RECIPES FROM JANUARY RELIEF SOCIETY ACTIVITY

RECIPES FROM RELIEF SOCIETY ACTIVITY

JANUARY 23, 2014

WHOLE WHEAT BREAD—Julie Driscoll

8-10 Cups whole wheat flour or ½ white flour, ½ wheat flour

Place 6 c. flour into mixer

Add: 2 Tbsp yeast

                1/3 cup wheat gluten

                2-3 TBLS dough enhancer

                4 c. warm water (110 degrees)

Mix for 1 minute

Cover and let sponge for 10 minutes

Add:      1/3 cup oil

                1/3 cup honey

                1 Tbsp salt

Mix-Add flour to desired consistency knead. 

Divide into 4 loaf pans –let rise in pans

Bake 375-400 approx. 30 minutes

WHITE BREAD-Julie Driscoll

6 cups warm water

4 pkgs Dry yeast (1 pkg is approx. 2 tsp)

4 Tbsp sugar

4 Tbsp butter (melted)

6 tsp salt

13 ¼ cups flour

In mixing bow put water and yeast-stir-sprinkle in sugar and let sit—a few minutes

Melt butter in microwave, add and stir in 7 cups flour –let mix rotate salt with remaining flour adding gradually

Place in covered container and let rise until doubled-put in bread pans and let rise until just above pan

Bake 400 degrees for 25 minutes

BREAD-Kaylin Ure

5 c. warm water

1 c. sugar

3 Tbsp yeast

4 cups milk (just use more water)

3 Tbsp salt

4 Tbsp oil

12-14 cups flour (approx.)

Combine the water and yeast and sugar and let sit a couple of minutes then add the rest of the ingredients except the flour.  Last start adding in flour a little at a time and knead well (fancy work for mixing the dough with your hands). When the dough starts “coming together” then let the dough rest in the bowl for about 20-25 minutes.  Knead the bread again then put the dough into 5-6 greased loaf pans and let rise again.  Bake at 375 degrees for 45-50 minutes (or until as dark as you like)

White Chili-Heather Pincock

Ingredients:

4-5 chicken breasts

1 large onion

2T olive oil

6 cups (3 cans) white beans (Great Northern Beans) drain beans

2 7oz cans of diced green chills

4 cups chicken broth

1/4 tsp. oregano

2 tsp. cumin

1 lg. 32 oz. sour cream

1 package each of shredded monterey jack and sharp cheddar cheese (or 4 cups of whatever cheese you choose.

Cube and cook the chicken and onions in the olive oil. Add beans (drained), seasonings, chills, and chicken broth. Cook until hot and add sour cream and cheese. Don't boil after cheese and sour cream are added. Makes a large batch of chili.

POTATO SOUP-Jeni Foster

6 c. diced potatoes

5 c. water

1 c. onion

1/2 c. celery

1/2 c chopped or shredded carrots

1/4 c butter (I use less, about 2 Tbsp.)

5 cubes chicken bullion

2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 12 oz. can evaporated milk (or you can use 1 1/4 c. reg. milk)

3 Tbs. parsley

8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese.

Combine veggies, butter, bullion, salt, and pepper. Cook in lg. pot until veggies are tender. Take out 1/3 mixture and puree. Return to pot n mix w everything else.

** I like to do mine in the crock pot and let cook about 6-7 hrs. on low. Just before serving puree mixture and add remaining ingredients!

*** If it doesn't thicken, add some left-over mashed potatoes or potato pearls!  Can freeze well but don't bring back to a boil. It will separate w the milk.

