rice casserole with bacon and spinach

This recipe looks so yummy!  rice casserole with bacon and spinach I plan on making it this week. I think I can make it corn free if I make my own broth.

Hope you have a wonderful week! We have a busy week coming, we are having a homeschool gathering to watch the Michelle Duggar DVD "Tea with Michelle Duggar" and then doctor and dentist appointments galor, husbands birthday and final school work to be done. With lots of nice spring weather on hand I'm thinking we will have some outdoor time too.

Still working on cleaning out the pantry, baked a turkey from the freezer (did you know that Butterball Turkeys all contain a solution made with corn that is injected into the turkey?  GGRR), used up some canned artichoke (ds made those last night sauteed with garlic and olive oil) I of course did not eat them since the can of artichoke hearts contains 'corn'.

We just can't get away from corn in this country, wonder if that is another reason why we have so many health issues in this country.

Thanks Kiara for the post about allergies.

Moe

Michelle Duggar on Focus On The Family

I was so encouraged by hearing Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar on Focus On The Family. It gave me some things to really think about. We don't watch the show since we don't have pay TV, though I have read their first book and plan to read the second one too. I just love Michelle's calm spirit and how she talks of relying on the Lord for all her needs. I hear so many parents talk about the show and how it's unbelievable how great the kids are. But in thinking about it, the Duggars are using God's principles that can be followed by all parents.

#1 Love your children enough to discipline them.
#2 Love your children enough to disciple them.
#3 Love your children enough to put God first.
#4 Love your children enough to put your marriage 2nd.
#5 Love your children enough to have daily devotions with them.

This Bible verse comes to mind as I listen to the broadcast.
Deuteronomy 6:5-9
"And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. ⁶And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
⁷And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
⁸And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. ⁹And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates."

Take the time to download the 2 episodes of the Duggars entitled "The Blessing Of Raising A Large Family," they are free. Even a mom of an only child can be blessed by this broadcast. They aired on July 28-29.
Just go to focusonthefamily.com then click on broadcast at the top of the page. Then go down to the calendar to click for more info. Focusonthefamily.com
Another link I found with some neat info on the Duggars was http://www.boundlessline.org/2011/07/wwtdd-episode-183.html
Let me know your thoughts on this broadcast.