It is the last Wednesday Hodgepodge for July so we are more than half way through the year! Thank you to Joyce From This Side of the Pond!
1. What is a childhood habit or preference you will never outgrow?
Sour cream on pancakes. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. Growing up our butter was sour cream. I honestly don’t remember ever having butter on the table in my early years.
2. Did you know July is beans month? What’s your favorite bean? Your favorite recipe that calls for beans? When it comes to chili are you team beans or team no beans?
No, I did not know July was beans month. I would say pinto beans are my favorite bean and have refried beans regularly since Mexican food is way up there on my comfort food list. Something I make with beans that is a favorite is open up all the cans chili. Yes, I am team beans when it comes to chili.
For a quick meal I’ll start with ground turkey, chicken or beef and cook it up with onion and seasonings. Then I start opening up cans from the pantry. Black beans, pinto chili beans, diced tomatoes or Rotel, diced green chilies, sometimes a can of corn, cumin and chili powder. Heat it up and top with grated cheese, fresh tomato, avocado slices, scallions, diced jalapeno, cilantro. Most of the time just enjoy a bowl with saltine crackers and sometimes we’ll enjoy some cornbread along the side. You could turn it into soup by adding some chicken or beef broth.
3. Some historical figures have a tag line after their name, something like ‘the brave’ or ‘the wise’ or ‘the mad’…what would your tag line be? Explain why?
Ellen the Happy Wonderer. That’s the name we came up with for my blog because for the most part I have a happy disposition and I wonder about a lot of things. Blogging has made me wonder even more. I think I could have been a decent detective, too.
4. The way to my heart is______________________________.
If I go deep, it would have to be truth. More and more my heart resonates with the truth. My heart needs to be filtered by the truth because on it’s own it is selfish and wicked. My heart needs refining with the truth that God gives. My heart is now connected to Jesus. He is the way the truth and the life. His truth, the Bible, is the only truth that makes sense and corrects my feelings, thoughts and actions.
If I go ‘lite’ it would be sitting around a table with good food and good friends.
5. The calendar rolls into August this week, but before we go give us four adjectives that describe your July.
Full. Hot. Celebratory. Smoky.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Quotes of the week:
from Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands ~ Paul David Tripp
“If God isn’t ruling my heart, someone or somethings else will.”
“Lasting change takes place through the pathway of the heart.”
“Change has to penetrate the heart”
from The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges
“The Bible was not given just to increase your knowledge but to guide your conduct”
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
See you soon, Hodgepodgers!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
…I think that sour cream is a strange name.
Haha…I agree.
I think sour cream on pancakes sounds good. I like a sweet/sour combo. Your tag line fits : ) Have a great day!
Those words of wisdom really helped me today. I need to trust a lot more! I worry everything is going to fall apart but maybe not if I have faith.
Faith and trust in the God who created is so beneficial to our well-being and rest. Thanks for stopping by.
I enjoyed all your answers. I think I may have to try that sour cream on pancakes things. Looks and sounds good, I think.
Haha, Cathy, chuckling at the ‘I think’ at the end of your comment.
I have never tried sour cream on pancakes . . . I may have to try it. I wonder if fat free plain greek yogurt would taste the same?? It is so hot and humid here today. I had to load and unload some stuff at work around 8:45 this morning. I started sweating and I can’t quit and it is two hours later.
Lisa, fat free Greek yogurt would have very similar taste to the sour cream. Yikes…sorry about the humidity!
I am not a pancake person, but I love sour cream!! My favorite bean was pinto, also.
The sour cream is very interesting. Never gave that a try. I do like your tag line. The truth is an excellent answer. Love your random thought. Take care.
Thank you, Debby.
I have not tried sour cream instead of butter as a topper for the pancakes, but I do have pancakes on the breakfast menu for this week, and I do have sour cream in the fridge…so guess who will be trying it? 🙂 Thank you for the suggestion.
Truth, good food and good friends…they all sound wonderful to me as well.
Dianna, hope that sour cream hits your palate well! Take care my friend.
I’ve never heard of sour cream on pancakes but it does sound good. I don’t even put butter on my pancake though, just syrup.
Great quote.
Bible – Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. : )
I don’t like butter or syrup on pancakes. So sour cream and some apricot jam sounds delish. I like cream cheese on crisp bread with apricot jam.
I’m right with you on Truth. These days we are surrounded by lies from everywhere. The only real Truth we have is in our Savior and His eternal Word.
Enjoyed your thoughtful answers!
Hmm . . . sour cream on pancakes. I’ve never thought about that but no reason not to like it! We always used to joke about sour cream being a weird name because it’s good, but any other dairy product that was sour would be bad. LOL Hope you’re having a great week!
Hi Ellen, I enjoyed reading your post today. Your recipe sounds really good. I don’t like cilantro, but my husband does. I have heard of sour cream on pancakes, but I like butter. I like your heart cross along with one of my favorite verses. Enjoy the rest of your week!
“Do not lean on your own understanding” … you’ve no idea how often I repeat that to myself. Sour cream on pancakes actually sounds delicious!
I love Mexican food too . . . but I leave off the sour cream! Can you believe it? I don’t like sour cream on anything, so that would include pancakes.
I like both of your answers to Question 4!
Hmmm….#1 sounds interesting, but good at the same time…I’m guessing it balances o ut the sweet of the syrup…I may have to try this…though I love me some butter and peanut butter on my pancakes..haha. I love mexican food…your quick meal sounds yum!! Okay…do you know that for however long I’ve been commenting on your blog I thought it was wAnderer, not wOnderer…haha!!
Haha, Kristin, I bet a lot of people think it’s wanderer instead of wonderer! Thanks for stopping by.