Hebrews 12:1

𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖦𝗈𝖽. 𝖮𝖻𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗇-𝖼𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗅𝗎𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇’𝗍 𝖻𝗂𝖻𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅. 𝖠𝗅𝗌𝗈, 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽, 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗈𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗒 𝖺𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗌. 𝖣𝗈 𝗐𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖩𝖾𝗌𝗎𝗌? 😬

𝖶𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝗃𝗈𝖻 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈, 𝖺 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒, 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗒 𝖦𝗈𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇’𝗍 𝖽𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝖿 𝗐𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗇. 𝖶𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖦𝗈𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗄.

𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖨 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖾, 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖨 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖦𝗈𝖽’𝗌 𝗀𝗎𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝖧𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖧𝗈𝗅𝗒 𝖲𝗉𝗂𝗋𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖾.

𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝗒𝖾𝗋, 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗆𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐. 𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 💚

Southwest Cauliflower Rice Bowl with Shrimp

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped chipotle pepper in adobe sauce
  • 3 tbsp avocado oil, divided
  • 1 avocado
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp roughly chopped fresh cilantro, divided
  • 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp salt, divided
  • 3/4 tsp ground cumin, divided
  • 3/4 tsp garlic powder, divided
  • 4 cups cauliflower rice
  • 4 scallions, sliced
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1 cup canned no-salt-added black beans, rinsed and warmed
  • 1/4 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels, warmed
  • lime wedges

Instructions:

  1. Stir shrimp, chipotle and 1 tablespoon oil together in a medium bowl and set aside.
  2. Place avocado, 1/2 cup cilantro, yogurt, lime juice and 1/8 teaspoon salt in food processor. Process until mostly smooth.
  3. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Add shrimp and cook, flipping shrimp half-way through cooking time, about 4 minutes total. Transfer to a bowl and cover to keep warm. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Stir to combine. Add cauliflower rice, scallions and water. Cook, stirring, until tender, about five minutes.
  4. Combine beans with remaining 1/4 teaspoon cumin, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Combine corn and 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro in another bowl.
  5. To serve, spoon cauliflower mixture into bowls. Top with shrimp, beans, corn and avocado crema. Top with additional cilantro and scallions. Serve with lime wedges.

Adapted from Cooking Light

You can buy packaged cauliflower rice, but it doesn’t seem to last that long. If you are serving multiple people it would be fine. I only make enough for my dinner each night so I prefer to get a head of cauliflower and rice it myself in the food processor so that it lasts me the whole week without getting gross.

Fruit of the Spirit Journey

I’m starting a fruit of the spirit journal. Pretty basic stuff, but I know I definitely need to work on these. We can always be better. I’m starting with love and I’m starting with the most well-known scripture: John 3:16. I think it really sets the foundation for us.

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 3:16 𝘌𝘚𝘝

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝙰 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚐, 𝚒𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙰 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎, 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 – 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚂𝚘𝚗 – 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜! 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 – 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜! 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚘𝚍, 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚝𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍…𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚘𝚍’𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝙶𝚘𝚍’𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚞𝚜 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚒𝚖. 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜, 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝, 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚘𝚍’𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜. 𝚂𝚘𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗. 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚝. 𝙴𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝙱𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝. 💚

Blackened Ranch Chicken Thighs

Ingredients:

  • 4-6 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
  • 1 one oz. package ranch dry salad dressing mix
  • 12 oz fresh green beans
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
  • kalamata olives, halved, to taste
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

Instructions:

  1. In a large skillet, heat 2 tbsp olive oil over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Place dressing mix in a bowl and dip chicken thighs into mix to coat.
  2. Cook chicken until golden brown, turning half-way through, for about 14 minutes or until a thermometer reads 165 degrees.
  3. Meanwhile cook green beans in boiling water for about 3-4 minutes, then drain. Remove chicken from skillet. Add remaining oil to skillet along with the green beans. Cook, without stirring, 2-3 minutes, or until the green beans are blistered. Stir in tomatoes and olives and cook 1-2 minutes more or until tomatoes start to soften.
  4. Serve chicken with vegetable mixture.

This recipe was adapted from Better Homes and Gardens.