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When your cooking is compared to canned goods!

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No fancy-schmancy here! Some people like to exaggerate the elegance of a dish they cooked and make it sound fancy. For example, calling pigs in a blanket "cocktail sausages in a delicate puff pastry shell". I have to overcome the opposite challenge: my family is suspicious of any “fancy” sounding dish I present. I find myself downplaying the name of any new recipe just to ensure that they will actually give it a chance! This is how Nigella Lawson’s delicious Greek Lamb Stew recipe became known as Beef and Pasta! (I switched the lamb for beef because lamb is not...

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Best Vegan Cookbooks full of easy & delicious recipes to help end the repetitiveness of vegan suppers during the 55 days of Lent!

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Man cannot live by bread alone… True! But 55 days of vegan suppers can get repetitive pretty quickly. This is why I have been reading vegan and vegetarian cookbooks to help end the repetitiveness of vegan suppers during the 55 days of Lent! I always start out Lent with the best Spiritual objectives in mind: more time studying the Bible, less time devoted to worldly activities. Usually, I also start with ambitious culinary intentions, as well. For example, I delude myself into thinking that I will not serve the same dinner twice during Lent. Holy Week is my exception Holy...

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Heartwarming Valentine’s Day Activities for Christian Families guaranteed to create lasting memories and provide hours of fun

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Creating wholesome Valentine's Day Memories Whether you enjoy Valentine’s Day or not, children are bombarded by Valentine’s Day cards, candies, and activities for a few days every year. Whether at school, at extra-curricular activities, or on television, our children are introduced to notions of romantic love throughout the year. This year, I searched the internet to bring you a collection of heartwarming activities that put the focus on Jesus, the ultimate source of unconditional love. The collection includes crafts, printables and object lessons that I found particularly enjoyable and mission-driven. My objective is not to vilify Valentine’s, on the contrary....

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God always provides: what I learned from Captain Crow

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When you lose a confrontation with a crow and it teaches you a valuable lesson! God always provides, I learnt this lesson in the most unsuspecting ways and from a rather intimidating teacher. He had been staring at me since I sat down. I took one look at him and decided that my usual indifference might be upgraded to annoyance, for this occasion. As I was accustomed to these looks, intense, unflinching, and almost predatory, I tried to ignore him. Usually, I took comfort in the fact that a window separated us and that we each go our separate way,...

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Endurance – Wisdom from Frida Kahlo

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And we should remember this whenever life throws another curveball our way! Other posts you might enjoy:Acts of Kindness Like this post? Please share it using these icons listed below: [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_PLUS] Get your copy today- Browse our entire book collection by clicking on this link: https://www.mireillemishriky.com/shop/ Click Here to read the Books' Reviews on Amazon! [INSERT YOUR CUSTOM IMAGE CODE] Please note this post may contain affiliate links and ads, read my full disclosure here.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Inspirational Quotes

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Martin Luther King Jr. was a GREAT man. To honour his memory, I would like to share some of his quotes that I find inspirational: “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” “It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.” “Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.” “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” “We will remember not the words of our...

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Every act of kindness makes a difference!

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Other posts you might enjoy: Hopes and Fears Like this post? Please share it using these icons listed below: [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_PLUS] Get your copy today- Browse our entire book collection by clicking on this link: https://www.mireillemishriky.com/shop/ Click Here to read the Books' Reviews on Amazon! [INSERT YOUR CUSTOM IMAGE CODE] Please note this post may contain affiliate links and ads, read my full disclosure here.

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Indoor Family Activities to beat the winter blues with Biblical References!

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Indoor Family Activities to beat the winter blues with Biblical References! I dislike hate Winter! That's right, I said the word HATE! Living in Canada, winter is a reality that stretches on and on and on, like the energizer bunny without the fluffy cuteness. Month after month of white snow and freezing temperatures can make even the happiest person, well, grouchy! Unless you love winter sports (I don’t) or have a body that handles the cold well (was not blessed with that either) winter will be challenging, to say the least. However, happiness can be (should be, MUST be) cultivated...

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Want your child to become more grateful? Try these 4 fun activities that easily explain this concept to little ones.

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How to help your child become more grateful? We celebrated my mother’s birthday last weekend and other than being one of the persons I am most grateful to have in my life, she is also the person who taught me the most about Gratitude. Mind you, I was not always so grateful for her constant reminders to be thankful. In fact, one of the sentences that I HATED the most was: “Thank God, it could have been worse.” To which I often responded with, “Well, it could have also been better!!” Not my finest moment, I admit. It took me...

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Tips to enjoy Halloween as a Christian family-boo!

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Christians can enjoy Halloween I hope that you are enjoying the fall/autumn season and taking some time to admire the beauty of the changing colours. Halloween is being celebrated by young and old this week in many countries around the world but in a BIG way in North America.  Personally, I love watching children dress up and their faces light up as they happily collect candies. I don't encourage the traditional glorification of doom and gloom. Nor do I agree with any representation that is Horrific, Evil or Satanic in nature. But I think that Halloween can still be enjoyed...

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