Name: Vegetable Manicotti - Southern Living
Ingredients: 1 c Shredded monterey jack cheese (4 oz), divided; 1 lg Egg; 3/4 c Reduced fat ricotta cheese; 1 cn Whole kernel corn; (8 1/4-oz), drained; 1 Jars Sliced mushrooms; (2.5 oz), drained; 1 cn Chopped green chiles; (4.5 oz), well drained; 1 tb Chopped fresh chives; 1/4 ts Salt; 6 Manicotti shells; cooked; 1 Jars Mild chunky salsa; (16 oz); 1/2 ts Garlic powder; 1/4 ts Dried italian seasoning

Seldom seest thou a man make haste to be rich, and thrive in religion. Christ’s message to John holds true; the poor are most forward in receiving and following the Gospel. As thou lovest thy zeal, beware of resolving to be rich, lest gain prove thy godliness; take heed of ambitious aspiring, lest courts and great places prove ill airs for zeal, whither it is as easy to go zealous as to return wise. Peter, while he warmed his hands, cooled his heart.

Richard Baker

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs	Italian	Casserole, Zucchini, Pasta	3	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Shredded monterey jack cheese (4 oz), divided
1	lg	Egg
3/4	c	Reduced fat ricotta cheese
1	cn	Whole kernel corn; (8 1/4-oz), drained
1		Jars Sliced mushrooms; (2.5 oz), drained
1	cn	Chopped green chiles; (4.5 oz), well drained
1	tb	Chopped fresh chives
1/4	ts	Salt
6		Manicotti shells; cooked
1		Jars Mild chunky salsa; (16 oz)
1/2	ts	Garlic powder
1/4	ts	Dried italian seasoning

INSTRUCTIONS

Recipe by: Southern Living
Combine 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese, egg, and next 6 ingredients. Stuff
manicotti shells with mixture, and arrange in a lightly greased 11- x
7-inch baking dish.
Combine salsa, garlic powder, and dried Italian seasoning; spoon evenly
over shells.
Bake covered, at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Uncover, sprinkle with
remaining 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese, and bake 5 more minutes. ]]]]] .
Formatted for you by:  Bill Webster
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #232 by Bill <thelma@pipeline.com> on Sep
11, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. #C.S. Lewis”

One might think that shame would now drive us to our task (of missions). Do the commands of our Lord mean so little to us? Are we indifferent to Him? Or, if not shame, pity on those who have not heard. Are we unconcerned at the cries of the heathen? Can we weep at television drama and sit dry-eyed before the needs of the lost? Such questions shame us, yet I know that shame will not move us as we ought to be moved. We will need a larger motive than our own humiliation to finish the task. Even the spiritual poverty of the pagan will not do it. We must have a grander vision...a new vision of God. And that vision is majestic, glorious.

Tom Wells

Augustine rightly said, 'Fear is the response of the human heart when its one thing is threatened.' God has blessed all of our lives with many good things. We are to enjoy them and acknowledge God in gratitude, but we dare not make these good things our 'one thing', for in doing so, they become idols in our hearts. Like Augustine said, when we foolishly make these good things our one thing, fear will result when they are threatened. As a matter of fact, fear, worry, and anxiety are a good indication that we have created idols and feel in danger of losing them. Therefore, Christ's goal is to pull our heart away from these false gods and place our heart on the true God. Do you remember how Jesus praised Mary over Martha? Why? Because she chose God as her one thing. 'But the Lord answered and said to her, ';Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things [and they were good things!]; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her ';' (Lk. 10:41-42). So when God is our one thing, we never need to fear because our one thing is never threatened nor will He ever be removed from our presence.

Randy Smith