Lydia Presents the Complete Meal Cookbook

Lydia Lewis

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Lydia Lewis owes her love of food, cooking, and entertaining to her aunt Bessie, who invited her into the kitchen during many blissful summer vacations. Aunt Bessie taught her how to raise chickens and rabbits, work a garden, and can the fruits of their harvests. She was the consummate cook and hostess who loved to share her gifts and entertain, and now Lydia wants to pay that great gift forward. She has collected and created recipes her entire life, and now shes sharing the love. Whether your goal is to add some delicious homegrown charm to your own cooking, to throw a more entertaining and stress-free dinner party, or to start a new career, shes got you covered. Her easy-to-follow recipes and instructions will show you how to shine in your own kitchen. She shares helpful tips for setting up (or improving) your pantry, setting a table, stocking a spice cupboard, measuring ingredients, following recipes, and more. She also shares her favorite recipes for appetizers, dips, soups, salads, entrees, side dishes, and desserts. But helping you improve your kitchen skills is only one of her goals. In the past as the director of the Malibu Womens Prison Ministry, she is concerned over the lack of post release resources for women. She knew that the creation of a transitional home and training center could help these women build new lives and new careers, and 90 percent of the profits from her cookbook will go to benefit the Second Chance Womens Center, a 501c3 organization.

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• Publié par: Inspiring Voices
• Date de parution: 09 mai 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781462401154
• Langue: English

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Lydia Presents the Complete Meal Cookbook

Lydia Lewis


 
Copyright © 2012 Lydia Lewis
 
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ISBN: 978-1-4624-0114-7 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4624-0115-4 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012936612
 
 
Inspiring Voices rev. date: 05/04/2012
Contents
Introduction  
Acknowledgements  
Informal Table Setting  
Formal Table Setting  
Helpful Hints from the Lady & Sons, Too! Book  
Spice Cupboard  
Weights and Measures  
Chapter 1 Appetizers  
Chapter 2 Dips  
Chapter 3 Chili and Soups  
Chapter 4 Salad and Salad Dressing  
Chapter 5 Entrées  
Chapter 6 Side Dishes  
Chapter 7 Desserts  
Chapter 8 Breads  
Bakery / Store Bought Breads  
 
Wine Pairing – (winelibrarytv.com)
 
 
Note: Always read all recipes, all the way through before you begin.
Introduction  
The story behind this book goes back to my childhood in 1955. From about the age of ten or eleven I loved being in the kitchen and learning how to cook. My most memorable times were with my aunt Bessie during my summer vacations. She taught me how to do everything from raising chickens and rabbits, working in her garden, fishing, picking vegetables and fruit for cooking and canning. Aunt Bessie loved to cook so she taught me many different ways to prepare food. She also taught me how to follow recipes and even improve them. Aunt Bessie was such a thrifty person she would never allow any food to be wasted; we even came up with way of using the extra fruit or vegetables that were not enough to use in a recipe or for canning. The excess vegetables were used in salads, and the fruits were used to top our homemade ice cream. I loved being with my aunt; no matter what we endeavored to do together she always made it fun. Aunt Bessie always said, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” At the time when my aunt Bessie passed away, she and my Uncle Frank had been married for over fifty years. They were not only still in love, but they were also best friends. To me those were the most treasured memories of my childhood. Since then, I have continued to collect and create recipes, and now I would like to share some of them with you.
The purpose for this book is twofold. The first reason is to raise money in order to purchase property with a Victorian home and a learning center as a transitional facility for women coming out of prison. This home and learning center will be used to give these women a second chance. This second chance is so they can learn to be law-abiding citizens. The women accepted in the program will not have violence or child abuse in their criminal history. Ninety percent (90%) of all the profits from this book will go toward the Second Chance Women’s Center a (501c3) organization.
In 1989, I joined the Malibu Women’s Prison Ministry under the covering of The Church on the Way in Van Nuys California. I eventually became the director over the ministry until April 7, 2006. During that time I began to realize the great necessity for a transitional home and training center for women being released from prison. This facility will give them a second chance to change their lives and regain the custody of their estranged children.
Much of the time these women are used as prostitutes, forgers and smugglers. Many of these women are frequently incarcerated for transporting drugs from their supplier, to their place of consumption or state to state and even across the borders. A large majority of women in prison have been sexually abused as children and the results have left them with low self esteem and self worth. Also we must realize that many of these women come from homes with an abusive father or no father at all. Therefore they haven’t had the opportunity or the experience of having a positive role model for themselves or a good fatherly role model for their children. Unless given an opportunity to learn new life skills when they are released from prison they are drawn back into unhealthy relationships and subject to become re-offenders. My desire is to give these women hope and an opportunity for a better life.
There are plenty of resources for men coming out of prison, but fewer places available for women coming out of prison that will provide the structure and opportunity to have a fresh start with newly learned life skills.
The second purpose for this book is to give the cook a tool to use when their mate informs them that he/she has invited his/her boss, co-worker, friends or family members over for dinner. This book will remove the overwhelming emotions of planning and preparing a complete meal. Therefore, it becomes fun and is done with ease.
This will also build confidence for giving dinner parties that are small or large, holidays or any days. This book includes a section on how to set a formal or informal table, and also a weight and measurement reference. Another unique feature includes information on which spices compliment different foods. Think about it, you can have a dinner party with your mother or mother in-law included on the guest list and not have to call her for any advice or suggestions. What an awesome surprise for them. Both of you can enjoy the honor of being a part of each other’s memorable moments together.
 
