Pray For Us Friday

Pray For Us Friday is back!!! And I am SO excited about it!!

Today we are praying for...

Anna Kintigh and her family

In October of last year, Anna's husband stepped down from his pastoral position because the church that he was serving in was having financial problems and they could no longer pay his salary without cutting the funding for missions.

Since that time, he has been working for Anna's parents as he tries to find a new pastoral position. In addition to the job search, they have been trying to sell their house since last September.

About a week ago, the Kintigh's had their second interview with a church and they finally feel like this is where God wants them to be... but they still haven't sold their house.

Anna told me that she believes strongly in the power of having many pray on her family's behalf and I couldn't agree more! Please join me in praying that the Kintigh's house will sell VERY soon so that their whole family (they also have 2 small children) can be together and settled in a new home when Anna's husband begins his new position!!

And here is the recipe that Anna shared with us!!

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Ingredients:

1 lb. chicken, cooked and cut up

2 t. oil

1 cup chopped onions

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 (14.5 oz) can of whole tomatoes with juice

1 (24 oz) can tomato sauce

6 cups chicken broth

1 cup frozen corn

2 t. ground chili powder

1 t. salt

2 t. dried basil

2 t. ground cumin

2 T. diced canned chilies

2 T. lime juice

1 can black beans

Directions:

Add all ingredients into a pot and bring to a simmer. Cook for 20 minutes. If you like a bolder taste, you can add ingredients into a pot or crock pot and cook for longer. Garnish with Cilantro, cheese, sour cream, salsa and chips.

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Anna, thank you so much for sharing your prayers and your recipe today. We will definitely intercede on your family's behalf and thank God for answering your first prayer of finding a new church home and a new position for your husband!

Please let us know when your house sells! :)

BBQ Chicken Sandwiches... With a Twist!

Because of this...

I needed to cook a REALLY easy meal tonight.

But I didn't want it to be boring.

This is what I came up with:

BBQ Chicken Sandwiches on Jalapeno Corn Cakes

Here's my inspiration:

A few weekends ago, Evan and I went to Nashville, TN for a Family Life Marriage Conference. It was a really fun weekend! Since we are food lovers, we spent a lot of our free time looking for great restaurants! In our search, we found a book called, "Where The Locals Eat: Nashville." It was a FABULOUS find!! It gave us several great recommendations. One of those was a restaurant called Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant. They have excellent BBQ and they give you the option of having your sandwich on Cajun corn cakes instead of regular bread! Such a cool concept! So I decided to give it a shot at home. Here's a pic of the restaurant... you should try it if you're ever in Historic Downtown Franklin, TN.

For the BBQ Chicken, all I did was throw a pound of raw boneless skinless chicken breasts into my slow cooker with an entire bottle of BBQ sauce this morning when I woke up. I put it on the lowest setting and when I came home from work, dinner was basically ready!

For the coleslaw, I stopped by my favorite BBQ restaurant in town and bought a quart of it (I told you I was going simple tonight).

Now for the Jalapeno Corn Cakes... all I did was take my favorite cornbread recipe, mix all the ingredients together and fry little cakes up in the skillet (the exact same way that you would make pancakes). Word of advice: This was an experimental idea so I had to try a few times before I got a cake that I liked. In the process, I learned that there is plenty of batter to make a few mistakes and that the smaller you make the cakes, the more likely they are to be pretty.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of yellow cornmeal

1 cup sour cream

1 can creamed corn

3 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

2 eggs

2/3 cup vegetable oil

2 or more chopped, seeded jalapenos

1 cup grated, mild cheddar cheese

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I served these with fruit and the restaurant served them with sweet potato fries but the sandwich is so filling that you don't really even need a side item!

Here's the finished product...

Now on to tackle the monster in my laundry room :)