Recipes From Kathys' Kitchens

I love talking with my friend, author  Kathy Cretsinger, about recipes and gardening. She is a great cook.

 

CRESCENT ROLL CHICKEN CASSEROLE from Kathy Cretsinger

 

1 Crescent Roll Tube

1 cup finely chopped chicken

1 cup shredded cheese, I use Sharp Cheddar

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

¼ cup milk

Oven 350 degrees. Grease 8x8’ pan. Mix soup, milk, and ½ cup cheese. I added a couple of spoons sour cream. Mix well and pour in bottom of pan. Separate crescent rolls. Mix chicken and ½ cup cheese. Put a small amount, I did about 2 teaspoons on crescent roll and roll up. Seal edges. Place on top of soup mixture. Do this to all of them. Bake 350 for 23 minutes. I let it set for a few minutes. 2 crescents is one serving.

 

Pull Apart Bread, also from Kathy C.

1 loaf Sourdough Bread or I think you can use French Bread.

Score the bread almost to the bottom of the loaf in a diagonal, then turn it around and score it again. I do mine on aluminum foil, since I bake it and it's easier to handle.

Melt 1 stick of butter

Add, 2 Tablespoons garlic powder and 2 tablespoons dried parsley.  

Pour over the bread and get down in the cut places. Fold foil over bread. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. 

 

And here’s a recipe we enjoy in the McKinsey home.

Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits

Prep Time10minutes

Cook Time25minutes

Total Time35minutes

Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked shredded chicken

• 2 10.5oz cream of chicken soup

• 3 cups frozen vegetables

• 2 tsp minced garlic

• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

• 1 cup shredded mild cheddar cheese

• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

• 16 canned biscuits

• 2 tbsp butter melted

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Spray a 13×9-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.

3. In large bowl, combine the chicken, cream of chicken soup, frozen vegetables, garlic, and shredded cheeses.

4. Mix until combined.

5. Pour the mixture into the baking dish.

6. Now grab the can of biscuits.

7. Cut each biscuit into quarters, then place in a large bowl.

8. Drizzle with the melted butter, and toss.

9. Bake the biscuits for about 5-7 minutes on a lightly grease baking sheet.

10. Top the chicken mixture with the biscuits.

11. Bake, uncovered, for 20 to 25 minutes.

12. Let cool until it’s safe to eat.

13. Serve & enjoy!     

Guest Author, Larry Paris

 

These books brought me to tears with their amazing picture of God’s grace. And the stories are rich for those who love to read adventure.

The Seven Towers has its roots in a book I started in 1975 when I entered college. I read Pilgrim’s Progress. I envisioned a book like it but using Greek words for the names (I was taking Greek at the time) in order to make it more like a story than a straight allegory. In the mid 90’s I began again this time utilizing names from many languages but primarily Greek and Hebrew. Once again life intervened and I did not pick it up again until 2017. God said sit down and write. It had taken me years to write 30,000 words, but in six weeks I wrote 60,000. It was published that year under the title The Darkened Land, but as I was on a fixed income at that point I had tried to do everything myself. I found that I needed help and the book cover was the first thing to go before it was even published. God was good and provided the people I needed at a price I could afford. So it was republished in a second edition in 2018.

The Darkened Land is a story about a land of complete darkness. A land separated from the Kingdom of Light. But the King has given stones of light to dispel the darkness. He has sent his son, Eleutherias, to make a way for His subjects to return to His kingdom for the stones. Eleutherias has built a Bridge across the chasm that separates the Kingdom of light from the darkened land, and has established seven Great Cities with Seven Towers. These towers once held the Great Stones which shed light far and wide. But the Great Stones have been lost and only the light of the walls and towers of the Great Cities along with the stones the King has given to His people, the Ebenchaim, that have crossed the Bridge remain. Meanwhile, the denizens of darkness who hate the light make war against the Ebenchaim and the Great cities.

The Darkened Land follows Lachlaniel as he pursues a quest to get a stone and then as he and his friends fight for the Great City Agapay.

Book two of The Seven Towers, The Basaners and The Man Who Would Not Die, follows him to the Great City Chara. This is the land of the Basaners, men who hate the light and persecute the Ebenchaim. In this book, we also meet the chuchoteurs who whisper evil thoughts to people.

Book three, Can These Bones Live?, follows Velius and Farrah, from the first book, to the Great City Pistin. This city is dying. It has been invaded by the enemy and is succumbing to despair. This book should be on the shelves by the time you read this blog.

Books four through eight are still on the drawing board.

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Basaners-Seven-Towers-Larry-Paris/dp/B0D59MC9VQ.

 

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Grace and Truth, John 19:28-42, Jesus, You Knew

Verses 28-30: Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

 

33-37: But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,” and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”

 

41-42: At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

 

Jesus, you knew. We celebrate the baby born in the manger, but even before that, you knew you would come to die for us.

You made sure everything was done perfectly, so your mission would be complete. How I love you, Jesus.