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AMMO FOR VEGGIE WARS

Here are two fun recipes to help you handle garden excesses:

Tomato Pie

One 9'' pie crust
2 or 3 medium tomatoes, sliced thick, with skin
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. dried or fresh basil
1/4 C. chopped fresh chives
1/4 C. mayonnaise
1 C. shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Bake empty pie crust for five minutes. Take out. Reduce heat to 400 degrees. Layer tomatoes in crust. Sprinkle with the rest of the ingredients, except the mayo and cheese. Mix the mayo and cheese, and blob on top. Bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes.

Butternut Squash Soup

One 2-lb. butternut squash, peeled and chopped into medium chunks
Two T. sugar (or Splenda)
5 T. butter
One small onion, chopped
One quart water
One cinnamon stick
2 oz. heavy cream
Salt
White pepper

Our butternut squash was huuuuuuuge, so I tripled this recipe. Be awfully careful cutting it, too. In a soup pot, “sweat” the squash, sugar and some salt in the butter, covered for three minutes. Use low heat; you’re not browning it, you’re softening it. Add onion. Sweat 10 minutes more. Add water and the cinnamon stick. Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Remove cinnamon. Puree soup in a blender for at least one minute per batch. You can strain it (I didn’t). Finish with cream, salt and white pepper to taste. Sprinkle on some nutmeg to serve.

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Prayer request: An old friend named Tom has had the Week From Hell . . . he just moved and his last two paychecks are being held up at the post office, so he’s strapped for cash . . . his garage door broke . . . while fixing it he sliced open his knee and had to have nine stitches . . . Lord, keep his sense of humor intact during all these trials, and grant him peace, rest and happiness NEXT week. (Psalm 103:4)