Garlic, Grits and Greens Squares with Smoked Ham

I've got a new recipe for you to try!  This one is soooo awesome and the left overs (if there are any)  are delicious reheated! This is great for a brunch, a light supper meal or an appetizer for the upcoming Super Bowl!!  Anyhow, it is yummy!!

3 tablespoons unseasoned breadcrumbs
1 (14 ounce) can turnip greens or collard greens
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
8 ounces chopped smoked ham
4 minced garlic cloves
3 cups milk
1/ 2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/ 2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1cup uncooked quick-cooking grits
1/ 2 cup grated parmesan cheese
8 eggs
1/ 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese


Preheat oven to 350 degrees


Generously butter a 2 quart baking pan and sprinkle the bottom and sides with the bread crumbs. Drain juice from canned greens. Set aside. In a medium skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the butter and cook the ham over medium high heat, stirring often until browned, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and greens and cook, stirring often, cook for about 2 minutes more. Set aside. In a heavy 3 quart saucepan, bring the milk, salt and pepper to a boil. Stirring almost constantly, add the grits and reduce the heat to medium low for about 3 to 4 minutes or until grits are very thick. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter, cheeses, cooked ham and vegetables.


In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, then whisk in about 1 cup of the grits to warm the eggs. Blend the egg mixture back into the grits in the saucepan. Spoon the grits mixture into the prepared baking pan. Set the pan in a larger pan half filled with hot water. Bake until firm, puffed and golden, approximately 45 to 55 minutes. Remove the baking pan from the water bath and let stand for at least minutes before cutting into squares to serve.


**Leftovers: The squares become quite firm as they cool and are good served with chopped, fresh tomatos dressed with balsamic vinegar and oil.

In the Kitchen at Momma's House~

I'm going to be posting some more this year about more of our actual day's and how Gary and I go about our daily lives!  I am an avid deal seeker and couponer! If it isn't close to FREE, we don't buy it!  We also donate quite a bit of food to local food kitchens on a regular basis! God has been so good to us we just have to give more and more back to the body of Christ! 

I'll be posting more about some of our shopping trips because they are very unique!  I don't shop because of some physical issues. I gather the coupons from the paper, look up the deals at www.weusecoupons.com and then Gary and I go over the deals and coupons and he goes shopping!  While he is in the store, we are in constant communication because of his Christmas present, a Blue Tooth!  lol  We are able to shop together in every aspect, without me being there with him! 

Will post more soon when I get our shopping together for this week!  Bye for now and may God richly bless you in every aspect of your life!

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!!

By The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Run Your Fingers Through Your Hair!!

Folks, I just love this!! How the maker of all creation loves each of us!! WOW!!

by David Wilkerson

Christ described the last days as a troubling and frightful time: “Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth…. Upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity” (Luke 21:26, 25).


What did Jesus give us to prepare us for these calamities? What was his antidote to the fear that was going to come?


He gave us the illustration of our Father watching the sparrow, of God numbering the very hairs on our heads. These illustrations become even more meaningful when we consider the context in which Jesus gave them.


He told these illustrations to his twelve disciples, as he sent them out to evangelize the cities and towns of Israel. He had just endowed them with power to cast out demons and heal all manner of sickness and disease. Think of what an exciting moment that had to be for the disciples. They were given power to work miracles and wonders! But then came these fearful warnings from their Master:


“You won’t have any money in your pocket. And you won’t have a home, not even a roof to sleep under. Instead, you’ll be called heretics and devils. You’ll be beaten in synagogues, dragged before judges, thrown into prison. You’ll be hated and despised, betrayed and persecuted. You’ll have to flee from city to city to avoid being stoned.”


Now picture these men wide-eyed as they listened to Jesus. They must have been gripped with fear. I imagine them wondering, “What kind of ministry is this? Is that what the future holds for me? This is the bleakest outlook on life I’ve ever heard.”


Yet, in this very same scene, Jesus told these beloved friends three times: “Fear not!” (Matthew 10:26, 28, 31). And he gave them the antidote to all fear: “The Father’s eye is always on the sparrow. How much more will it always be on you, his beloved ones?”


Jesus is saying, “When doubts flood in— when you’re at your wits’ end and you think no one sees what you’re going through—here is how to find rest and assurance. Look at the little birds outside your window. And run your fingers through your hair. Then remember what I told you, that these small creatures are of immense value to your Father. And your hairs are to remind you that you’re of much greater value to him. His eye is always on you. And he who sees and hears your every move is near.”

That is how our Father cares for us in hard times.

Jesus Had A Plan!

by David Wilkerson


“When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do” (John 6:5-6). Jesus took Philip aside, and said, “Philip, there are thousands of people here. They are all hungry. Where are we going to buy enough bread to feed them? What do you think we should do?”

How incredibly loving of Christ. Jesus knew all along what he was going to do; the verse above tells us so. Yet the Lord was trying to teach Philip something, and the lesson he was imparting to him applies to each of us today. Think about it: How many in Christ’s body sit up half the night trying to figure out their problems? We think, “Maybe this will work. No, no…. Maybe that will solve it. No….”

Philip and the apostles didn’t have just a bread problem. They had a bakery problem…and a money problem…and a distribution problem…and a transportation problem…and a time problem. Add it all up, and they had problems they couldn’t even imagine. Their situation was absolutely impossible.

Jesus knew all along exactly what he going to do. He had a plan. And the same is true of your troubles and difficulties today. There is a problem, but Jesus knows your whole situation. And he comes to you, asking, “What are we going to do about this?”

The correct answer from Philip would have been, “Jesus, you are God. Nothing is impossible with you. So, I’m giving this problem over to you. It’s no longer mine, but yours.”

That’s just what we need to say to our Lord today, in the midst of our crisis: “Lord, you are the miracle worker and I’m going to surrender all my doubts and fears to you. I entrust this entire situation, my whole life, into your care. I know you won’t allow me to faint. In fact, you already know what you’re going to do about my problem. I trust in your power.”