Baked Mashed Potatoes And Yams W/garlic And Parmesan

Randy’s Nine Personal Guidelines for Contentment (1 Tim. 6:6): 1. Pursue the gold, not the tin – Remember only Jesus Christ is sufficient to bring the fullness of joy that my heart desires. Anything less is not built to bring me the highest satisfaction. God is not in the business of creating idols (Mt. 13:45-46). 2. Be thankful for what you have – Anything beyond hell is a gift of God’s grace (1 Thes. 5:18). 3. Tame those tastebuds – I won’t want what I don’t know is out there (1 Cor. 9:27). 4. Be wary of commercials – The goal of advertising is to breed discontentment to get me to want something I never thought I needed (1 Tim. 6:9). 5. Prioritize your needs, not your wants – Pursue that which God promises, not that which is seldom received or breeds a desire for more. What does God want me to want (1 Tim. 6:7-8). 6. Know when enough is enough – Does a bigger income always need to translate into a bigger lifestyle (Phil. 4:11-12)? 7. No U-Hails behind hearses – The temporary things don’t last in this life and are definitely not transferred to the next. Pursue what I’ll cherish for an eternity (Mt. 6:19-21). 8. The two greatest commandments – The four sins of discontentment, doubt and complaining against God and jealously and coveting against people, will end when I love God and love others (Mt. 22:38-40). 9. Who’s the boss? – Do I own my stuff or does my stuff own me (1 Cor. 6:12)?

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy		Dishes -, Side, Vegetables	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8		Garlic cloves, unpeeled
3 1/2	T	Olive oil
1 1/2	lb	Russet potatoes, peeled cut
		into 2" pieces
1 1/4	lb	Yams*, cut into 2" pieces
1/2	c	Milk
2	T	Butter
1		Generous tsp minced fresh
		rosemary -or-
1/2	t	Dried
6	T	Parmesan cheese, freshly
		grated

INSTRUCTIONS

red skinned sweet potatoes.  Preheat oven to 350. Place garlic in a
small ovenproof cup or ramekin.  Drizzle 2 tablespoons olive oil over.
Bake until garlic is very soft,  about 25 minutes. Cool; peel garlic,
reserving oil in cup.  Brush 8" x 8" x 2" glass baking dish with 1/2
tablespoon olive oil.  Cook all potatoes in a large pot of boiling
salted water until  tender, about 25 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup
cooking liquid.  Return all potatoes to the same pot.  Add milk,
butter, rosemary, roasted garlic and reserved oil to  potatoes. Mash
until smooth anbd fluffy, adding enough reserved  cooking liquid to
thin to desired consistency. Mix in 3 tablespoons  cheese. Season with
salt and pepper. Spoon potatoes into prepared  dish. Sprinkle 3
tablespoons cheese over; drizzle with 1 tablespoon  oil. Can be made 2
hours ahead. Cover and let stand at room  temperature.  Preheat oven to
350. Bake potatoes uncovered until heated through and  golden on top,
about 45 minutes. Posted to FOODWINE Digest 16 Dec 96  Recipe by: Laura
Hunter  From:    Laura Hunter <LHunter722@AOL.COM>  Date:    Tue, 17
Dec 1996 07:58:50 -0500

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 369 Calories From Fat: 193 Total Fat: 21.9g Cholesterol: 41.2mg Sodium: 536.3mg Potassium: 705.3mg Carbohydrates: 27g Fiber: 2.8g Sugar: 2.7g Protein: 16.6g

When the law was written on tablets of stone, there was a significant weakness. The weakness of the Old Covenant was not in the law. The weakness of the Old Covenant was the people’s hearts. They couldn’t keep the law because they lacked two basic ingredients. Both of them interestingly were mentioned in the Old Testament when God used His prophets to speak while under the Old Covenant of the coming New Covenant. First, as God said through Jeremiah, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it” (Jer. 31:34). The writing of the law went from tablets of stone to tablets of human hearts (2 Cor. 3:3). And second, as God said through Ezekiel, “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances” (Eze. 36:27). We by far have greater power to obey the law with the fullness of the Holy Spirit dwelling within us as God says, “causing” us to obey. So there should be a radical difference between us and Israel. It’s not in the God we serve. It’s not in the desire to obey Him. It’s not in the faith of a Messiah to take away our sins. It’s not in a law that is given from God to be obeyed. It’s not even in a delight in that law. The difference is simply this. The Old Covenant is characterized by people who were stiff-necked and rebellious (Dt. 9:6; 10:16; 31:27), whereas the New Covenant is characterized by people who have soft hearts and the ability to obey.

Randy Smith