Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Who are you thirsting for?


Good AM Family hope this blog finds everyone in good health, as for me I am doing great. Family I have been getting emails from you and I tell you we have a lot of work to do. We have to start getting back to the basics, and start loving one another. Like I tell everyone yes I am a chef but I am a person that cares about everyone and I have to live in this world and I see what’s going on and I don't like it. Now family it's no secret I love the Lord, and I have a questions for you "Who are you thirsting for?" I have a recipe for getting you through some tough times.


As we travel through life there are going to be sometimes when we will get thirsty. Yes we will be thirsty for many things in life, then there that time in your life when you are not only thirsty, but you get hungry too and there is no food around…you know what I am talking about nothing in the box, nothing in the cabinets, and your stomach is touching your back, you remember those hard time? I can remember when all I could do is cry because I had nothing to eat. Life sometimes is like that you have your peaks and valleys, but life demands that you lead with your chin up and shoulders squared.


Have you ever been so thirsty that you couldn’t drink enough water or anything? Have you ever been so distressed that you feel like no one would ever understand what you are going through? Have you ever just felt like there was no hope? Well family I am here to tell you that there is hope. In the Bible Psalm 42:1-3 is one of my favorite books in there you find a recipe for that thirst you might have. David, who is a man after God’s own heart, was so thirsty for God that he compared his yearning for God to that of a deer panting for water by the stream. Have you ever seen a deer drink water from a stream, he is always on the look for the predator even as the deer drinks his heart is racing and if the slightness noise comes about that deer is ready to get out of there, which means most of the time deer never quite quiche their thirst. David was a spiritually thirsty man; how thirsty are you for God?


Have you ever tasted your own tears; David says “My tears have been my meat or food day and night” your tears are salty and you ever tasted something salty? When you eat or drink something salty it makes you more thirsty so the more crying you do the more thirsty you become, the more thirsty you become the more of God you want, the more of God you want the stronger you get, and the more stronger you get the more of a leader you become. A leader in your family, community, on your job, everywhere you go you are seen as a leader.


Psalm 42:2 My soul thirst for God, for the living God? When shall I come and appear before God. Church there is lots of different things o the market today that will try to sell you on the fact that they can quiche your thirst……Gatorade “for that deep down body thirst”, Vitamin water “either you get it or you don’t”, coke-cola, Pepsi won’t do it, Mountain Dew or Sprite just won’t cut it, Kool aid or Tang won’t make it, 7up or Ginger ale good for tummy ache but won’t quiche my thirst nothing works better than good old fashion water to quiche your thirst, who are you thirsting for?


I'm not preaching to you family, I just want us to get it together, I want us to love one another. Hey keep the emails coming if you don't have it, alquattlebaum@gmail.com check out the website http://www.algernoncatering.com/. "Remember it's all about food, it's all about love, it's all about family".

Saturday, July 25, 2009

What's Really Going On????

Hey family hope things are going good for you. I have to ask "What’s going on with us today? We are number 1 in some of the most deadly diseases we can find. AIDS/HIV, Diabetes, Heart Diseases, that’s just to name a few, what’s going on with us family? I for one have diabetes and high blood pressure and not happy with myself and one of the major factors was what I was putting in my mouth. We can prevent a bunch of these diseases if we watch what we eat and I say let’s get busy. We have been a people that have overcome so much adversity that we should be able to get a handle on this.

Yes people are always having walks, programs, conferences and things like that but we have to one at a time do something. What might you ask??? When was the last time you have a sit down dinner with your family and I not talking about the local restaurant, but I mean you cooked everything and everyone sat down and ate, talked and be a family. Now again you might ask what does that have to do with anything well family you know what you put in your food you don't know what the guy down the block puts in his. I can remember when we ate some of the same foods that we eat today and we didn't have half of the problems we have today, why you might ask well life style has one big part, with microwaves, pre-package foods, and this busy life style that we have now we have gotten more and more unhealthily.

Family let commit to once a week to start let's have dinner together, if you can't cook I will come and cook for you, but let’s start somewhere. You might be surprise to find out something about your family you didn't know, but everyone has to put down the blackberries, laptop, the PSP's, and just sit and talk to each other. Remeber it's all about food, it's all about love, it's all about family.

