Catholics and Food

Chicken and waffles - don't diss it 'til you've tried it.

Catholics and food go together like Simon and Garfunkel . . . like fireworks and July 4th. Positively made for each other.

If anyone begs to differ - just give up. We're not puritans here with all that "The body is so not cool" nonsense. We're all about enjoying the good things in life (moderately...duh....and 3 waffles is total moderation).

The case is such: Humans are physical beings and we experience and encounter everything through our senses. God knows this. Hello, the sacraments. Water, oil, hands, words. (Grade school catechesis baby.)

He made everything in creation so therefore we can have an encounter with God through His creation - it's a part of Him just as much as one of my paintings is a part of my heart.

Wait, did I just say we can encounter God through goodness such as fried chicken and waffles? Yes. Yes, I did. G.K. agrees...

“In Catholicism, the pint, the pipe and the Cross can all fit together.” – GK Chesterton

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The wonder of chickpeas

Would you believe this dip is made mainly with chickpeas? You'd think it'd be loaded with cream cheese, maybe some flour. But no! Chickpeas have saved the day this past week. I had no idea they were so versatile.

It's been a couple weeks since finding out about my allergies and while fruits and vegetables are wonderful, I started to struggle with not having much variety, flavor, and honestly - fun in the foods I was eating. One of the worst tragedies was that I couldn't find a salad dressing I could have. Trader Joe's has a hummus salad dressing though and it's amazing! It's creamy because of the chickpeas but has lots of flavor like ranch.  

Of course spicy hummus is a favorite as well, which I eat with carrots as a snack. I also found a recipe for sweet and salty roasted chickpeas. 

You know what would be terrible? If it turns out I was one of those people who couldn't overload on certain foods or else I'd form an allergy to those. Ugh, then chickpeas and corn products would definitely be out. However - I thought this was sort of the end of the world too and it's totally not. 

I'm feeling SO GOOD! Thanks to chickpeas, I can still love this new diet. 

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Melt in your Mouth Donuts

I could not believe how easy these were to make. I saw the recipe online a couple of weeks ago and kept it in mind. The only ingredients are oil, cinnamon sugar, butter and .... a can of biscuits! You cut out the middle and it sounds ridiculous but they taste so good! I made these faster than I could run to the dunkin donuts around the corner. 

Shared with one of my new friends - we had a blast drooling over these. 

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Loves

I love being home and relaxing...
I love cooking, especially when there are so many ingredients at hand
I love strawberry shortcake with chocolate chips (in the picture, fabulous looking right?)
I love colors
I love sunny summer days
I love organizing and trowing things out
I love running errands with my DadPin It