Quick Taste

Cilantro Coconut Rice

Materials:

Medium-sized pot w/ one handle and lid

Measuring Supplies

A small bowl

Cutting Board & Knife

Large Spoon

Ingredients:

Jasmine Rice (2 cups)

Water (3 cups)

Coconut Oil (4 tablespoons)

Cilantro leaves (handful)

One Lime (optional)

Spices & Seasonings: Garlic Salt (1/4 teaspoon), Cumin (1/4 teaspoon), Garlic-based seasoning (optional), salt (variation), pepper (1/4 teaspoon)

Procedure:

    1.      Obtain your medium-sized pot and turn your stove on to medium-high heat. Pour in your rice (2 cups) and 3 tablespoons of coconut oil (save the rest).

    2.       Let your coconut oil melt completely, while stirring the rice. Make sure the rice is full coated in the melted coconut. Stir you coated rice until the grains become whiter (and a few brown) and more distinguishable. 

    3.       Once you spot your few brown (but not burnt) grains of rice, pour in your 3 cups of water and stir to combine. Put on the lid and cook till all the water has evaporated from you rice (usually the  evidence of small holes). 

    4.       While you’re waiting for your rice to cook, take out your cilantro leaves and sprinkle them with salt (enough to be visible). Start to chop them into a paste (TIP: You can use the face of the knife to quicken the process).

    5.       Add left over coconut oil to a small bowl and melt in the microwave (30 seconds). Add all your seasonings and spices and cilantro paste to the oil. Stir mixture. 

   6.       Once your rice is cooked, add your oil-based mixture to it and stir until well combined. (Optional: Add a squeeze of lime juice to rice and stir.) Enjoy!

Heads Up!

I've decided that I'm to keep writing Dallas and Alanna stories, because I think they have more in store for them. More to be taught through them. And not just to all you readers, but even to myself. I learn a thing or two from the stories, and I enjoy rereading them. I'm excited to see where the stories will go and where I'll go with them. I also have an idea to make a website where you readers can comment and share you stories and wisdom, instead a blog more of a PD hotspot. Comment what you think about it!

Back At It Again With The Alana and Dallas Stories!

Dallas filled his lungs with the crisp morning air that whip at his cheeks and fumbled around the trees vibrant leaves. As he jogged to the rhythm of his phone’s soundtrack, he thought of all God’s creation surrounding him. “Amazing,” he mumbled under his breath, as he made a turn into a weed-ridden lot that held an old secret. Dallas paused the peppy, upbeat song and sat down onto a worn down seat of grass and dandelions. He pulled out his phone and opened the Bible app. The most recent scripture popped onto the screen, sending an instant smile onto Dallas. ‘For the law of the Spirit of life Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.*’ “You are just amazing…magnificent…just wonderful,” Dallas said aloud,” I’m forever in awe. Forever indebted. Forever thankful…You have given me something I’ve never known, and I love you for it. I want my life to be focused only on your will, for your purpose for my life to be fulfilled. Whatever you want, I’m willing to commit to. I’m ready to act.” For the next hour, Dallas mediated on the scripture and repeated his prayer. As Dallas rose from the ground, he heard an audible voice say,” Go forward.” Dallas knew that it was God, and exactly which direction to go in. It was like he saw a screen of semitransparent arrows inserted into his regular sight. Dallas obeyed and walked towards the ancient trees that signaled the end of civilization on the lot. As he stumbled through the trees, he saw an old, stone church covered with clinging grape vines. He heard the audible voice whisper,” This will be the place of your commitments. The first to Me, as a shepherd to the people. The second to your wife, who you will wed here. Now go act, and I will you lead you.” The scene around him evaporated into darkness, and Dallas woke up in a cold sweat.

Another (But Numberless) Discovery: Using Time All The Time

I been procrastinating to write this blog post, since I wrote it down as an activity on my Daily To-Do List. It’s been exactly 13 days since I last posted, and lots of interesting thing have occur since then. For example, I completed Statistics with an A, cracked my phone, had two sleepovers, went to Six Flags, ate one of my garden-grown cucumbers, attempted to organized my closet (still in progress), and bathed my dog. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg, my friends. Summer is almost over, but it’s really started for me. That’s why I’m again awake early than everyone in the house writing this blog. I want to squeeze out every second of what’s left of this vacation. I want to use all this time that God has given me. The best way for me to organize my time is to create a daily check-off list of activities that I need and want to do, like finish cleaning my closet or painting a bland flowerpot. It’s a good way to keep myself in check and actually make use of the day. Like make myself write a blog post. Speaking of blogs post, I’ve been thinking about reviving the Alanna and Dallas’ stories. I have some interesting ideas that I’d like to make use of, and I think whoever read my blog last year will enjoy these even more. So tell me what you think of this idea, and I might jump on it. I already have a plan of writing on one blog one day then the other the next, and so on and so forth. I’m excited to see what will happen with both blogs, and I hope that you enjoy either one. I feel like when I write my blogs I see purpose in them, and I feel like I used my time wisely. Whether a page long story or a single paragraph, I know that God gave me the ability to write whatever for a good purpose: To help any of you. So use your time wisely, because you don’t want to waste it.