Aubergine And Squash Satay On Fragrant Rice

You see, if you aren’t talking to your kids, someone else is. The statistics indicate that teenagers are spending three hours a day watching TV. Preschoolers are watching as much as four hours per day. If teenagers are listening to three hours of TV every day and averaging five minutes a day talking with their dads, who is winning the influence battle? If your preschooler watches four hours per day, how many hours is he hearing from you about how God runs His world? It doesn’t take X-rated violence, sex and language to have an ungodly influence. Even the “good” programs for children can be “bad company” if they offer an exciting, satisfying world that ignores (or denies) the sovereign God of the Bible. Do you really want your children to get the impression that it’s okay to ignore God most of the time?

John Younts

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains, Dairy	Thai		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	oz	Thai rice
2		Strips lemon zest
1		Cinnamon stick, broken
5		Cardamom pods, 5 to 6
1		Pinches saffron stamens
		Chopped coriander leaf
3/4	pt	Vegetable stock
1	t	Honey
1		Clove garlic, crushed
1/2		Onion, finely chopped
2	T	Sesame oil
2	t	Salt
		Coriander seeds
		Salt and pepper
4		Thick slices aubergine, skin
		on cut into
		11/4" cubes
4		Thick slices pumpkin, cubed
1		Yellow pepper, flesh cut
		into
		11/4" squares
		Sesame oil
		Wooden skewers, soaked in
		water for
		30 minutes
1	T	Ground almonds
1	T	Skinned peanuts
1	ds	Soy sauce
1	t	Tomato puree
1/4		Red chilli, diced
1	ds	Worcester sauce
1	t	Redcurrant jelly
		Salt and pepper
2		Tabasco, 2 to 3
3	T	Water
1	T	Single cream

INSTRUCTIONS

To make the rice, fry the onion and garlic in the oil until softened
but not coloured. Add 1tsp honey. Add the rice and all the seasonings
and mix together.  Add the hot stock and simmer gently for about 15
minutes until cooked  through. Keep hot. Just before serving, remove
the aromatics and stir  in some chopped coriander leaf.  To make the
satay, thread the vegetables alternately on to wooden  skewers (2 per
person). Rub with sesame oil and season with salt,  black pepper and
crushed coriander seeds. When ready to cook, roast  in a hot oven for
about 12-15 minutes until cooked through and  starting to blacken on
the edges. Turn the skewers halfway through.  Baste with the aromatic
oil.  Liquidise all the satay sauce ingredients together and check
seasoning.  To serve, lay the skewers on a bed of rice with the satay
sauce on the  side.  Converted by MC_Buster.  Converted by MM_Buster
v2.0l.

A Message from our Provider:

“God loves everyone, but probably prefers ‘fruits of the spirit\” over \”religious nuts!\””

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 913 Calories From Fat: 344 Total Fat: 39.6g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 7026.8mg Potassium: 2433.9mg Carbohydrates: 122.3g Fiber: 38.1g Sugar: 29.1g Protein: 30.1g

If your brother sins — chapter-and-verse disobedience to the Bible — and the sin is against you, rebuke him. Not a demeaning humiliation. Just sit down with him and say, “Brother, here in [biblical text], God says... But last Tuesday, you and I were in that meeting and, as I recall, you said/did... Brother, I can’t see how that behavior lines up with this verse. How do you see it?” No vague generalities, but verifiable facts, clearly addressed by the Bible. We need to have the freedom to rebuke one another’s sinful and foolish behavior. But let’s be gentle and respectful. Let’s offer the brother an opportunity to explain himself. After all, there might be more to it than one realizes. And let’s avoid the verb “to be” (“You are...”) or “always” and “never” (“You always/never...”). Those categories are too absolute to be fair. They blast the brother to smithereens, with no dignity left.

Ray Ortlund