Noodles With Ricotta And Walnuts

See how red your guilt is. Mark the scarlet stain. If you were to wash your soul in the Atlantic Ocean, you might incarnadine every wave that washes all its shores, and yet the crimson spots of your transgression would still remain. But plunge into the “fountain filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel’s veins,” and in an instant you are whiter than snow. Every speck, spot, and stain of sin is gone, and gone forever.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy, Grains	Vegetarian	Pasta, Vegetarian	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

10	oz	Whole wheat pasta
		Salt
1	c	Ricotta cheese
		at room temperature
4	T	Soft butter
1	T	Walnut oil
1/3	c	Walnuts, finely chopped
1/2	c	Fresh garted Parmesan cheese
		Parmesan cheese for garnish
1	c	Half-and-half
		=OR=- Milk or Pasta Water
1	T	Snipped chives
1	T	Finely chopped chervil
		=OR=- Parsley
		Freshly ground pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

BRING LARGE PAN OF WATER to boil for pasta and add salt to taste. If
pasta is dried, add it at this time. If it's fresh, wait until you've
put together sauce ingredients. Have ready heated serving bowl or
plates. Roughly mix ricotta cheese, butter, walnut oil, 1/4 cup
walnuts and grated Parmesan cheese. Thin with half-and-half, stir in
herbs and season with salt and pepper. Transfer mixture to wide
skillet. About the time pasta is done, gently warm sauce over low
flame. Cook and drain pasta and add it directly to pan with ricotta
mixture. Toss everything together well, then place in heated bowl.
Scatter remaining walnuts over pasta and sprinkle with grating of
Parmesan cheese and plenty of ground pepper.  DEBORAH MADISON - PRODIGY
GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
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A Message from our Provider:

“When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God. #Henry Blackaby”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 544 Calories From Fat: 395 Total Fat: 45.3g Cholesterol: 109.4mg Sodium: 826.8mg Potassium: 282.5mg Carbohydrates: 9.2g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 26.9g

There has been a long tradition which sees the mission of the Church primarily as obedience to a command. It has been customary to speak of 'the missionary mandate.' This way of putting the matter is certainly not without justification, and yet it seems to me that it misses the point. It tends to make mission a burden rather than a joy, to make it part of the law rather than part of the gospel. If one looks at the New Testament evidence one gets another impression. Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy. The news that the rejected and crucified Jesus is alive is something that cannot possibly be suppressed. It must be told. Who could be silent about such a fact? The mission of the Church in the pages of the New Testament is more like the fallout from a vast explosion, a radioactive fallout which is not lethal but life-giving.

Leslie Newbigin