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Mussels in Garlic and Mustard Sauce

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“You yourselves are no better than other people. God gave everything that you have to you. You know that. What you have was a gift. So, you should not think that you are more important than anyone else. You have no reason to think that.”
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1 Corinthians‬ ‭4:7

Greetings Beloveds❤️

I am finally back from a very well deserved break😅 I was not just lazing around😊, I was away for a few days. Well actually my friend (Millicent) was celebrating her birthday and being the selfless soul that she is; she suggested that we go to the #DstvDeliciousFestival to be fed like there was no tomorrow🙈, I wouldn’t say no to an event that requires me to have food, never. To say we enjoyed ourselves would be an understatement, we are definitely going back next year💃🏽

We met so many chefs there, professionals and self taught alike, which brings me to our scripture. Well it is kind of harsh but honestly it got me thinking that as much as we talk about our gifts and purpose, we should not make the mistake of thinking that our passions are more important than those of other people. Our God of abundance has gifted some of us with the same gifts and there’s absolutely no reason to compare ourselves with ourselves – the Bible tells us that we are foolish if we do that. The pie is so big – all the food stalls that were on that festival were occupied😊. If you are a chef, excel in your lane and don’t think you are better than the other chef – that’s what I am saying basically.

Look at how long my introduction is, let’s get straight to our meal of the day or night💁🏽‍♀️. I have never made mussels before so tonight I thought why not try them out – what could be so hard🤔. I bought mine at Pick n Pay.

I don’t know because obviously I have never made mussels before but I think their make or break would be their sauce. I started mine by sautéing garlic in butter then added cream.

Cooked in medium heat until the sauce started to thicken then I added oregano.

In the meantime, I made sure the mussels were dry and placed them in a pan. Added white pepper and seasoned sea salt on my almost ready sauce.

Poured the sauce over the mussels.

Into the oven they went. In literally 10 minutes they were ready.

I don’t know what happened to my lemon juice and mustard sauce picture💆🏽‍♀️ but I added those two together and poured all over the cooked mussels hence the color💛

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Butter Chicken

“For God, the Faithful One, is not unfair. How can he forget the beautiful work you have done for him? He remembers the love you demonstrate as you continually serve his beloved ones for the glory of his name.”
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Hebrews‬ ‭6:10‬

Read that again! We have already gathered that the Giver of our Gifts is faithful, He is the one who graciously blessed us with the hearts of serving and hard as it is sometimes He comes back to reassure us that He will not forget what we have done, what we are currently doing and what we will still continue to do in terms of serving His people because we do it sorely so that He gets the glory, just like we learned yesterday; we are seeking His approval🙌🏽. When He gets the glory, our work is done – that’s purpose, that is what serving is all about💁🏽‍♀️

We are wrapping up our “Chicken Delicacies” theme tonight, I have ran out of anything that we can try so I decided to close is off with Butter Chicken. I mean what else can we add, we had livers, hearts, gizzards, necks and feet🤷🏽‍♀️ breasts are also delicacies😁

I started gathering all my spices in preparation and I came across this butter chicken curry that I bought God knows when, I quickly returned the spices and used this one because it has everything a butter chicken requires.

Butter Chicken needs a lot of butter, well not a lot but I didn’t use oil because that would defeat the whole purpose 😅, look at me being ahead of myself. I started by cutting my chicken fillets into chunks then I added the curry.

Chicken fillets don’t take a lot of time to cook so stir to avoid them getting burnt. I added a tomato paste, tomato sauce and chicken stock, let that simmer for a minute or two.

I made jasmine rice on the side (garnished with spring onion) and prepared a salad: lettuce, tomatoes, feta cheese and a salad dressing.

Back to my chicken. I added cream, butter chicken has to be creamy – make no mistake😊

It looked so yummy, I couldn’t wait to indulge so… I Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Chicken Feet Stir Fry

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“Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.”
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Galatians‬ ‭1:10‬ ‭

Man, do I love today’s scripture; living your purpose, being in line with what God has called you to do may rub some people the wrong way but let me tell you this: once you know for sure that God wants you to serve in a specific way, do it so that He gets to give you a nod, don’t ever seek the approval of human beings because they are inconsistent, one moment they like you and the next they do not. Come to think of it they actually didn’t give you whatever gift you have so aim to please the Giver of Gifts☝🏽 in that way whether they acknowledge what you do or they don’t🤷🏽‍♀️ you won’t be affected in any way.

I was running out of ideas and a friend of mine said “there is no way you are wrapping up this theme without chicken feet” so I thought let me make them in a way I’ve never made them like before🤔. A stir fry came to mind and off I went to the kitchen👩‍🍳 .

Chicken feet tend to be stubborn when it comes to holding flavor so I made sure I add all my spices right at the beginning of the cooking process, these were the spices I used.

I like them over cooked so I keep pouring water if I see them still in tact😅. They must literally lose their shape😂 then I will know

What is a stir fry without vegetables💁🏽‍♀️ I cut my peppers into nice long strips and added mushrooms because they are my favorite of all time, I could eat them with anything if I could.

