Jodi's Journey

Awesome Book Giveaway Of 'The Widow Of Saunders Creek' By Tracey Bateman

I am going to do something a little bit different on my blog. I am going to host a book giveaway. This is an awesome book I posted my review of this book here. This is the type of book you can't put down. Please enter below, the more points you get the better chance you have of winning! I would like to give something back to my readers (friends), a way of saying thank you for being faithful, folowers, readers, and my wonderful blogosphere friends, that I am so thankful to each one of you for many different reasons. Good luck!

Overview: A grief that knows no boundary. A love without any limit. A need that doesn’t end at death.

Corrie Saunders grew up in a life of privilege. But she gave it all up for Jarrod, her Army husband, a man she knew was a hero when she vowed to spend her life with him. She just didn’t expect her hero to sacrifice his life taking on an Iraqi suicide bomber.

Six months after Jarrod’s death, Corrie retreats to the family home her husband inherited deep in the Missouri Ozarks. She doesn’t know how to live without Jarrod—she doesn’t want to. By moving to Saunders Creek and living in a house beloved by him, she hopes that somehow her Jarrod will come back to her.

Something about the house suggests maybe he has. Corrie begins to wonder if she can feel Jarrod’s presence.

Jarrod’s cousin Eli is helping Corrie with the house’s restoration and he knows that his dead cousin is not what Corrie senses. Eli, as a believing man and at odds with his mystically-oriented family members, thinks friendly visits from beyond are hogwash. But he takes spirits with dark intentions seriously. Can he convince Corrie that letting go of Jarrod will lead to finding her footing again— and to the One she can truly put her faith into?

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Oct 20, 2008

Pan Fried Meatloaf

My daughter told me to try this meatloaf recipe that her husbands Aunt had made for them last week. So I tried this for our Sunday dinner yesterday. Oh my gosh, I am not kidding you, this is so good. And my hubby doesn't even like any kind of bell peppers, and he loved it. Now with this I had homemade scalloped potatoes, French style green beans (with a dash of onion and garlic powder) and biscuits made with Bisquick. It was awesome!

Ingredients

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees

1 green bell pepper

1 red bell pepper

1 yellow bell pepper

1/2 pound ground beef

1/2 pound ground turkey

2 slices white bread, cut into cubes

1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes with basil

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 egg

1 small onion, chopped

1 tablespoon chopped sage leaves, plus 6 to 8 whole leaves, for frying

A few dashes Worcestershire sauce, (now I love Worcestershire sauce so I used like 2 tlbs., but you can use what the recipe calls for.)

A few dashes hot sauce

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon oil

I used vegetable oil for frying

DIRECTIONS

Remove core and seeds from peppers. Slice into 1 inch rings (they have to be 1 inch or larger) and place on nonstick baking sheet. You should get about 3 rings per pepper. In a large bowl mix together beef, turkey, bread, 1/2 cup of the tomatoes, garlic, egg, onion, chopped sage, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and season with salt and pepper. Press meatloaf mixture evenly into pepper rings. In a skillet over medium-high heat, add oil. Saute meatloaf rings on both sides until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Add remaining tomatoes to skillet and bake until cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat 1-inch vegetable oil until a deep-fry thermometer reaches 325 degrees F. Drop sage leaves into oil and fry until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Garnish meatloaf rings with fried sage leaves.

Enjoy!