homegrowing

Humble thanks to you sweet friends.   Thanks for the love regarding my post Stumbling A Child, last week.    I debated whether to post or not-to-post.  After I clicked publish,  I wanted to delete it.   I’m thankful we are journeying together.  Thank you for your words of relating, understanding and encouragement.  It’s wonderful to know you aren’t a figment of my imagine, and that you really do exist on the other side of my screen!

I strive to live transparent, so my children, myself, and others can see Jesus sparkling-radiantly throughout my yuckiness.   I need Him.  Every. Single. Second.    I want God to be glorified through this blog, yet what is sharing too much?  (Praying on that one.)

At  times I  wonder that my blog may elude a tad skitzo-ness …  too many birthing-babies-in-mini-van posts,  birthdays, curriculum discussions,  kid-isms,  homeschool days, family scrapbook, grief,  or a view into my not-so-impressive cooking!     Yet, darci-world is just that.  Polk-a-dot-ish.   I cry cleavage tears, although those days are fewer and far between. (Thank you Jesus!)  Darci-world can be inpatient, chaotic, loud, scheduled, rainy, germy, whimsical, random, humorous,  a tad sassy,  zoo-y, heavy, and sheer fun.

“Darci, do you have a specific purpose for your blog?” I was asked recently…

I’ve thought about that question this week.  I want to be real… to live for my audience of ONE.  Homegrowing is darci-world.  I like the blog name homegrowing better though, don’t you?  This is my place to record my journey of being a follower of Christ,  help-meet to Irv, motherhood, homeschooling,  and welcoming the gift of babies.   My living scrapbook of His abundant grace.  No wonder darci-world is polk-a-dot-ish!

I pray Homegrowing is  welcoming, encouraging, entertaining, and always a blessing in some fashion.  May it draw your heart towards, and fix your eyes on Jesus.  May we all be encouraged to love bigger and embrace longer the blessings in our lives.

And after all that… here’s a recipe … hehe

I was just looking over the upcoming week’s schedule and to-dos.  Meal planning…

With the wonderful prices on turkeys last month, I have four in my freezer and one  defrosting in the fridge.  It should feed us for awhile.  Monday: roasted turkey and fixings,  Tuesday: turkey soup,  Wednesday: hot turkey and gravy, Thursday: leftovers, and lunches will be turkey sandwiches.  By the weekend I imagine we will desire pizza and beef!

In preparations for soup making,  I searched for this recipe I created earlier this fall.   Irv nominated it for my “best soup ever”, so I wrote it down as a draft post.   He recently requested the “soup with spinach in it”.    I am  thankful I wrote it down, as now it will be easy to reproduce….

Salisbury  Spinach-Basil-Poultry Soup  (chicken or turkey)

20 Qt pot

1 whole roasting chicken 8-10# ish  (or turkey carcass)

4 – 28oz cans of petite diced tomatoes (Super Walmart)

6  large onions diced

12 tsp of minced garlic in jar (12 cloves)

4 frozen 10oz packages chopped spinach

18 large carrots – shredded

1 fresh basil plant – all leaves cut up with scissors into soup

5-6 TBSP salt

2 TBSP pepper

20 QT pot

Place whole chicken in pot, and fill pot with water to 80% full.  Bring water to a boil, then allow to simmer for 2 hours.

Remove whole chicken from pot and any bones or parts.  Allow to cool.   When cool, remove all chicken from bones, and shred meat (in food processor).

Add all above ingredients to the broth in the pot, except the chicken.   Fill pot with additional water until it is 2/3 full.

Simmer for 45 minutes.   Add shredded chicken and simmer for 15 additional minutes to allow flavors to belnd.

Ready to serve… yum.  (Over ditalini pasta is you’re a Salis-kid.)

Makes about 5 meals for my gang.   Freeze in the Rubbemaid 3.25 qt containers or in gallon freezer bags.

Happy next week preparations to you sweet friends…

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