Comfort Food!

Because we are leaving for vacation in a couple of days, I was trying to make a whole chicken stretch into two meals. I came up with a simple chicken pot pie using crescent rolls and everyone loved it! The best part -- it was so quick and easy!!

Here's how I made it:

2 cups cooked chicken
2 cans cream of chicken soup
Approximately 1 cup chicken broth from the roasted chicken
1 cup corn
1/2 tsp. marjoram
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. dill
or season to taste
1 package Pillsbury crescent rolls

In medium-sized bowl, combine chicken, soup, broth and spices. Spread mixture in a 13x9" baking dish. Unroll crescent rolls and place in rectangles on top of the mixture to form a top crust.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes until crust is nicely browned.

Gentleness in Parenting

Galatians 5:22-24

 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

 gentleness, 

self-control; against such things there is no law.  

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."

I found some very helpful posts on gentleness in my parenting from womenlivingwell.org today. This is an area in which I definitely need to grow!

The links in the series are below. This was a 4-week challenge on Gentleness!
Week 1 - Yelling at A Bud Won't Make it Bloom
Week 2 - Replacing Old Habits with New
Week 3 - Anger Management
Week 4 - A Role Model for Gentleness

With your help Lord, help me to cultivate the fruit of gentleness, especially in the way I speak to my children.

Proverbs 15:1 “A gentle answer turns away wrath but a harsh word stirs up anger.”