Tapenade With Sun-dried Tomatoes

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Appetizers, Sauces, Sun-dried	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Olive oil
2	c	Onions, sliced
1/2	c	Oil-packed sun-dried
		tomatoes chopped
1/2	c	Chopped pitted brine-cured
		black olives

INSTRUCTIONS

Saute onions until dark brown. Place in a blender or food processor
and pulse until a chunky mixture forms.  Serve on boboli, pastas or on
toasted baguette slices.  Adapted for MM from Bon Appetit Posted to
MC-Recipe Digest by "M.  Hicks" <nitro_ii@email.msn.com> on Feb 2, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“God doesn’t want us to just feel gratitude, but for us to show it by giving thanks to God with our lives. #R.C. Sproul”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 865 Calories From Fat: 600 Total Fat: 68.6g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 1306mg Potassium: 2185.8mg Carbohydrates: 64.4g Fiber: 15g Sugar: 24.4g Protein: 10.2g

We see the word “grace” used in 2 Corinthians 8:4. Paul says, “Begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints.” NASB uses “favor.” NIV uses “privilege.” Both are the English translations for the Greek word “charis,” “grace.” Giving to God’s work is often seen as a burden, a reluctant action that will now make us go without something we want to do a whole lot more with that money – not only a horrible thought, but also an unbiblical perspective. It may shock us, but the Bible describes giving as a blessing, a privilege for many reasons. We are blessed when we give. Didn’t Jesus Himself say, “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Ac. 20:28). Don’t we read in 2 Corinthians 9:6 that “he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully?” You want bountiful blessings from God? Then you must sow bountifully! How about the long-term blessing too – the spiritual rewards forever in heaven that Jesus promised. “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal” (Mt. 6:19-20).

Randy Smith