Bible Study and home version of stuffed salmon

good morning my beautiful friends, from my very dark neck of the woods.          the sun definitely isn't shining and it looks as if it's been sprinkling.       I don't know what's coming next weatherwise, but they are calling for it to be significant.         we'll have to wait and see.         I just pray against anything really bad.        I keep looking forward to spring.         it will be here before long, I hope.        as I sit here, I don't hear much outside noise.          that's unusual for a saturday morning.        I heard the train in the distance about 15 minutes ago and it sounded kinda lonely.        well, I don't if it was lonely or not, the horn just sounded kinda sick.       hahaha         it's unusual that I don't even hear dogs barking in the distance.          nor any small planes from the airport.         saturdays is when a lot of pilots are trying to log hours and we'll hear them a lot.        so we'll see, that may pick up a little later on.         anyway, that's about the gist of what's happening, or should I say, what's not happening in my neck of the woods.

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picking up with Numbers 7 this morning and Moses has gotten the tabernacle set up according to Gods commands.         all the leaders of Israel gave dedication offerings on 12 appointed days to anoint the alter.       all the offerings was made to God's specifications.         the Levites were assigned by God to be the overseers of the tabernacle and all things holy.        and just like people, just like we do, even when God is directing and leading us in every way, what do we do?         we complain!!!!          yes, we do, and that's what they done, they complained.        

the anger of the Lord was kindled  against the  complainers and He just got rid of them, He burned them.         the rabble rousers started complaining and wishing they were back in Egypt with all the tasty food they had.        remember, Esau sold his birthright to Isaac for a bowl of porridge.        our bellies have always been our biggest guide.        what have you given in to, to feed a craving?          we have all given into the cravings of sin at one time or another.         there is no denying it.        

and like the Israelites, some of us have wandered around in sin for 40 years or more.        they could have circled the globe multiple times in that span of time, but they just wandered around in one place for years!!!        most of the the sin that we are in, hiding, dealing with, is just one step away from freedom if we're willing to to turn and face God and walk towards Him.         

they had nothing to eat, but the manna that God had provided for them and the quail that God had provided for them.        the people was such a burden to Moses with all their complaining that he even asked God to kill him at one point, if all their burdens was going to rest on his shoulders.        this is when the Lord took some of the burden from Moses and gave it to 70 proven men.       God took some of the Holy Spirit from Moses and gave it to these men.           Moses said the people was going to eat so much over a period of 30 days that they would become nauseated at the sight and mention of food, because they rejected God.          when God provided, the people were greedy.          even Aaron and Miriam was murmuring and complaining against Moses.         God gave Miriam leprosy.          she was put outside the camp for 7 days.         

the time came for spies to be sent out and when they returned with word about the country that Moses sent them too, the people were afraid.         land of giants and they could not take the country from them.         Caleb thought differently.         do you think differently about the situations you find yourself in?         is it too much for you?         of course it is, but with God all things are possible.         and Caleb and Joshua knew that God had been with them and that He would continue to be with them.         guess what, more rebellion, more grumbling, more crying, wishing for Egypt again.        

oh that there were more people like Caleb and Joshua in the world today.        trusting what God has already done and knowing that He will do the impossible for us when we trust Him.       it's funny that when they stood up for what they knew God could and would do, the people wanted to stone Caleb and Joshua.       at this point, God was angry enough to kill the grumblers.        but Moses knew that the other countries had seen the power of their "I AM THAT I AM" and they feared His power.      Moses pleaded with God not to destroy the complainers based on the greatness of God's mercy alone.     God let the grumblers and complainers die in the desert over the course of their lifetime.       40 years!!!!

in reality, leaving a life of sin is not easy.         one thing for sure, we cannot do it on our own.         but we, just like the Israelites, forget that with God all thing are possible.         so when it seems like you are up against an unconquerable task, sin or  whatever, don't  even attempt it by yourself.       make sure that you surrender it all to God.          He can and will break the chains of sin over our lives if we will let Him.      

we'll pick up at Numbers 15 next time.