Here is a few links on diabetes:

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/index.htm

http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/africanamerican/

http://www.ndep.nih.gov/media/FS_AfricanAm.pdf

Friday, July 24, 2009

Why should you use a Personal Chef

Hello again family I have been getting emails asking me "why should I use a personal chef?" Having a personal chef is very affordable compaired to going out everyday, it's healthier, it helps people that hae busy liefstyles. I was reading an article on the web name Your Persoal, Professional Kitchen and it stated, It is difficult to prepare at least six to seven meals a week for a family of five or more! In this day and age, most people opt to throw a family-sized frozen meal into the oven and serve it at dinnertime. These types of meals, while convenient and filling, are not the healthiest options for your growing children. You need to prepare fresh meals, ideally from scratch, so that you all can enjoy a healthier lifestyle! (http://www.articlesalad.com/your-personal-professional-kitchen/). Family we have really lost sight of the real sit down dinner. Remember when we could eat until dad got home from work and we all sat have had dinner? Now we have allow quick fixes like the microwave to cook our dinners or let McDonald's feed our families and we wonder why we are so unhealthly.

Family I understand that some of us have our careers, lifestyles, and some of us just can't cook, we have to invest in our health and one way to do that is invest in a personal chef, if you don't use me, then find someone that you can work with. Remember it's all about food, it's all about love, it's all about family.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Mac & Cheese


2 lbs elbow macaroni

TT Salt

6 eggs

2 cans Carnation Evaporated Milk

2 1/2 lbs Chedder Cheese, Sharp Cheese and Monterey Jack

4 oz unslated butter

No Stick Cooking Spray Butter Flavored



  1. Cook the macaroni in salted water until done. Drain

  2. Pour mac back in pan and season with eggs, milk and most of your cheese, save some to go on top.

  3. Spray your pan with your No Stick Cooking Spray and pour you mac mixture in pan

  4. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top of your mac

  5. Bake uncovered at 350 approximately 35 mins

  6. ENJOY!!!

Meat Loaf

1lbs. Onions (diced)
8oz Celery (diced)
4oz Green Pepper (diced)
2 Tbsp Garlic
2fl oz Veggie Oil
6oz Bread Crumbs
1pt Tomato juice
4lbs ground beef, turkey
4lbs ground pork
4 eggs (beaten)
1 Tbsp Salt
1 Tbsp Black Pepper
4 Tbsp Parsley (Chopped)
3 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
As needed Ketchup


  1. Saute the onions, celery, green pepper, and garlic in the oil until tender. Remove from pan and set aside to cool.
  2. Combine all the ingredients except for the ketchup and mix well. (Your hands are the best for mixing, be sure to use gloves)
  3. From into loaves of the desired size and put into loaf pans.
  4. Brush the top of each loaf with ketchup. Bake at 350 until the loaf reaches an internal temp of 165 about 1 hour for a 9 inch X 5 inch loaf pan.
  5. Allow loaves to rest for about 20 mins before slicing.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Stewed Chicken


Ingredients


1. 3 lb. Chicken
2. 1 stalk scallion
3. 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
4. 2 cups water
5. 1 tsp. Salt
6. 3 regular sized carrots
7. 1 oz. soy sauce
8. 1 sprig. thyme (chopped)
9. 1.5 tablespoon vegetable oil
10. 1 medium onion (Chopped)
11. 2 Tomatoes (diced)
12. ½ oz lime juice
13. 4 tablespoon ketchup




Wash the chicken in water with the lime juice.
Clean & cut chicken into small pieces.
With the exception of the oil and ketchup, combine the chicken and all the other seasonings-including soy sauce.
Rub all the ingredients into the chicken and allow to marinate for a few hours (even overnight, if possible).
Remove the tomatoes, scallion and other easily removed seasonings from the chicken and place in a bowl.
Heat the vegetable oil- well hot, and fry all the chicken pieces until brown.
Add all the seasonings in the same saucepan along with the tomato ketchup and carrot.
Add water
Cover and cook over medium heat until tender.

Monday, July 20, 2009

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