Recipe: Johnny M. Skillet Dinner

There are lots of versions of Johnny Marzetti Casserole out there, but I could not find one with these exact ingredients and made in a skillet. This is tweaked from a recipe I got from my sister-in-law. She calls it Johnny M. Casserole. I'll call my version....

Johnny M. Skillet Dinner
Serves 4 to 6

3 cups whole wheat elbow macaroni
1 medium yellow or white onion, chopped
1/2 to 3/4 cup celery, sliced thin
olive oil, about a tablespoon 
1 lb. ground turkey or beef
1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
1 teaspoon salt
1 to 2 cups corn (frozen)
1 to 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Put the water on to boil for the pasta.
Saute the onion in the olive oil until soft and golden. Add celery and saute a minute or two.
Once the pasta water is boiling, cook the pasta until just done; do not overcook. (Check package directions for time guideline.) Drain.
Move the onion and celery mix to one side of skillet, add turkey or beef and brown. Drain excess fat from turkey or beef.
Combine the onion and celery mixture from one side of skillet to the browned ground turkey or beef.
(Alternately, move the onion-celery mixture to a bowl and then brown turkey or beef in the skillet.
When browned, drain fat and then add onion-celery mixture back to the skillet.)
Turn burner to medium, add tomato paste and frozen corn, stir together and let heat through for about five to seven minutes.
Turn down heat to low, top with cheddar cheese and allow to melt.

Bible Reading Plan by Tim LaHaye: I revised the chart!

Here is a new version of the Bible reading plan suggested by Tim LaHaye in his book, How to Study the Bible for Yourself.

   Bible Reading Plan LaHaye Version 2

May 1st Siesta Scripture Memory Team, Living Proof Ministries

Well, it looks like I forgot to post my May 1 scripture. This month is flying by!

Romans 1:16: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. (NIV 1984)

May 15th Verse, Siesta Scripture Memory Team, Living Proof Ministries

So late on this one!

Romans 8:1-2
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. (NIV 1984)

Counting 1000 Gifts

Something lifted late last week. I don't know why, but I am grateful.

Aiming for 1000 gifts this year.

• Glasses, found...!
• ....in the driveway, not run over!
• Earpieces broken because one teenaged girl, tired, would sleep with them on (or on them). And we were helped to find frames at the store that fit the lenses. Associate said a one in ten chance!
• Lovely weather.
• Heart-to-heart with beloved.
• New cookbook, The America's Test Kitchen Quick Family Cookbook: A Faster, Smarter Way to Cook Everything from America's Most Trusted Test Kitchen on sale. Perhaps it will shake me out of dinner doldrums. 
• Counting days of refraining, with God's grace, from anger. 
• Focusing on the positive and having faith.