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ok, hope on board for the "2 minutes in the kitchen with me" train, chew chew!!!         hahahaha         so, I think I shared some stuffed salmon that I got at aldi the other day and it was scrumptious to last nibble.          I'm pretty handy in kitchen so I set out to make my own.        while $9.99 wont break the bank, I'm pretty sure that with a well stocked kitchen, I can do this and get several meals for that same money.         no, I'm even gonna attempt to break it down by what it cost to make it, but I've been around the store several times in my life and I know that anything I can replicate will be much cheaper.

in the pic above, most of the bread crumbs are mine (some was store bought), the chicken bouillon is mine, and the onions and garlic is mine.        by mine I mean I made those things from scratch.         the bread crumbs on one end and the almond milk on the other end is fully store bought and the little pkt of ginger sesame tuna.          so we can control a lot of things that we put in our foods.     

as per usual, I forgot to take a picture of the stuffing in the bowl where I mixed.          I only remembered  to take a pic after I had it pkged for the freezer.         I made a large enough batch, to have 2 more meals from this first batch.

I vac sealed the 4 in this bag and tossed them in the freezer.         I'm thinking I can use this with any fish I want.          but for today, it will be used with salmon.         when I put the stuffing in the salmon, I'll put a pat of butter on top of each one and that should help keep the stuffing good and moist and then I'll brush my teriyaki sauce on the salmon and pop it all in the air fryer.         we'll see how it turns out in the air fryer.          I'll try to remember to take pics.

"Patty's Salmon Stuffing"

this is all just guess-timates on everything I used.          if this turns out good, I'll do a complete recipe with measurements, till then, this is as good as it gets.      hahaha

about 3/4 cup of stuffing mix

about 1/2 cup of 4C bread crumbs with percorino romano cheese

about a tablespoon of my chicken bouillon

about a tablespoon each of my minced garlic and minced onion

1 pkt of some kind of seasoned tuna.   I would opt for something on the mild side.      we want to compliment the fish, not over power it.

and then enough almond milk to bring it together and hydrate all the bread crumbs, stuffing mix and dehydrated onions and garlic.

next batch I make, I'll try using some of my homemade stock in the freezer, I just didn't think about it in time to thaw some out.        and homemade fish stock would be even more wonderful.

I have my salmon thawing and I'll split the salmon and put one of those little bundles in the opening and brush my salmon with teriyaki sauce and air fry it for about 15 minutes or till it reaches 145* internal temp.        I'll also put a pat of butter on the stuffing to prevent it from drying out.       I may do that when I take it from the airfryer, I don't know yet.

I'm pretty sure most of what I have dehydrated has been shared on my blog somewhere.   

but, this is what's for lunch and I'll share the pics in another blog post.

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I hope that you have an amazing day today.         and even if you're like my neck of the woods, with no sunshine, let the Son be shining on the inside.        what ever our problems are today, let's take the stance that Joshua and Caleb took, and that is with God all things are possible.         let's remember the faithfulness of God at all times and the fact that He's not ask us to do anything that He won't bless and make successful.         I pray that we all take the time today to thank God for His great mercy!!!       His mercy has nothing to do with how good we think we may be, but all about His character.        sin (us, me, you) separates, mercy (God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit) brings back together.

blessings of God's mercy be ours today thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ.        hugs and love, patty

Soup from Dehydrated Veggies

good afternoon beautiful people!!!       it's been a day or three since I've gotten a post up and for that, I do apologize.         I've had a rough 3 or 4 weeks and it finally caught up with and slowed me down.     I don't like to admit it, but I'm getting older.        well, it is what it is.        hahaha         what started out to be rheumatoid flare in my right knee ended up being a little more than that.       at this point in time, I'm still not really sure what's going on.        but I'm hopeful I'll find out soon.       but just praying that I can hurry up and get over this, and soon.        I'm ready to do some serious container gardening and I can't do that with a bum knee.         but I do know that God is good all the time and He is in charge of this situation.        I have had to ask His forgiveness several times over the last few weeks and just last the couple of days.        patience is not a gift of mine, but I think He is working on me.        I just need to pay more attention  to Him and less attention to the noise around me.        so, I you or someone you love is dealing with knee or any joint problems, just pray for them, because they can sure use the prayers.

well, enough about me and my problems.         lets do a fun project.      not only was it fun, but it was also delicious.         these are projects that I can sink my time and teeth into.       hahaha        hope you enjoy it.

this was last friday when I made this soup and I've had a hard time getting it posted, due to my knee issues, so if you want to, you can check with the calendar to see when I actually done this.    so with this, let's do a "2 minutes in the kitchen with me".

this morning (I think it was April 26th) was "prep for the week" morning. I usually prepare what I call our "fast food" for the coming week on fri and sat. we wanted some plain old vegetable soup.       I had been wanting soup for a couple of weeks.       I went thru my store bought canned goods and got those pulled, opened and in the electric pressure cooker (epc).        next, I brought out some of my dehydrated goods.        and that's what I'm sharing, more than anything and the very last picture is a mishap.

