Name: Mediterranean Skillet Supper (Mf)
Ingredients: 2 tb Olive oil; 1 c Cracked wheat; 1 1/2 c Chicken broth; 6 Sundried tomatoes; finely chopped, packed in olive oil; 2 tb Pesto; homemade or store bought; Salt and pepper; 16 oz Canned chick peas; drained; Plain yogurt or sour cream; optional

The weaknesses we see in the people of the Bible are the very weaknesses we ought to recognize in ourselves. Like Eve, who ate the forbidden fruit, we are vulnerable to temptation when we act on our own. Like Abraham, who lied about his wife to save his neck, we are vulnerable to temptation when we are scared. Like David, who slept with Bathsheba while his men were off to war, we are vulnerable to temptation when we are idle. Like Elijah, who wanted God to end his life, we are vulnerable to temptation when we are exhausted. Like Peter, who denied his Lord even after he promised to die for him, we are vulnerable to temptation when we are overconfident. In other words, we are vulnerable to temptation practically all the time.

Philip Graham Ryken

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Meats, Dairy		Bean-ml, Skillet-ml	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Olive oil
1	c	Cracked wheat
1 1/2	c	Chicken broth
6		Sundried tomatoes; finely chopped, packed in olive oil
2	tb	Pesto; homemade or store bought
		Salt and pepper
16	oz	Canned chick peas; drained
		Plain yogurt or sour cream; optional

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat the oil in a large skillet. Add the cracked wheat and saute until
toasty brown, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the broth, cover and cook until the
wheat is tender, about 20 minutes. If the wheat is tender but has not
absorbed all of the water, remove the cover and cook for another few
minutes, stirring occasionally until the excess moisture has evaporated.
Add the sundried tomatoes and pesto; season to taste with salt and pepper.
Add the chick peas, cover and cook for about 5 minutes or until the chick
peas are heated through. Adjust seasoning. Serve with sour cream or plain
yogurt as a topping.
Yield: 4 servings
Copyright, 1996, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved
MC Format by <4paws@netrax.net>.
Recipe by: COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6632 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest
V1 #717 by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on Aug 03, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Thankfulness to God is a recognition that God in His goodness and faithfulness has provided for us and cared for us, both physically and spiritually. It is a recognition that we are totally dependent upon Him; that all that we are and have comes from God. #Jerry Bridges”

We will do much better if we trust someone who was actually dead, not someone who was just near death. Christ, as we shall see, is the only One who is qualified to tell us what we can expect on the other side. He was dead – so dead that His body became cold and was put in a tomb. Three days later He was raised from the dead with a glorified body. Here is someone whose opinion can be trusted. To John this risen Christ said, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and Hades “ (Revelation 1:17-18). Reliable information does not come to us by trying to peer behind the partially open curtain. God alone knows what really lies on the other side of the veil. And that is why we can do no better than study what the Bible has to say about the Great Beyond.

Erwin Lutzer