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Food for Thought #9: July.

0 · Aug 12, 2016 · 8 Comments

1.// So, yes, it’s a bit more mid-August than end-of-July. July was kind of a blur, and included a week where Jay was out of town for work. I deserved two of those little ice cream cones each night he was gone, because reasons, and also they’re way easier to eat while pacing the downstairs wearing a baby in the carrier than a bowl of ice cream is. They’re from Trader Joe’s!

2.// Check out this post from Little Sugar Snaps: 20 Clever Ways to Cut Your Food Waste. I’m especially intrigued by kale stem pesto! I threw away a lot kale stems making this salad all spring. And yep, there’s a Bet On Dinner recipe on there. :o)

3.// I just read “The Fault In Our Stars” and really liked it (click the book to see it on Amazon).

4.// I made this whole wheat stir-and-pour bread from Heavenly Homemakers to avoid going to the grocery store one day and it was The Easiest Thing Ever. It’s even easier than Crusty No-Knead Bread! This is basically a 5 ingredient, 100% whole wheat batter that you mix, let sit for half an hour, then pour into a pan and bake. Way easier than going to the store with this crew, and…homemade bread. It’s definitely worth a try! (I used instant yeast since it’s what I had.)

5.// Jay shared this quote with me recently: “A good plan is better than a perfect plan.” It seems to apply to my whole life these days as I try to finagle some routine out of summer days with 3 kids: age 4 and 3/4 (gotta count those quarters), just turned 2, and 7 weeks at the writing of this post. Getting out of the house to do anything: there is no perfect plan for this. Getting back into the routine of cooking dinner: also not going to be perfect. Wanting a “perfect plan” holds me back from action so many times! Exercise? Blogging? Having people over? I need to plan to make these things happen, but I can’t hold out for the perfect scenario. Right now, I’m using the Bible app on my phone to read through the Bible in a year. A perfect plan would be getting up early each morning (well-rested, of course) and studying with a notebook and a pen and no interruptions…but this is a good plan. Grace, grace, grace – from the Lord, for myself, for my girls…this is what I need.

Your comments make my day! Have a recipe I need to try? Read a good book this summer? You like tiny ice cream cones too? I’d love to hear from you! :o)

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  1. Christen Marshall says

    August 12, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    Love, love, love those tiny ice cream cones!!!!

    And yes, a good plan is better than a great plan. You aren’t alone there, my friend!! 🙂

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    • Bet says

      August 15, 2016 at 2:46 am

      Christen, they were giving the ice cream cones as samples one day in the store (umm, best sample ever?!?) and I have had a hard time resisting them ever since! It seems like such good built-in portion control… ;o)

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  2. Rach says

    August 12, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Love that quote!!! Especially since perfect plans are the most easily RUINED (or maybe, changes in plans just ruin ME? I’m working on that.). Can’t wait to try that bread!!!

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    • Bet says

      August 15, 2016 at 2:45 am

      Yep. Perfect plans that fall apart are the WORST. Let me know what you think of the bread!

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  3. Mere says

    August 12, 2016 at 6:48 pm

    Cannot wait to try this bread recipe! We literally went through a loaf of bread in a little over a day the other day (maybe bc we had pb&j for both lunch and dinner, and Micah has a new toast obsession ????), and so I have to find a cheaper bread option! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Bet says

      August 15, 2016 at 2:44 am

      You’ll have to let me know what you think! I liked it best as a dinner side and it made good toast, too. It wasn’t my favorite for sandwiches, but you can’t beat it for being SUPER easy!!

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  4. Emily says

    August 24, 2016 at 6:15 pm

    Just reading this now, but love it! Miss you so much. Thanks for the bread recipe-I will need to try this one soon as we eat a lot of bread and toast in our home. I am currently plowing through those horrible-for-you but oh-so-good classic ice cream sandwiches from the grocery store with chocolate cookies on each side and not-so-real-ice-cream in the middle during nap times. I cannot believe you did the newborn days with a third without Jay around; even with your mom next door-no fun! Props to you.

    And a good plan-trying to have those these days because perfect plans left about 3 months ago. Grace, grace, grace. I need to receive it open handed each day and give it (not sure which is needed more).

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    • Bet says

      August 25, 2016 at 7:09 pm

      Let me know how you guys like the bread! I would say it’s not the *best* homemade bread I’ve ever made, but 1000% the easiest. ;o) And I agree – I need to give AND receive grace more freely, joyfully, and openly. Miss you lots, friend! Also: now I only want an ice cream sandwich. It’s been WAY TOO LONG since I had one of those@@

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