JoAnna's Dilled Garbano & Cherry Tomato Salad

Don't let the name of this salad make you go what?! And then not try it.  This is a light side salad that is a great accompaniment for your BBQ chicken, beef kabobs, or salmon.

This salad comes from my Come & Dine church cook book, but I ate this salad at JoAnna's house years before she submitted it for this cookbook.  I didn't use garbanzo beans that much in my cooking  so I found this salad both delightfully delicious and different. 

Dilled Garbanzo & Cherry Tomato Salad

1.  Prepare vegetables:
(1)  Rinse 1pound of cherry tomatoes and cut in half.
(2)  Mince 1 rib of celery
(3)  Optional: 1 green onion diced (I added and it was a great addition!)

2.  In a medium sized serving bowl put:
(1)  1 15 1/2 oz can of drained garbanzo beans.
(2)  Add tomatoes and celery.

3.  Make dressing in a small bowl put:
(1) Whisk  3 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice with 1 teaspoon of country style Dijon mustard
(2) Slowly whisk in 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
(3) Add seasonings:  1/4 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper, 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and 2 teaspoons of dill.

4.  Pour the dressing over the salad.   Chill for a few hours.

List of Other Salads on this Blog:

Greens/cabbage:
Make it Yourself Thai Peanut Dressing for Mandarin Salad  (My friend Judi's recipe)
KFC Copycat Cole Slaw   (A friend shared this with me)
Belizean Coleslaw    (From Internet search)
Antioxidant Rich Kale Super Salad  (A copycat from a deli, dressing from Syre School Cookbook)

Main Dish Salads
Gluten Free Chinese Chicken Cabbage Salad   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Baja Salad with Black Beans & Quinoa  (A remake from something I ate at a restaurant)

Jackson Square Shrimp Salad   (From my Syre School cookbook)

Pasta & Quinoa:
Tasty Gluten Free Pasta Salad  (Something I picked up over 20 years ago!)
Vietnamese Vermicelli Salad Bowls   (From an Internet search)
Michelle's Greek Quinoa Salad   (My foodie daughter's own delicious creation!) Another Great Salad with Quinoa - Janah's  Original Quinoa, Cranberry & Feta Salad  (a recipe my daughter came up with)

Vegetable:
Jeremy D's Sensational Greek Salad   (My son-in-law's recipe)

Grandma's Perfect Potato Salad   (Family recipe)
Rose's Refreshing Cucumber Salad   (From a Chinese friend)
A Great BBQ side Salad - Curried Pea Salad  (From my church cookbook, Come & Dine)

Dot's Easy Bean Salad  (Recipe from an  83 yr old friend of my father's)
A Great Summer Side - Broccoli Salad  (From my Come & Dine cookbook)

Fruit:
Grandma Marilyn's Frozen Fruit Salad  (My mother-in-law's recipe) 
 

From the Life-Study of Ezra - Why Did Ezra Return to Jerusalem?

   There were two returns in the book of Ezra.  In the first return God stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation, and this stirred up the spirits of many leaders to return and rebuild God’s house in Jerusalem. But sad to say after living in Babylon for 70 years, the Israelites had become Babylonian in their hearts.  

So God put it in Ezra's heart to ask King Artaxerxes if he would let Jews throughout his empire go back to Jerusalem.  I learned from reading the Life-Study of Ezra that because Ezra was both a priest and a scribe, he was fully qualified to reconstitute the hearts of God’s people with God’s law and statutes. 

 This Ezra went up from Babylon, he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given: and the Lord granted him all his request according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.  Ezra 7:6

 In chapter 4 of the Life-Study of Ezra I liked this quote on page 28, and on pages 33 and 34  of chapter 5:

"Ezra realized that the first return was not perfect, not complete. He realized that there was the need for someone who was skilled in the law of God to help the people to know God not merely in a general way but according to what God had spoken.....He [Ezra] bore the totality of the heavenly and divine constitution and culture. Ezra called the people together and confessed not only his own sin but also the sin of Israel, to bring them back to the Word of God....Today we need Ezras to teach the people, to educate them, and to constitute them with the heavenly truths" (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, & Esther. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1995, Print).

