Forty Days and Forty Nights-sounds like a movie

Well, I told you Lent was coming.  I hope you were/are ready for the next forty days.  We are never quite ready for penance, are we?  Personal behavior is hard to change or improve, but we give it "the old college try," don't we?


Ok, I went to Ash Wednesday service/mass and now I have a smudgy forehead.  I wish that I had gone over to "the home" because church was packed to the rafters and the parking lot was worse and ice was treacherous.  It isn't melted off entirely.  I guess Pope Francis is a good shepherd and the sheep are coming home in spite of the ice and parking difficulties.


I have a few things on my list of "do's and don't do's."  I seldom say or list them publicly.  I do suggest that one keep a journal, if at all possible.  It is good to look back at the end of the Lenten season to see where we may have failed, were lax or did well.  Today starts my own Lenten journal.  Kick me if I don't keep it up...I hope you have a long reach.

LENTEN RECIPE
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one head of cabbage

peel of outer leaves

(save for soup)

slice off several

or one slice about

the size of a slice

of bread.

brush olive oil

or oil of choice

on each side of

cabbage slice(es).

salt and pepper

to taste on each side.

place each slice on

cookie sheet

and bake for about

20 minutes at 350 

watch that they don't

burn because all

ovens are different.

I like a little garlic salt on mine...not too much.  The baked cabbage slices come out yummy and crunchy.  Yes, I "stole" this recipe from the Dr. Oz show.  Shame on me.

END