By this time the chicken feet had absorbed all the flavor and were really cooked so I added them to the veggies and then I….

I Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Chicken Gizzards with Quinoa

“Each of you has received a gift in order to serve others. You should use it faithfully.”
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1 Peter‬ ‭4:10‬ ‭

If there’s something I say a lot and sometimes in a form of a joke is that “I AM HERE TO SERVE”💁🏽‍♀️. I was at a wedding last weekend, after the reception ended and people started leaving I found myself getting up to clear the tables by removing all the decoration so that its owner will just arrive, count her things and pack – when the other ladies saw me doing it they got encouraged and started helping me. The wedding planner was amazed and couldn’t stop thanking me but to me it was not a big deal at all. I don’t want to miss an opportunity to live out my purpose and now that I know it is to SERVE I will do it faithfully🙌🏽

Tonight’s chicken delicacies come in a form of chicken gizzards. I like them but I don’t like the fact that they take a long time to cook and for someone who is in to quick meals this can be a bore🙄.

Anyways, I started cooking the gizzards first in salt and pepper then did my vegetables actually I didn’t “do” them, I sautéed them 😅🙈 in butter; I had baby corn, mushrooms and sugar snap peas all together seasoned with a Veggie spice from Robertsons.

Gizzards were all cooked by now so I added them to my veggies.

Some of you know by now that we use this stock from InaPaarman’s a lot so tonight I used the chicken flavored one.

Look how amazing this already looks and the aroma is out of this world.

I made quinoa on the side.

Mixed everything together. Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Mashed Potatoes Oh-So-Hearty

“He said, ‘Take it up for yourself.’ So he put out his hand and took it.”

2 Kings 6:7

So yesterday we read of a man who lost a valuable ax head that he had borrowed, we interpreted that as a reminder that our talents, skills, servanthood and blogging etc are actually borrowed to us by God. It is important for us to be able to go back where we got off track, you know one minute you are flowing, blogging every morning and the next moment you have stopped. Nothing is happening🙅🏽‍♀️. Let me just tell you that your ax head is not gone – it is where you left it. Allow God to help you back on track. Before we move to our meal, notice how Elisha – with all his might answered him by saying “TAKE IT UP FOR YOURSELF”. Unfortunately no one is going to take it up for you.

Our “Chicken Delicacies” of the day are chicken hearts. I last had them when I was a baby meaning that I have never cooked them myself. I told you these themes are taking me out of my comfort zone. I bought mine at Talylor’s (https://www.taylorsmeat.co.za) their meat is always fresh so I frequent them a lot. Please don’t mind the chicken on the side, the husband is not a fan of hearts.

Roughly chopped green peppers and had them sautéed (let me know when to stop using this word🙈)

In went the chicken hearts accompanied by baby tomatoes because color is important💁🏽‍♀️. I stirred until the hearts changed color – they are actually quick to cook, in no time they were brown.

Added the mother-in-law spice mix from Woolworths Food, this mix has all the flavors and a variety of spices all in one.

I made mashed potatoes on the side seasoned with garlic powder.

The added chives and my old time fav ”Cream O’Naise”. If you are into a creamy mashed potato I definitely suggest you try this one and come and thank me at a later stage😊

This is how the husband’s meal turned out like😋

This is how mine turned out like😋

Either way… Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Chicken Livers and Garlic Bread

“Where did it fall?” Elisha asked.

2 Kings 6:6

A little background of today’s scripture. Picture a group of prophets cutting down trees with axes, one of the prophets loses his ax head into the water and he becomes really upset and worried because well well the ax was borrowed. Wait a minute and quickly imagine the ax as anything you have lost that actually God borrowed you – yep that skill that only you have, that passion, that talent, that heart of serving, your purpose🙆🏽‍♀️, your love for blogging😉. Our introduction can’t be this long🙈 we will carry on with this story tomorrow.

It’s a new week and we have a new theme. We shall call it 🥁🥁🥁 “Chicken Delicacies”. Yep, all things inside a chicken😋 and we start off with the ever so yummy chicken livers.

Started by sautéing (let me use this word for a lil longer🙈) mushrooms and bell peppers in a garlic and ginger paste.

Then I added my chicken livers in this mix, kept stirring because we don’t want burnt livers here but don’t overdo the stirring lest they lose their original shape (you know what I mean right)

In went this curry and smoked paprika from https://www.woolworths.co.za and my favorite sea salt from https://www.paarmans.co.za

Favorite part has to be sauces, I love sauces you guys. I used prego, tomato and sweet chili

Forgot to take a picture of the garlic bread I used but I am certain any can be used💁🏽‍♀️ be sure to follow the instructions on its packaging.

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Butternut Rounds meet Sweet Chicken and Creamy Spinach

“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

Psalm 118:24

I don’t know if it is because I declared that I will not only be excited about serving but I will wake up everyday looking forward to it. Indeed there is so much power in declarations, I woke up this morning so glad thinking that this is the day that the Lord has made, this is a brand new day and blogging like serving just takes a day at a time.

