This week was our first week without any airshow or other outside events. However, we were on baby watch for the last part of last week and still are this week, for our granddaughters' new cousin. We are very close, and they could use your prayers.

Over the past couple weeks, I have become a futbol fan. I've been watching the world cup, and keeping track of teams and wins. It's been easier for me to figure out the rules and how play is going while I watch, than American football. I still don't really know much about it, but I'm learning. We are basically rooting for our favorite countries and countries of our ethnic background, though. Since Rich has been to both Panama and Croatia and loved both, I asked which team he was rooting for in their match, and he said Croatia all the way.

Speaking of Croatia, it is their Independence Day this week, and we are celebrating by making food from their country. I really wish we could go there again, and one day we will.

Even without the airshow events, it is still paying us back for our work. The dinner for church was largely provided by leftovers from airshow dinners, which were in our freezer, and an Austrian/German/Croatian cake for Father's Day that I made for Rich. That cake matched much of his ethnic background, as well as the country we have adopted as our new homeland, one day.

• Sunday
  Breakfast: Fried Egg and Cheese Bagel Sandwiches, Cubed Melon, Tea and Coffee
  Dinner: Smoked Chicken, Loaded Mashed Potatoes, Quick Curtido, Danube Wave Cake, Salad/Sides/Bread brought by Parishioners
• Monday - Feast of Saint Alban
  Breakfast: Scrambled Egg and Cheese Bagel Sandwiches, Fruit Plate, Tea and Coffee
  Dinner: Leftovers
• Tuesday
  Breakfast: Cereal and Milk, Fruit, Tea and Coffee
  Dinner: Enfrijoladas, Cuban Rice, Cuban Lime Cookies
• Wednesday - Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Forerunner
  Breakfast: Rolls with Za'atar, Tomatoes and Olive Oil, Oranges, Tea and Coffee
  Dinner: Sheet Pan Vegetable Chow Mein, Sliced Oranges
• Thursday
  Breakfast: Toast with Labneh, Hard Boiled Eggs, Sliced Apples Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Dalmatian Chicken, Blitzva*, Zlevanka
• Friday
  Breakfast: Ful, Duqqus, Chopped Radishes and Onions, Toast, Fruit Plate, Mint Tea with Rosewater and Honey
  Dinner: Vegetarian Waraq ‘Ounab*, Rice, Duqqus, Strawberry Sorbet*
• Saturday
  Breakfast: Cheese Potica, Bacon, Fruit, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Fried Koubbeh, Tourshi Makhloot, Harissa, Duqqus, Dibs Rumman, Knaffeh

What is on your menu this week? If you want a recipe, ask and I will provide it as soon as I can. If there are any starred recipes, I will follow up separately with a weekly recipe round up on Saturday.

Labels: Church Year, Faith and Morality, Family, Homemaking, Menu Plans, Prayer Requests, Tales from the Kitchen