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Beef Strips with Sweet Potatoes

“My fellow believers, when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties, see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can!”
‭‭James ‭1:2‬ ‭‬‬

Greetings Beloveds

Being a believer is something else hey, believing in God especially because wow 😯 sometimes I do not get how He is able to give so much credit to our capabilities as human beings. I mean did you read today’s scripture? At least twice please. Can you in your right mind go through the most and not think that people hate you, sob and cry “life is not fair”, “this is not working out I’m giving up” and, and? A normal person would but not us – us believers see our difficulties as opportunities to experience joy, oh I love this translation so much – we are in fact supposed to be happy and rejoicing when trials come in our walk of living our purposeful lives because that’s when we are able to experience the greatest joy there ever is. Don’t look for joy when all things are going well for you because you will only find it when trials come your way. Now I get why “happiness” isn’t part of the fruit of the Holy Spirit but joy is|we will one day tackle the differences, for now let’s head to the kitchen 👩‍🍳

Tonight we are making a stir fry, I don’t know why I don’t take enough pictures honestly. See how we face trials even on things we deem petty, but we will be okay..

I bought already cut beef strips because #convenience, added bell peppers – I cut them myself in strips and mushrooms.

Waited for the vegetables to cook a bit then added beef stock powder from Inapaarmans Kitchen.

Seasoning time is my favorite because I like experimenting with these flavors – tonight I added garlic and herb, white pepper, corn flour and sea salt. Y’all can tell it does look yummy.

I made sweet potatoes on the side

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Saucy Beef with Veges

“God, you give true peace to people who depend on you, to those who trust in you.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26:3‬ ‭

Greetings Beloveds

A part of me wants to make excuses upon excuses about why I have been away but another part of me knows very well that I actually have no valid excuse at all so let’s just talk about today’s verse for a minute, shall we? Is that okay with you? I knew it would be😊. So much happens in our lives, so much comes in our way of living our purposeful lives, we come across so much that tries by all means to disturb our peace but here, today, right now we are being assured that God, God gives TRUE PEACE, you know that peace that Paul speaks about in Philippians when he says it surpasses all human understanding, when people can see and from their observation you are justified to break down but they see you are glowing because you are dependent on the God you trust and in return He grants you TRUE PEACE that even enables you to sleep peacefully at night with no care whatsoever about what happens next. Okay, this was my word🙌🏽, let’s just see what we are having tonight.

The last time I blogged we were wrapping up our Seafood Theme right, so can I please have a drum roll for the introduction of this week’s theme 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 we are BEEFING😅 it is all about beef this week and I am super excited because I haven’t beefed in a long time.

This won’t be long because it was such a quick, yummy meal. I got my rump steak at Woolies and seasoned it with this Cajun spice from Inapaarman’s kitchen, pan seared it for a few minutes.

I then added, caramelized onion chutney , jalapeño chutney and oyster flavored sauce all from Woolies. The combination adds a very lovely flavor, you should definitely try it.

In the meantime I steamed my vegetables which consisted of butternut, baby marrow and cauliflower.

Just like that my meal was done.

Dished Up, Served and We Enjoyed😋😋😋

“Do not worry about what to eat”

Matthew 6:25

Fried Hake and Savoury Rice

“We know that God works to help those people who love him. He uses everything that happens to them to bring something good. He does this for those people that he has chosen to serve him.”
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Romans‬ ‭8:28‬ ‭

Greetings Beloveds ❤️

You know how sometimes things don’t make sense, I mean one moment you are certain you are on a right path, things are working out for you then the next you just don’t understand what is happening. I’ve been there a couple of times and listen to what His Word says: we KNOW, my oh my, just that one word is enough for me, the fact that we do not assume or hope or imagine; WE KNOW. We are convicted within our minds, hearts and entire beings that indeed God is out there using everything that happens to us whether it is confusion, good, bad or detours to bring something good. Let’s never doubt that us being chosen by Him to serve Him guarantees us peace in the midst of all that happens because WE KNOW it happens for our good. I hope this encourages you as much as it did me.

Tonight we are wrapping up our #SeafoodTheme, is it me or did it go on and on and on. It did because I have two meals that were not fortunate enough to be featured as blog posts but I will share their pictures here😊

First was hake medallions in sweet chili and oyster sauce served with rice, lentils and a salad.

The other one was the infamous Fish and Chips. Made by yours truly👩‍🍳

Now back to the meal of the night. I started by preparing my vegetables with our favorite vegetables stock from Woolworths.

Added my cooked basmati rice and mixed it well with the vegetables. Tell me if this doesn’t scream “eat me now”🤤

One day soon I will have a good fryer, one day very soon I repeat. Anyways I used Southern Coating for my hake, the instructions are on the pack😉. I thought I’ll grill but ended up frying it.

Made a coleslaw on the side.

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

Chicken Necks Soup

“There should be a consistency that runs through us all. For Jesus doesn’t change—yesterday, today, tomorrow, he’s always totally himself.”

Hebrews‬ ‭13:7-8‬ ‭

Well people who know me can attest to the fact that to me CONSISTENCY is number 1, well maybe the idea because I haven’t mastered this character trait yet but God being faithful to all our desires is really working through me🙌🏽, let me just pat myself at the back for consistently blogging last week for the whole week👏🏽 – we try again this week💃🏽. Let’s have Jesus as our standard for he is always himself, no circumstance makes him change who he is or what he is about, one day I want to be known as that blogger who always sticks to her schedule, who always publishes on time and I know with “one day at a time” it is possible.

It is a good thing I just confessed now that my consistency game is not up to par I mean I didn’t take pictures of the ingredients used in this meal BUT I won’t let lack of pictures put me off like they used to in the past💆🏽‍♀️

Be that as it may, our chicken delicacies for the night are chicken necks, the weather was literally begging for a soup so I thought why not make “chicken necks soup”

I firstly cooked the necks on the side, made sure they were nice and brown.

Prepared the vegetables on the side in a vegetable stock, I had cabbage, carrots strips, spring onion and sweet corn.

I let it cook and simmer in low heat until the necks were “fall off the bone” vibes😊

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