Presidency Message

My husband and I were gone most of the last part of December. First we went to a grandson's baptism in Wisconsin, then spent time with our three daughters and their families in Utah for Christmas, then went with a couple of our daughters families on a family outing. After all of this traveling I began to feel a bit homesick and just wanted to be home- to be in familiar surroundings.
      At times in the past I have felt this longing for  home when things have not been going so well, or when I've felt displaced and alone for some reason. Sometimes, I've felt this longing for home for no particular reason and have come to believe that at times all of us feel this longing. I have come to believe that maybe it is more of a spiritual longing for our heavenly home and our Heavenly Father . We do not belong here. We are eternal beings who existed before this life and are merely passing through mortality to be tested and to gain experience. We are headed for an eternal destiny.  I think we can feel the gravity of life at times- sometimes it is just plain difficult .
However we must remember that the Lord is always mindful of us and is there to help us weather the difficult times.
     I love this quote mentioned in a talk by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, "Come Unto Me", Ensign, Apr.1998, 16-23 . "President George Q. cannon said: "No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, [God] will never desert us. He never has, and He never will. He cannot do it. It is not His character. He is an unchangeable being; the same yesterday, the same today, and He will be the same throughout the eternal ages to come. We have found that God. We have make Him our friend, by obeying His Gospel; and He will stand by us. We may pass through the fiery furnace; we may pass through deep waters; but we shall not be consumed  nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from all these trials and difficulties the better and purer for them, if only we trust in our god and keep His commandments."
      As we embark upon another year may we always remember our Heavenly  Father and turn to Him, and trust Him, and keep His commandments, so eventually we will be prepared to return to our heavenly home.  Love, Sister Ure

December Presidency Message

Dear Sisters,

     As we have this month to celebrate the birth of our Savior, I am so grateful for the Christmas carols that tell such a beautiful story of His birth.  Some of the carols make us want to shout with Joy and others cause us to bow in reverence for this most wonderful gift of the Christ child.  Can you imagine the “Little Town of Bethlehem while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wond’ring love.  How silently, how silently the wondrous gift was given” to all the world.  And there “in a manger the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head”.  “I love thee, Lord Jesus!” and please  “bless all the dear children in thy tender care, and fit us for heaven to live with thee there.”  It all makes us want to shout out “Joy to the World, the Lord is come”.  “Oh, come, all ye faithful, Come and behold him, Oh, come, let us adore him, Christ, the Lord.”  We can only imagine the angels proclaiming “Hark, Glory to the newborn King” and then “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks the angel of the Lord came down” and announced to them “Glad tidings of great joy I bring to you and all mankind” and “with wondering awe, the wise men saw the star in heaven springing.”  On that “Silent night! Holy Night!  All Heavenly Hosts sing Alleluia” as should we humbly proclaim our love and adoration for Him.  We are all so blessed.  All our love at the Christmas time.  Merry Christmas! 

Love, Sister Andrea Myler

Andrea Myler

November Relief Society Presidency Message

Dear Sisters,

     As I have thought about the importance of this time of year, I am reminded of the scripture in D&C 59:7 " Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things."

All things means just that: good things, difficult things - not just some things.  He has commanded us to be grateful because He knows being grateful will make us happy. Gratitude inspires happiness and carries divine influence. This is another evidence of His love. 

     Sister Bonnie D. Parkin says:"Gratitude is a Spirit-filled principle.  It opens our minds to a universe permeated with the richness of a living God. Through it, we become spiritually aware of the wonder of the smallest things, which gladden our hearts with their messages of God's love. ' 

      To my remarkable, faithful sisters of the Church, I thank you for the ways you extend the Lord's love through your service: your care for families at the death of a loved one, your watchcare as you visit teach, your willingness to build testimonies in children as you serve in Primary, your time preparing young women for wonanhood.  Thank you for your devotion.  I have experienced the love of the Lord through your faithfulness.  I have been blessed to serve among you and my heart is brimming over with gratitude and love for each of you.  I have deep gratitude for the priesthood brethren with whom I've served.

  My most profound gratitude is for my Savior - an obedient Son, who did all that His Father, asked and atoned for every one of us.  As I remember Him and acknowledge His goodness, I desire to be like Him. May we be blessed to feel of His love in our lives daily.  'Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift." 2 Corinthianns 9:15.

Much love,

Sister Janilee Palmer