Name: Vitality Stew
Ingredients: 1 c Dried beans; preferably pink; 2 qt Water; 2 ts Minced garlic; 1 Bay leaf; 1 Onion; chopped; 1 c Chopped celery; 1/4 c Brown rice; 1 lg Tomato; chopped; 2 lg Carrots - (to 3); chopped; 1 Turnip - (to 2); peeled, cubed; 2 sm Potatoes; cubed; 1/2 c Chopped parsley; 3 Green onions; minced

Jesus comes forgiving and changing the immoral. He bridges the chasm between sordid and glorious. He invites us to cross over from death to life. What was perverted can be converted. To disagree with immorality is not simply to condemn the immoral. It is to identify particular forms of lostness that need finding. We worship a seeking and finding God. We have been sought out and found by a Savior. He reproves the unruly in order to invite us to come seek help.

David Powlison

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Latimes3	6	servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Dried beans; preferably pink
2	qt	Water
2	ts	Minced garlic
1		Bay leaf
1		Onion; chopped
1	c	Chopped celery
1/4	c	Brown rice
1	lg	Tomato; chopped
2	lg	Carrots – (to 3); chopped
1		Turnip – (to 2); peeled, cubed
2	sm	Potatoes; cubed
1/2	c	Chopped parsley
3		Green onions; minced

INSTRUCTIONS

Soak beans about 8 hours in water. Add garlic, bay leaf, onion, celery,
brown rice, tomato, carrots, turnips and potatoes. Cook 7 hours in a
crockpot on low, keeping the mixture at bare simmer. Add parsley and green
onions and cook 1 hour more. Yields 6 servings.
Each serving contains: 180 calories; 41 mg sodium; 0 mg cholesterol; 1 gram
fat; 36 grams carbohydrates; 9 grams protein; 2.84 grams fiber
Recipe Source: Los Angeles Times - 10-14-1999 Originally published in the
Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine May 9, 1926
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