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Italian Ziti Medley

1 lb of Italian sausage, sliced into coins
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sliced mushrooms (I like using wild mushrooms)
1-16 ounce bag of California blend vegetables
1/3 cup  chopped onions
1/3 cup flour
2 1/2 cups milk
2 cups shredded chedder cheese
1/2 cup gratef Parmesam cheese
1/2 teaspoon pepper
16 ounces of ziti, uncooked

In a 4 quart saucepan, brown sausage; remove from pan and drain the fat.
Place the butter in saucepan add the mushrooms and onions. While this is cooking, start cooking your noodles according to the package's directions. Then ,add flour to the butter mixture until incorporated. Slowly add the milk and cook until thicken. Add the vegetables and 1 1/2 cup cheese. Stir the cooked noodles in with the sauce, then place in 9x13 dish. Put the remaining cheese on top. Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

Modern Pioneering: More Than 150 Recipes, Projects, and Skills for a Self-Sufficient Life

What a fun book! Geordia Pellegrini's latest book is chocked full of recipes, projects, and help for skills needed to be self sufficient. I love a lot of her ideas, since they are versatile. You can use them if you are interested in living off the grid or if you want to get into doing your own preserving. There are canning recipes, baking ideas, help for learning to cure meats, survival tips, basically this book is like the best of pinterest rolled into an easy to reference book. I am excited to use it! I think the ideas I am most excited to try out are the pickling recipes (pickled chard? Yes please!) and cheese recipes.

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For those of you who enjoy Susan May Warren, you will want to check out this freebie! Even if you haven't read the other books in the series (I know I have only read the first one), I think you will find it enjoyable! It's worth getting the others from the library.;)

Mom's Night Out

All Allyson ever wanted was a night out with a couple of her friends. The chance to leave her kids with dad and have some adult conversation at a nice restaurant. But, the evening quickly spirals out of her control, leading her to experience things she never experienced before and giving her the chance to appreciate her crazy life.

This little devotional is a fun breather for mom's to enjoy. Kerri Pomarolli hits the nail on the head with her short devotions loaded with humor and set with a Bible verse. Mom's will enjoy the chance to reconnect with God and realize that one is not alone with the wonderful, hectic journey called parenting.
Both of these books were enjoyable! They are fun to read back to back.

I'm Nobody, the Lost Pages

"I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody too?" And so begins the notes that Caleb Reed begins to receive. Notes from someone named Emily Dickinson. Notes that challenge him to leave the house, something he hasn't done in years. But, who are the notes really coming from? Is this just Caleb going crazy after not being allowed to morn the death of his older sister? Or is there something more to the notes?
I have to admit, I wasn't sure how I would like this book when I first picked it up. But, then I had a hard time putting it down! I had to stay up late to figure out what was going on with Caleb and his story. It is a beautiful book of loss and friendship, not to mention hope for those who have lost a loved one. Two thumbs up!

Saving Amelie

Increasingly wary of her father’s genetic research, Rachel Kramer has determined that this trip with him to Germany—in the summer of 1939—will be her last. But a cryptic letter from her estranged friend, begging Rachel for help, changes everything. Married to SS officer Gerhardt Schlick, Kristine sees the dark tides turning and fears her husband views their daughter, Amelie, deaf since birth, as a blight on his Aryan bloodline.

Once courted by Schlick, Rachel knows he’s as dangerous as the swastikas that hang like ebony spiders from every government building in Berlin. She fears her father’s files may hold answers about Hitler’s plans for others, like Amelie, whom the regime deems “unworthy of life.” She risks searching his classified documents only to uncover shocking secrets about her own history and a family she’s never known.

Now hunted by the SS, Rachel turns to Jason Young—a driven, disarming American journalist and unlikely ally—who connects her to the resistance and to controversial theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Forced into hiding, Rachel’s every ideal is challenged as she and Jason walk a knife’s edge, risking their lives—and asking others to do the same—for those they barely know but come to love.

I have always found books about WW2 interesting, since there was so much going on in a world that was rapidly changing (in most ways, not for the better). In Saving Amelie, a lot of the focus, historically speaking, is on the genetic testing that the Nazis were doing. This book is loaded with historical facts and draws you in from the get go. It was the perfect combination, making you think about your faith and where one would of stood if you lived back then. I liked that there were several different characters with their own stories going on. I am looking forward to reading more by Cathy Gohlke!