Todays reading

The Scripture Readings

Acts 21:8-14
John 14:27-15:7

Troparion

St. Symeon of the Wondrous Mountain, Troparion, in Tone I —
A desert dweller, an angel in the flesh,/ and a wonderworker wast thou shown to be,/ O our God-bearing father Symeon,/for having acquired heavenly gifts through fasting, vigilance, and prayer,/ thou dost heal the infirm,/ and the souls of those who have recourse to thee with faith./ Glory to Him Who hath given thee strength!/ Glory to Him Who hath crowned thee!// Glory to Him Who worketh healings for all through thee!

Review- Granola

Trader Joes.
Just the Clusters
Maple Pecan
This is good stuff
My daughters like it cause it actually has clusters and pecans.
Most say they have nuts but if you dump out the whole bag you might count 8-10 pecans but not this one. We like that a lot!

This smells so good

Today's breakfast

This was yummy!
Fried potatoes topped with
Wilted spinach from the garden
Trader Joes three cheese blend
Wellshire Farms bacon bits
And an organic egg yolk

Bananas Foster

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup banana liqueur
• 4 bananas, cut in half lengthwise, then halved
• 1/4 cup dark rum
• 4 scoops vanilla ice cream

Directions:

• Combine the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet.
• Place the pan over low heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
• Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan.
• When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum.
• Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum.
• When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream.
• Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.

I hope to make this today minus the banana liquor.   I'm going to try and go gluten free this week and see how I feel.   I'm gonna to have this with candied walnuts on top for a crunch.  

Recipe from-

neworleansrestaurants.com

Today's readings

The Scripture Readings

Acts 20:7-12
John 14:10-21

The Holy Emperor Constantine (306-337)

Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Jodi

Daily Readings

Ascension 

The Scripture Readings

Mark 16:9-20
Acts 1:1-12
Luke 24:36-53

Troparion

Ascension of the Lord, Troparion, Tone IV —
Thou didst ascend into glory, O Christ our God, having gladdened Thy disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit. And this blessing convinced them that Thou art the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world.

Kontakion, Tone VI —
Having accomplished for us Thy mission and united things on earth with things in heaven, Thou didst ascend into glory, O Christ our God, being nowhere separated from those who love Thee, but remaining everpresent with us and calling: I am with you and no one is against you.

Quick run up to Kooser State Park

Today's readings

The Scripture Readings

Matthew 11:27-30 Matins Gospel
Acts 18:22-28
John 12:36-47
Galatians 5:22-6:2 St. Demetrius Donskoy
Luke 6:17-23 St. Demetrius 

The finished product

Oh how I wish I could cut into this baby. This is torture!

Berry Cobbler

Have you ever wondered what you use self-rising flour for? I always did. Now I know. It's for this absolutely wonderful berry cobbler. I'm not joking it melts in your mouth.
Again thank you Pioneer Woman for expanding my picky eaters horizons with you witty and wonderful cookbook
My children are sad that this on is for my husband to take into work for breakfast for his team tomorrow. We downed 2 of these babies this weekend!
Here is her recipe.

Homemade Gyros

You have no idea how good these were.

Marinated lamb
Lettuce
Tomato
Naan bread from Trader Joes
And homemade Cucumber sauce
Oh my!

Cucumber sauce-
Cup of sour cream
1/3rd graded cucumber
Dill, salt, garlic, parsley to taste

A little swim break

Mason on the turtle

Marinated Leg of Lamb and Peppers

Oh it's been a busy day in the kitchen!

Stuffed Pepper Poppers

This if our own variation....I will try to add recipe soon.
Here is her version.  For ours I just used mini sweet peppers and baked them.  We all loved them with the sweet peppers, the jal. peppers, not so much.  I also used Sweet Baby Rays Honey BBQ sauce.  Much more kid friendly.

Prune Cake

Madison and I made The Pioneer Womans Prune Cake.....yummy.