We are wrapping up our “Rice, Chicken and Veggies” theme, I got WhatsApp messages from my contacts saying they have tried some of the recipes and enjoyed them. Glory be unto to God🙌🏽

We close off our theme with a “Sunday Meal”. First things first – chicken seasoning, this is what I used. Then into the oven it went.

For the spinach, I started with frying mushrooms then added my washed spinach, seasoned with my favorite sea salt.

I made a sauce for my chicken in the meantime, which consisted of sweet chili, monkey gland and lime juice. No measurements there – your chef intuition must just come through 😅. Poured it on my almost cooked chicken and put it back to the oven.

Took out salted butter and sautéed (I’ve always wanted to use this word🙈) the butternut rounds, no seasoning required here because our butter is salted💁🏽‍♀️

Added cream to my spinach and mushrooms mix – please do forgive me because I honestly don’t remember which one I used, forgot to take a picture but you can see it looks delish already.

Paired my rice with sweet corn this time around. This is how my chicken came out like.

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Fried Rice with Wings

Don’t be lazy in showing your devotion. Use your energy to serve the Lord.

Romans 12:11

I legit take this blog as a form of serving, I say it over and over again to myself when I don’t “feel” like blogging – that actually this is not at all about me, it is about serving The One who has given me this passion and this gift (it is a gift😊). I couldn’t be more convinced that my energy, my time, my commitment to this blog is a form of serving God and I won’t be lazy, I want to wake up everyday looking forward to and being excited about serving Him.

You know there are meals we hear about or see on Pinterest and think I don’t think I can make that, maybe because we think it’s out of our league or we just won’t enjoy it. I have plenty of those but for this theme it had to be fried rice, it looked so complicated for me but I can’t be cooking rice the old same way on a daily so why not try make fried rice💁🏽‍♀️

Plus the husband bought me proper non-stick frying pans. I’ve been deceived for so long💆🏽‍♀️. I believe my meal is definitely going to make a proper turnout. The pans are Baccarat from https://www.home.co.za

Who else is here for the word “Chef”🙋🏽‍♀️

I started off with my vegetables which consisted of bell peppers, green beans and tiny cut carrots, added diced bacon and this Garlic Man (Crushed Garlic and Ginger).

I told you how the husband isn’t a fan of onions right? I used my green onion seasoning from https://www.paarman.co.za instead of real onions.

While that is frying, I quickly marinated my chicken wings to get them ready for the oven. I used these sauces… and put them on the oven.

I started cooking my rice on the side – have you noticed how I don’t take pictures of my rice? I assume we all know how to cook basmati for about 10minutes😅. I mixed it well with the vegetables and started the fun part.

The wings were also ready and oh so yummy.

I opened up a well in the middle and poured my scrambled eggs. Make sure the eggs are medium to well then start mixing everything together and that’s your fried rice😉

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed 😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Drumsticks Stew and Rice

“The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time”

Psalm 34:19

You know sometimes we are troubled by even things we thought would never be a problem in our journeys, let’s take this blog for an instance – I decided I will open with a scripture every time I write a new blog post. I did not think it will be an issue because how many verses does the bible have right? Wrong, as much as we have verses to last us a lifetime finding the relevant one for a specific opening is not an easy thing. Now you can imagine how ecstatic I was when I came across the assurance in His Word that as much as I will be facing troubles in this journey, God will come to the rescue each time.

With that being said, we are still on our rice, vegetables and chicken theme. To avoid making trips to the shops, I bought one mixed pack of chicken with 4thighs, 4drumsticks and 4wings, separated them accordingly in my ziplocks. So tonight we are going to have drumsticks.

I fried carrots, baby marrows, and the drumsticks in garlic and herbs, then added a chicken stock from https://www.paarman.co.za I love, love their products as most of you have noticed. They are flavorful for my liking.

On the side I prepared my jasmine rice with turmeric.

Less than 30 minutes type of meal, I dished up, served and we enjoyed😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Rice, Veggies and a Thigh

Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:17b

I initially thought that this week we will have vegetables and chicken, but I realized when I was preparing my meal that we actually haven’t had rice in a very long time so being a believer of all things given to us for pure enjoyment, why not enjoy rice this week, carbs and all.

First things first – let’s get our chicken thighs marinaded in a quick sauce. I don’t always use store bought marinades because I know I can be creative like that😁, I used a Steers Monkey Gland Sauce, Wellington’s Sweet Chilli Sauce and the ever so tasty Spur Chicken Spice, combinations like these always produce the yummiest results.

Since this is supposed to be a quick dinner, I put my marinaded chicken in the microwave for about 6 minutes because we need all the flavors right. Then straight to the oven.

Then on to the vegetables – you can never go wrong with frozen mixed vegetables hey, they are God’s gift to us🙌🏽. I mixed mine with sweetcorn because #color💁🏽‍♀️. Cooked them with a vegetables stock, garlic, herbs and green onion.

Cooked my basmati rice on the side.

Dished Up, Served and Enjoyed😋😋

“Don’t worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25