“We can see a thousand miracles around us every day. What is more supernatural than an egg yolk turning into a chicken?”  S. Parkes Cadman

How are you feeling about the food choices you’re making lately?

If you come across a bird’s nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young.  (Deut. 22:6;NIV)

Last month I focused on various vegetables dishes for the month.  This month I’m offering main dishes.  Today’s recipe originally came from our dear friend, Bonnie Kyle.  I may have made a couple of minor changes to her recipe, but essentially it’s still the same easy, yummy casserole.  The recipe calls for 5 eggs.  I addressed the egg issue in the Daily Gram back on 12/18/07.  In case you weren’t able to read that issue, I talked about the wonderful benefits of eggs, and the fact that eggs do NOT cause high cholesterol levels within the body.  In fact, eggs are one of the healthiest foods we can eat.  However, sad to say in this day and age, all eggs are not “created equal”…as odd as that sounds.

When coaching a client about making changes with their food choices, I always tell them to use their food dollars to buy the best eggs they can find.  Begin looking around and asking your friends and acquaintances if they know of someone who has chickens and sells their eggs.  There are many areas in the country where people raise chickens and sell their eggs to the community.  Seek them out.

If you’re not able to locate a local farmer with eggs, then buy either organic eggs or free-range (or cage-free) from the grocery store.  This means that the chickens were fed a better diet, had access to some light of day and weren’t given routine hormones or medications.

I also recommend organic cottage cheese and organic cheddar cheese for the recipe.  Again, sorry to say, all dairy is not “created equal” nowadays either.  An artificial hormone called rBGH, was created by Monsanto and is sold as Posilac.  rBGH is injected into many of America’s 9 million dairy cows to increase milk production and boost farmers’ per-cow revenues. Consumer advocacy groups have opposed rBGH since it’s FDA approval in 1993, claiming its full effects on humans are unknown.  There is a large amount of research indicating severe ramifications on the human body from ingesting dairy products containing rBGH.  By buying organic dairy products, we are at least decreasing our incidence of this artificial hormone in our diet.

Another ingredient in the recipe is diced green chiles.  If you’ve never bought green chiles, don’t be leery of them.  They come in small cans and add flavor to the recipe.  They’re not spicy hot, but do add a nice addition to the overall dish.  I buy a brand called Natural Value.  Their website is http://www.naturalvalue.com.

Prayer Power
Lord, You are so gracious and giving.  We thank You for Your love and provision for our readers.  May they know of Your grace as they purpose to make the best food choices.

Link of the Day
Easy Supper Egg Dish

Blessings on you as you prepare a home-cooked meal.