the first picture is every one of the jars that I used in this soup. 

the first jar from left to right: onions yellow and white; 

next is a jar of carrot chunks with a jar of garlic on top (I blended the garlic and then spread it on the solid tray and when dry, broke it into pieces and put it in the jar); 

next is a jar of mushrooms and a jar of mushroom powder on top; 

next is a 21 blend jar of all kinds of mixed veggies just blended to make a very coarse grind and on top of it is my homemade imitation chicken bouillon; 

next is a jar of soup veggies of all kinds and a jar of diced potatoes on top; 

and the final jar is my green onion blades.       (after it was finished, I realized that I didn't put my dehydrated bell peppers in this soup, boohoo)

I don't measure, I just use hands full.       when I got ready to close the epc up I probably had 3 cups of all of these in there in addition to the canned and rinsed produce I use.       greenbeans, corn, mixed veggies, green peas, spaghetti sauce, a 32 oz box of chicken stock, and probably a cup or a cup and a half of water.

the next 2 pics are close ups of the jars I just shared.             

then there is a pic of the soup.       (the smell of this soup is incredible from the dehydrated goods I added) 

the pic with the spoon shows a piece of my diced potato as compared to the potato in the mixed veg that I used.  

I do a half inch dice on my cubed potatoes.        it rehydrates so good.

now, for the last picture, it's baby bella mushrooms that I dehydrated about 2 or 3 weeks ago.

   

I got them dehydrated and they were cracker crisp  and a piece would even  crumble, that's how dry they were.        well, I started to leave them on the dehydrator for another 24 hours, but I didn't.       so I jarred them and conditioned them for a week.        (watch them daily for a week and shake the jar daily to make sure there is no moisture causing them to stick or become soft.)       well, after a week I set them in the cabinet with the intentions of getting more and start working on a large jar of baby bellas.        I was going to put some of these in the soup.          I opened the jar and it was under pressure, it hissed and spewed at me!!!         the mushrooms, in less than a weeks time had gone bad!!       I have never ever had anything to form gas to the point of making a hissing sound when I opened a jar.       this is a first in 25 years of dehydrating.       that gut feeling I had of keeping them on the dehydrator for another 24 hours, I should have followed thru with it.

I shared this about the mushrooms just a reminder for me that even when I do everything right, something can go wrong.          always smell everything while it's fresh, as your preparing to dehydrate, as you dehydrate, as you jar it and as you open it each time. train yourself what absolutely everything smells like and then when and if you come across something like I just did, you'll know by smell that something isn't right.          there was not much an off smell, not strong at all and if I wasn't in the habit of smelling everything all the time, I may not have noticed and would probably have put them back on the dehydrator.          when I opened the jar, I was so startled at what happened, there was no question that it was going in the trash and I dumped it before I got a picture.        this picture is from the trash can. hahaha       when I dumped it in the trash it was soft, just as if it hadn't even been dehydrated.       I didn't leave it on the dehydrator long enough,   plain and simple, even though it was cracker crisp and crumbly.          if I hadn't found the jar today, it would have been a jar of mold in a month or two.  

everything I dehydrate is for long term storage and that's why I always dehydrate all my produce till is "cracker crisp, rock hard and bone dry".        today was just another reminder for me to always follow my gut when it comes to more time or not.        more time is always better than less time. well, it is for me anyway.

well, this is all I have this go around.       I need to rest a bit and get my leg up for a little bit.         I hope you seen something here that you like.         tell someone today that God is good all the time!!!          I hope and pray that you all know this.       sometimes it's easy to forget just how good He is when we're going thru something.        but just always remember that we're never alone.         of we may not see Him at our side, but we can certainly feel His presence.        I'm so thankful God in my life, especially in the difficult times.        but I'm also thankful for His presence in the good times.         He's the giver of them all and He is the sustainer thru it all.         sometimes it's hard to remember to be thankful in all things, but His word tells us too.       Paul said that he had learned to thankful in the times of abundance and in the times of lack.        we should all try to be thankful at all times.       in season and out of season.       to me that means at all times.        

Father God, help me to remember that You are good all the time.      help me to remember that You made a way for me to be in right relationship with You thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior!!        help me to remember that You gave us Your Comforter in the form of Holy Spirit.       You have given us so much and for that, I'm grateful.         Thank You Father God for loving me!!!   amen

remember that God loves you and wants to be in right relationship with you.       I love y'all too.        hugs and blessing to all, patty