Monday the 20th: Saint of the Week

 St. Paul of the Cross lived in Italy from 1694 to 1775 and founded the Passionists, who take a fourth vow to spread the memory of Christ's passion among the faithful. He was known for great preaching skill and his devotion to acts of mercy.

 

 

Friday the 17th: More Food

 First is a stuffed acorn squash. It was really really good. The second is shells with cauliflower and nuts and cheese and parsley. The cauliflower is roasted on a sheet pan and adds really nice flavor.

 

Thursday the 16th: Food of the Week

 *Saturday and Sunday we prepared Shredded Barbecued Beef, half on the grill, half in the oven. We also made the Cook's Illustrated recipe for barbecue sauce; it needed longer to simmer to an appropriate thickness, but it was delicious. I made mashed potatoes for a base. We actually cooked the beef the day before and then put it in the slow cooker on Sunday. 

*Sunday and Monday we finished off Mocha Butter Balls and Almond Butter Cookies, our first two cookies for the Christmas baking season. It's the same basic dough with additions. Both are good, but the mocha cookies are the most addictive.

*Potato, Broccoli, and Cheddar Soup is a Martha Stewart recipe we prepared on Monday. The real treasure for me of this recipe is the cheesy garlic toast that you make with it. The soup is fine! Very good even! But I love the toast.

*Blue Cheese Salad was prepared by the Son from our 30 Minute Cookbook. It's a strong vinaigrette, lettuce, blue cheese, croutons, and then we added some cut up chicken strips. We loved it.

*Soup and Ravioli and Taquitos: This was all premade things that I warmed up. We are about a month away from the musical so most of my energy starts going into learning and maintaining the music for that, and suppers need to get easier. 

*Moonlight Madness in downtown Shawnee will provide tonight's supper as I will be getting home after 6 from a Mass with students at Unbound for their preachers.

*Cheese Manicotti is planned for our Friday meal; I might make the filling and sauce today so it's easier to assemble tomorrow.

 

 

 

Wednesday the 15th: Music of the Week

* Short one today because it's a busy day. We are inching closer to the concert and closer to the musical, but between now and then we have planning to do for three Masses, two offsite. Two are planned and packets made; one still needs to be confirmed but should be done by the end of the week.

Tuesday the 14th: Puzzle done!

 We finished this a little bit ago, a new purchase when we went to Chicago this summer. The reflective side of the puzzle was so pretty, and we had a great time pointing out the places we saw and toured this summer. I know it's sideways, but blogger is not good at letting me edit pictures!

 

 

Monday the 13th: Saint of the Week

 The saint tomorrow is St. Callistus I, a pope of the 3rd century. He is a martyr, patron of cemetery workers, and was known for allowing schismatics to re-enter the church after appropriate penance.

 (Picture found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_I)

 

Friday the 10th: Book of the Week

 I have finished two of the books in rotation, so I've added two more. One is a book that was left on the giveaway pile at work: Treating Explosive Kids. I've heard decent things about a previous book by the authors so we'll try this out to see what I can learn.