pound chuck roast
2 or 3 tablespoons olive oil
2 whole onions, peeled and halved
6 to 8 whole carrots, unpeeled, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 cup red wine, optional
3 cups beef broth
2 or 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
2 or 3 sprigs fresh thyme

You first start by adding 2 cups of beef broth to your crock pot. I added 3. I wanted more what can I say...   Her recipe calls for 2 onion cut into quarters but I decided to only use 1. My husband bought huge onions, I reminded him they were only for added flavor and that he didn't have to partake of the actual onion. Cut up fresh carrots as well and add the onions and carrots to a preheated skillet. Let them cook just enough to get them sort of glazed over and then throw them into the crock pot. This is when I threw in my herbs too.

I decided to add potatoes to our roast.  I just purchased some small golden skinned potatoes and tossed them in peel and all. 

Next step is to seer the roast meat.  You will just throw it onto the hot skillet and let it cook on each side for a few minutes.

Once most of the raw parts on the outside are cooked, add it to the crock pot with the rest of its new family.

And here is the finished masterpiece which we so gratefully made last for 2 dinners.

*note* I did not buy the biggest roast the store had because I wanted more room for lots of veggies.

I garnished the top with more fresh rosemary :)

Hope you try it and enjoy :)

Meghan

The Little Things

This of course is what I would live in if I had to choose an eternal outfit. Just add a pair of brown, rope sandals and a floppy hat. Okay, so I am talking like it is the middle of July when in reality it is the middle of December. So, wear some leggings and a cardigan like always when it's cold....

Not only did this classy, striped lovely find me for $2.00 at a thrift store, but God also placed a handful of other desired items that I truly had on my mental wish list right before me. I told the cashier, It was like God kept them there just for me! I even got an amen from her.

              Psalm 37:23

            New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord directs the steps of the godly.

 He delights in every detail of their lives.

What Are YOU Going to Believe?

I'm excited about reading this book by Joyce Meyer. A couple years ago I had did The Battlefield of the Mind Study but it seems to be reaccuring fluke in myself that I have to continually practice the art of casting out thoughts that are not in line with God's Words. {Could you taste a hint of sarcasm there?}  I can look back and see where my life, outlook & all were far better when I got into the habit of immediately shutting down Satan by refusing to dwell on negative thoughts that came into my mind. I was much more joyful and peaceful when I would speak out loud that I would not give up because I was a child of the One True God and He would take care of me. There truly is power in your life when you choose to purposely exercise the divine authority we have over the enemy. So here I go, reading yet another book that will gently nudge me in the right direction. I can't get enough of this stuff. I think I should start a Christian Womens Book Club at this point, my collection is growing quite rapidly...

M. E. Weyerbacher

Parables, Planting, and Produce

Good midnight to you my lovely reader. I was about to call it a night when suddenly a snippet of God's Word snatched my attention away from ZzZzZ's.

I was thinking about the message Pastor gave Sunday. Part 1 on Parables (Mark 4 is where I am but it is also in Matthew 13).
If you pay close attention to Mark 4:11 Jesus says that us followers, believers, are permitted to understand the secret of the Kingdom of God. But that He used parables for when he spoke to outsiders. I know this was to fulfill the Scriptures as He says. I find it interesting.  I will definitely be praying and studying up on this series. Feel free to comment with your take on this. And don't forget to read all of chapter 4 by the way!
-Meghan Weyerbacher