     What I saw from my reading was it wasn't enough for the Israelites to just return and even rebuild the temple. They themselves needed to be inwardly constituted with the God's word so that they would REALLY be God's testimony on earth. 

   Ezra helped the entire nation align themselves with the law of Moses so that could happen. It's the same today.  This inspires me to spend time in the Bible to learn the truths and be able to share them with others, and in a small way that's why I try to write up these posts from what I've read in these Life-Studies that have helped me understand God's word more than anything else.

     At the end of chapter 5 brother Lee says that both he and Watchman Nee spent a lot of time reading and studying the Bible so that they could become skillful in the Word just like Ezra. The burden of both of their ministries was to teach and educate God’s people with the truths in the Bible.  I've always appreciated how their books have helped me understand the spiritual truths in the word.  

  You can listen to excerpts of Witness Lee's speaking the Life-Study of 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, & Esther on Life Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.   You can also read the online Life-Studies of these books and check out other resources available to enhance your study of the Bible on Living Stream Ministry's website.
 

Other Posts from the Life-Study of 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, & Esther:

From the Life-Study of 1 & 2 Chronicles - How did Watchman Nee & Witness Lee Take a Stand For the Truth?
From the Life-Study of 1 & 2 Chronicles - Why Did God Make Man in His Image?
From the Life-Study of Ezra - How God Used a Gentile King to Fulfill His Purpose
From the Life-Study of Ezra - Why Did Ezra Return to Jerusalem?
How Did God Use Nehemiah's Aggressiveness in Nehemiah 2:20?
Why Did Nehemiah Charge Ezra to Read the Bible to the People in Nehemiah 8:1-8?
What's Really Happening in the Story of Esther?

A Northeast Classic - Blueberry Grunt

I like to pick up new recipes.  This recipe comes from a student who was working writing about his family and his recipe for a class cookbook.  I never heard of this one so it caught my eye, and I wrote it down. 

 Last week I made it for my husband, and I have never made it before so I followed the recipe exactly. We were both like yum, this is so good! 

A Northeast Classic - Blueberry Grunt

1.  In a medium sized skillet put:
(1)   1 cup water and 1 cup sugar (I used 3/4 cup); and cook on medium high.
(2)  Then stir in 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 4 cups of blueberries.
(3)  Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce to a simmer.

2.  Mix together dry ingredients in a mixing bowl:
(1)  2/3 cup of sorghum flour, 2/3 cup of tapioca flour, and 2/3 cup of rice flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. 
(2)  With a pastry cutter cut in 3 tablespoons of butter.
(3)  Quickly stir in 1 cup of buttermilk or 1 cup of milk with 1 tablespoon lemon juice/vinegar.

3.  Cook the batter over the blueberries:  Drop the dough in large spoonfuls over the blueberry mixture.  Cover and cook on low for 15 minutes or until the dough is done.  DO NOT LIFT THE LID!   It's amazing how the dough cooks up beautifully right on the stove! 

Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. 

Crisps & Pies:
Lena's Rhubarb Crunch (A crisp with a gluten free top and bottom crust!) (My daughter-in-law's mother. She's an amazing cook, which I think most of us moms become after a few years!)
Delicious Gluten Free Apple Crisp    (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Ginger's Outrageous Apple Pie    (From a church friend)
The BEST Lemon Meringue Pie with Mrs. Lauralicious Gluten Free Pie Crust  (Internet)
My Grandmother's Favorite Banana Cream Pie  (A recipe from my grandmother)
Granny's Lemon Cheesecake Squares   (From my friend Judi's granny)
Simple & Gluten Free Chocolate Cream Pie   (From my Syre School Cookbook)
Judi's No Fail Gluten Free Pie Crust    (From my friend Judi)