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Kent and Barbara Hughes suggest the following to built family affection: 1. “The best possible foundation for building affection: love for God…We are able to love God and others through the reception of God’s love. Loving God is what makes other loves endure. This discipline, the day-to-day empowerment to live out this love for people who aren’t always “lovable,” is what fosters the ongoing growth of affection.” 2. “It is essential, then, if a family is to develop the bonds of affection, that the children have the assurance of their parents’ love for one another.” 3. “An obvious place to enhance family affection is at the dinner table. That is the single best daily opportunity families have for all gathering together…We encourage you never to surrender that choice time, for it is an unsurpassed opportunity to build family life.” 4. “Family vacations were at the heart of building the Hughes clan’s affections…we made disciplined investment in family vacations…Sometimes brief, spontaneous mini-vacations can (also) have important results in developing family unity and affection.” 5. “Mutual interests builds affection…Wise parents know this and look for a common interest or adopt their children’s interests as their own.” 6. “Families that learn to appreciate their points of uniqueness and to chuckle at their idiosyncrasies pull together in affection rather than apart in irritation.” 7. “The home is the place to be sentimental, corny, even weird for the sake of affection.” 8. “Wise parents who wish to enhance familial bonds will do their best to keep up the communication with grandparents and spent time with them if possible. Few things can be more elevating to family than loving affection extended across generations.” (Kent and Barbara Hughes).

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Potato Soup With Rivels

January 28, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy, Eggs	American	Soup	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	qt	Chicken stock, see recipe
		or canned chicken broth
4		Potatoes, diced but not
		peeled
1	T	Butter
1	qt	Milk
1/4	c	Celery leaves, chopped
		Salt & fresh ground black
		pepper to taste
1		Egg, beaten
1	c	Flour
2		Hard-boiled eggs, peeled &
		chopped
		Chopped parsley for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

This is a potato-dumpling soup, and it sounds like a double batch of
starch. It is just that. The rivels, which means "lumps," give the
soup a thick richness that is very filling. This is a very healing
dish on a cold winter day.  Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a
4-quart stockpot. Add the diced  potatoes and cook until tender. Add
the butter, milk and celery  leaves. Bring to a simmer and add salt and
pepper to taste. I love  lots of pepper in this dish.  In a small bowl
stir the beaten egg into the flour. Stir with a fork  until you have a
grainy mixture. Sprinkle small amounts at a time  into the soup,
stirring all the while with a wooden fork. Cook the  rivels in the soup
for 15 minutes. Be carefulwith these rivels, as  they will lump up.
Serve with the chopped egg and parsley garnish.  From <The Frugal
Gourmet Cooks American>.  Downloaded from Glen's MM  Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 293 Calories From Fat: 78 Total Fat: 8.7g Cholesterol: 93.5mg Sodium: 771.1mg Potassium: 730.9mg Carbohydrates: 35.2g Fiber: 5.5g Sugar: 9.3g Protein: 18.6g