Inspirational Thoughts #11! Alone Yet Not Alone

Joni Eareckson Tada has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Song Category for the song "Alone Yet Not Alone" .  Read this wonderful article that tells how she overcame her limitations and how all this came about  here !

Sausage Gravy

This sausage gravy is full of flavor and hearty in texture, with chunks of sausage in a creamy, peppery gravy.  Granny's Southern Sausage Gravy Recipe Sausage gravy is a southern favorite breakfast dish that my family has enjoyed for years. It started with my mother, then my children, and now the grandchildren just gobble this stuff up. This creamy gravy, poured over biscuits or even toast, makes for a hearty breakfast.  Many of my childhood memories are linked to my Mother preparing food, and this breakfast item is no different.  You may think that this Sausage Gravy and Old Fashioned Buttered Toastare difficult to make, but you couldn't be more wrong.  This sausage gravy is made with ground sausage, flour, milk, and simple seasonings. The buttered toast is simply bread and butter.  How easy is that? I know.  You are asking, "What is old fashioned about buttered toast?"  Back in my childhood, there was no such thing as spreadable butter or mar...

Southern Great Northern Beans With Leftover Ham Bone

These  Great Northern Beans with Leftover Ham Bone  are close to soup or stew, thick and creamy, just what comfort food is all about! Old School Cooking!  Great Northern Beans Recipe With Ham Mother was an old-school cook who made use of the simple conveniences available at the time. She used the ham bone to build the flavor of the beans and followed up with salt and pepper to taste, resulting in pure comfort food at its best. Our Christmas ham this year was super delicious, and the first thing we always look forward to is cooking the ham bone in a pot of beans.   In fact, it never gets frozen. Straight to the pot it went with some Great Northern Beans .    Leftover Ham and Great Northern Beans , cooked   on the stovetop in a big soup pot, just like my Mother cooked hers.  I started adding a chopped onion at the end of cooking the beans, which bumps up more flavors. A c rockpot is an excellent option for cooking them, but remember that t...