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War Room party plans – shhhh! Confidential

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I am so excited that I get to host a War Room viewing party for the ladies in my Bible study group this week.

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Wow, I use “excited” a lot! Is it proper to say, “I am inspirited to host a War Room Viewing party”??? Please leave me a comment below.

I have wanted to have a War Room viewing party for awhile, I love to surprise people, and I have some special things planned which just build up my excitement all the more!

Can you keep a secret? If so, I will let you in on some things I am making (& others that I am attempting to make) for the ladies.  Shhhhh!

I made mini camauflage war houses….I was told just to call them war rooms because I drawl out the “war” a little and it sounds like soimg_20160901_190637381IMG_20160904_171205010mething you might find in Nevada. SO, mini war rooms so that each lady has their own “war room”. I attempted to make those out of foam pieces but it didn’t work like I was hoping. I might let the ladies make their own if they want because I have a lot of pieces cut out. Ohhhh, and my littletemp army men battle reminders are fun.  Here are pictures:

 

 

I also have some other surprises….but I think I will keep some IMG_20160904_150229744secret, just in case you are not able to keep classified information a secret!

Encouragement: Ask God who you can surprise today and also how He would like you to surprise them. Ask Him to help you pull it off without the person or people finding out before hand. Then please share with me what He emboldened you to do. Please share pictures too if you are able to get some! Were they surprised???

Easy Butternut squash ravioli

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I am so excited! I made butternut squash ravioli yesterday…and they actually look like ravioli. I have not tasted them yet…so maybe I should not be so excited.

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Look! It’s my first ever butternut squash ravioli! And it was SO easy!

I found the idea for the recipe online. I like to tweak recipes most of the time and sometimes it works. The original called for Mascapone cheese, which is super rich. I wanted something I can eat for dinner, not just an appetizer. So I decided to add honey goat cheese to the roasted butternut squash. (I cut it up and roasted it a few days ago with a little olive oil. I think 375 degrees for about 30 minutes.) Most of the recipes I looked had had sage in them but I am allergic to sage, so went a different route. I decided to add nutmeg, a wee bit of cinnamon, kosher salt and just a pinch of pepper. Then, however, the filling was so yummy I kept eating it….you know someone has to be the “cup bearer” to make sure it’s not poisoned.

The original recipe called for an egg to be put into the filling but I somehow forgot…but then I was able to just keep IMG_20160905_163024tasting it!) Did I mention to mash the roasted butternut squash? Hmmmm no, ok, smash it along with the cheese and spices and there you have it.
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The next part is easy. Use won ton wrappers as your “pasta”. Add about a teaspoon full of filling, dip your fingertip in a little bit of water then go around the edges of the dough, fold it in half and press the edges together. I tried different amounts of the filling to see what works best. I also found that air can get trapped, so I would press the middle just enough to spread out the filling and let the air out.

It took me just about an hour to make 34. There would have been more but you know, I ate some of the filling! Also, it would not have taken so long, but I checked on Bebe and this & that.  I hope to cook some tonight. Until I use them, I put them in a plastic bag so they won’t dry out.

Encouragement today: Ask God to show you something you have been putting off because you think it will be too hard and also ask Him for the wisdom and guidance to do it in an easier way than what you might think on your own. Please let me know what He shows you and add photos of your project! God bless you. May He do exceedingly abundantly more than all you can imagine.

And PS…it is not cheating to google your project to see if someone already has ideas to make it (0: )