{"id":2783,"date":"2016-08-12T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2018-03-09T02:12:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T02:12:17","slug":"food-thought-9-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/food-thought-9-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for Thought #9: July."},"content":{"rendered":"

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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<\/strong> each night he was gone, because reasons<\/em>, and also they’re way easier to eat while pacing the downstairs wearing\u00a0a baby in the carrier than a bowl of ice cream is. They’re from Trader Joe’s!<\/p>\n

2.\/\/ Check out this post from Little Sugar Snaps: 20 Clever Ways to Cut Your Food Waste<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. I’m especially intrigued by kale stem pesto! I threw away a lot kale stems making this salad<\/a><\/span> all spring. And yep, there’s a\u00a0Bet On Dinner recipe on there. :o)
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3.\/\/ I just read “The Fault In Our Stars”<\/strong> and really liked it (click the book to see it on Amazon).<\/p>\n

4.\/\/ I made this whole wheat stir-and-pour bread<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0from 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<\/a><\/span>! 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.)<\/p>\n

5.\/\/\u00a0Jay shared this quote with me recently: “A good plan is better than a perfect plan.”<\/strong>\u00a0It seems to apply to my whole life these days as I\u00a0try 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\u00a0“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.\u00a0Right now,\u00a0I’m using\u00a0the Bible app on my\u00a0phone to read through the Bible in a year. A perfect<\/em> 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\u00a0a good <\/em>plan. Grace, grace, grace – from the Lord, for myself, for my girls…this is what I need.<\/p>\n

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)<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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…<\/p>\n

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