Proverbs 18:16
Acknowledgements  
First, I want to acknowledge my God because without Him in my life I could not have written this book.
Now, I would like to thank my daughter Deborah Arnold who is a gift from God to me. She has been suggesting for years that I write a cookbook and now she has invested time out of her busy schedule to proof read the greater portion of this book. I also want to thank Linn Tuttle for taking me to my first Women of Influence meetings and Sandra Coen founder of Women of Influence (WOI) Conferences. Our meetings were full of information, prayer and encouragement. Thank you for being a wonderful host. I especially want to thank Gail Horstman, founder of Crossover Coaching. Gail is one of the women I met through WOI who has so graciously coached me. Gail came along side of me from the very inception of this book. She encouraged and kept me focused. In addition, she offered a vast variety of suggestions and wisdom. She also built my confidence every week. She has put many hours of her time into my writing this book. If you need a coach in your life or know of anyone that needs one I suggest you contact Gail [e-mail] . You will not be disappointed! Gail, I can never thank you enough. I am grateful, Deborah LaCouer, of Kingdom Purpose Fellowship, another WOI member. Thank you Deborah for your great Christian teachings focused toward women and your prayers over our lives. Melissa Killian, thank you for advice on how to get this book self published. Rick and Melissa Killian are full time ghostwriters, copywriters, and editorial consultants. You can contact them through their website killiancreative.com. I appreciate Christian Luster, Marketing Consultant. www.christianluster.com . Thank you for coming on board and dedicating all your expertise and time toward establishing the web page, for the home for women in need of a second chance. Thank you, Gerry Aste for proof reading the last half of this book. For all your prayers, encouraging words, and great times together.
 
Financial Contributions: I don’t know how I can ever show my gratitude and appreciation to God, Beverly McLeod, Helen McNulty, Charlene Franklin, Thaleen Barnes, Patricia Reed and Rebecca Bauer for believing in me and the need for women coming out of prison to have an opportunity for a second chance to change their lives. If it were not for these women’s financial support and contributions to get this book published this book would not be on the market at this time. Thank you for believing in me and the ministry. May God richly bless you and your family.
Informal Table Setting  
(Above the plate left to right) bread and butter plate, butter knife, wine/water glass.
(Plate row, left to right) napkin, salad fork, dinner fork, salad plate, plate, dinner knife.
If you are serving coffee and it is going to be served in the living room, there is no need for a spoon on the table unless it will be used for some other food. In general, silver that is used by the left hand is placed on the left of the plate, and that used by the right hand, is on the right. Forks are at the left. Knives and spoons are on the right. A seafood cocktail forks an exception. It is placed on the right because it is used by the right hand, unless an individual is left hande