Cranberry Jelly
That can of cranberry jelly symbolizes a dependence on one another, each in our own turn.
Maria Cucina
St. Martha
I see so clearly here that Jesus is pleased with her serving, is blessed by her cooking, and is loved intensely by her. She was in the background doing the work that allowed Jesus to work. He was so pleased.
Food: Meal Train
Since I’ve been planning and signing up for and sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding at meal trains for a while now, I offer you my best practices.
Food: Cooking
If you follow this recipe often, your children will turn into young adults able to cook.
Food: All the Restrictions Recipe
One time, many years ago, I signed up to bring a new mother dinner through our parish Elizabeth Ministry. I had done it dozens of times before. No biggie. Sign up online, get a reminder a day or so ahead, cook twice the food I normally would for my own family and make a dinner … Read more
Food: Eli Soup
I’ve found that the more often I present a dish, even if not well received, the more likable it becomes. One of these dishes (which is actually more like a genre) is soup.
Food: Soup Suppers
Lent in the midwest is cloudy, dreary, cold, and damp. Nothing warms the chill like a bowl of meatless soup on a Lenten Friday.
Food: New Traditions
Our home parish is St. Joseph. The first year we lived here, on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, the parish constructed a beautiful altar in honor of St. Joseph and organized a potluck to celebrate our patron saint. I was completely unfamiliar with this tradition so decided to research its origins.
Food: Hannah Ham
This recipe is for a smoked shank ham. It’s not a fancy ham; there aren’t special sauces or lovely slices of pineapple gracing one’s visual palette. It’s an Ordinary time kind of ham.