Ever made rubber in the oven? Let’s just say my first experience cooking unprocessed fish at home didn’t go so well. I was in college and trying to eat healthy recipes – or maybe frozen cod filets were just on sale, I can’t exactly remember. Anyhow, I clearly didn’t know a whit about how to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Lent'
Friday FAST Food: Cooking Fish at Home (& a Recipe for Creamy Alaskan Halibut with Caramelized Onions)
March 8th, 2013 · 10 Comments · Recipes
Lenten Resources: Inspiration, Challenges, and Meatless Real Food Meals
February 15th, 2013 · 11 Comments · Uncategorized
With less computer time for Lent, a round-up post of past Lenten resources seems like the prudent choice for a post today. If you missed my Mary and Martha Moment earlier this week called "Does Satan Hate Bread?" you might want to check that out as well. Here are some of the Lenten gems from [...]
Tags: Lent
Does Satan Hate Bread?
February 12th, 2013 · 147 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Whenever we talk about bread being bad, whether it be because of phytic acid, lectins, carbs, or gluten, many Christians offer a simple rebuttal: Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life.” If Christ raised bread in such high esteem as to become bread, how can it be so evil? In fact, in Catholic teaching, [...]
Lenten Resources, Kitchen Stewardship Style
February 19th, 2012 · 12 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
This blog was founded on a belief in God: that everything we have and experience are gifts from Him, and that He entrusts them to us as a responsibility. As a wife and mother, I am responsible for my family’s health, our budget, the good of the earth, and the time I’m given. It’s not [...]
Tags: catholic·Lent·meatless meals
How Did we Do on the Lenten No Grains/No Gluten Challenge?
May 3rd, 2011 · 66 Comments · KS lifestyle, My Story, Special Situations
When I told my mother-in-law that we would be going without grains for the first half of Lent and remaining gluten-free for the second half, kids included, her response was of concern for our health: “Is that okay? Are they going to lose weight? They’re so skinny already…” Ironic, I thought, that I’m trying to [...]
Tags: Crohn's Disease·digestion·eczema·gluten·gluten free·grain-free lifestyle·Inflammatory Bowel Disease·Lent
Monday Mission: Spend Time with Your Family
March 28th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to do something special with your family this week. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps Special family time doesn’t have to be anything special, just being together and getting silly suffices! What a way to "get moving" with the kids! After a couple of heavy research [...]
I Don’t Believe in Giving Up Pizza for Lent
March 9th, 2011 · 41 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Lent is designed to be a time for sacrifice and self-denial, the point of which is to deepen one’s relationship with God and strengthen habits of self control. What you “give up” you can “offer up” as a prayer, united with Christ’s sacrifice of the Cross. Fasting is a powerful way to make an impact [...]
