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January 19, 2014

The Grateful Table by Brenda Knight

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Grateful Table: Blessings, Prayers and Graces for the Daily meal by Brenda Knight is a really inspirational book. There is a prayer for each day of the year from January to December. The book is a collection of prayers, quotes and blessings which center around gratitude.

Each contributor shares his/her own unique stance about gratitude and gives us an insight into how GOD is ever present in our lives and watching over us. He gives us many gifts which we should be thankful for.

Encouraging Words
Tonight we give thanks for the great gift of friendship
and in particular for my great friend…thank you for the
circumstances that brought us together and have bound us
together into the sacred bundle of life. Thank you also for
the gift of our friendship: for knowledge that comforts,
for words that encourage, for insight that blesses, for all
the experience shared, for the sweet bliss of knowing each
other deeply in so many ways; for history and a hope of the
future, for conversation and laughter, for silence, for bearing
each other’s witness truly, for holding each other safe in our
hearts with great love and tenderness.
—Daphne Rose Kingma ( 28th May)

There are many lovely prayers like the one above in the book by Brenda Knight. They really lift up your spirits and make you feel gratitude after reading.

My thoughts

I really enjoyed reading this book and it does make me feel more grateful for all the blessings that GOD has bestowed me. There are so many different prayers and thoughts being shared in the book. I initially asked to review this copy as I wanted to know what other prayers we could use for saying before meals at the dining table. Besides the dinner table prayers many other prayers touched my heart and spoke to me about the expressing love and thankfulness which we often neglect.

I have seen how wonderful it can be with gratitude in your heart and am going to share my experiences with this book with the kids at the dining table.

Do get a copy of this book if you looking to experience some gratitude in your life.

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January 17, 2014

Weekend Reflection: Chocolate Milk or Green Tea?

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Weekend Reflections Healthy Eating, weekend reflections

Chocolate Milk and Green Tea

2014 is certainly a year of change. We are experiencing lots of changes both in our lives in our external environment. In the papers there has been freak weather in many places. The polar vortex and massive contamination of seafood due to the radiation leak during the explosion of the nuclear facility in Japan have seriously wreaked havoc on our earth.

Massive storms, pollution and change in weather has resulted in food shortage and increase in food price. Now more then ever I need to pay special attention to what we eat and to get the best deal for the dollar.

It is like choosing between chocolate milk and green tea to drink when one is thirsty. Which one will help quench your thirst? Which one is lesser in calories and healthier to drink? Decisions have to be made and choices and options are to be carefully weighed against one another.

The only way that one is able to make an informed decision is to gather all the relevant information and facts that are available for consideration. With the prevalence of the internet it has been easier to gather data on whatever subject one is interested in. This month I have been doing a lot of research on healthy eating and looking at different meal recipes which we can incorporate into my meal planning.

Besides having a balanced meal with the adequate amount of fruits, vegetables and meats I have been looking at which dishes to put together for dinner so that I can efficiently make use of the one hour for meal preparation which I have allocated myself. I do have a fully equipped kitchen with all the latest kitchen gadgets – food processor, blender, steamer, microwave, oven , slow cooker , mixer and stove at my disposable. Running two or three of these equipment simultaneously really cuts down the time needed to whip out 3 dishes and a soup for dinner.

So far I have been able to churn out 3 dishes and a soup 4 days this week. I’m sure this is something which I will be able to do on a weekly basis once I fine tune my meal planning. I intend to try out two to four new dishes each month and tweak them to our family’s taste buds.

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So will it Chocolate Milk or Green Tea for you?