Broccoli with Fettuccine and Cream Sauce and a Review and Giveaway of ~ Bless This Food

Life is simple when you go through it with a prayer and a smile.

Ingredients:

1 bunch of fresh broccoli

1 lb. fettuccini

½ cup chicken broth

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 – 4 pats of butter

In a large pot simmer broccoli until tender. Drain and set aside.

Heat a large frying pan with olive oil and add the broccoli to sauté for a minute or two.

Add the ½ cup of chicken broth and heat for a minute or two.

Prepare the fettuccini as directed.

For the Sauce:

8 oz. cream cheese

½ cup sour cream

½ cup milk

2 cloves garlic

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. red pepper flakes

¼ cup grated parmesan cheese

In a food processor add all of the above ingredients and process until smooth.

Plate the fettuccini and add the pats of butter. Top with the broccoli and the chicken broth.

Add the cream sauce and extra grated cheese and an extra dash of red pepper flakes.

Prayer before meals is a practice likely as old as old as religion itself, which in turn is as old as mankind’s ability to communicate questions, answers to those questions, and the hypotheses that in turn resulted from those incomplete answers. In ages past, meals were only as safe to consume as the meals’ immediate surroundings, which until the dawn of the modern era in the developed world, left much to be desired – that is if the immediate surroundings permitted for a meal at all. In this respect, prayers to quite literally ‘bless and purify’ food developed alongside religious custom. This is -- in part -- why all of the modern “Great Religions” evolved various dietary customs, albeit Christian dietary customs – yes they exist – are scarcely even known let alone practiced by modern Christians.

Aside from guarding against inebriation and other ‘immoralities,’ these restrictions also served to guard against certain foods that, on a practical level, were the most likely to cause disease. This helps to explain why most foods considered ‘impure’ by religious custom, were also the most likely to cause physical harm. It is, therefore, no wonder that these customs have begun to fall to the wayside with the dawn of modern safeguards – their practical value has vanished. Aside from ‘grace,’ prayers of actual ‘thanksgiving’ for food were traditionally said afterthe meal, a typical modern misconception of the purpose of ‘grace.’

All that being said, Bless This Food, is a fine compilation of various prayers for before and after meals from a variety of religions. So, whether you are in fact looking for a prayer to say before or after your meal, or are simply interested, for historical and contextual reasons, in reading through a variety of meal prayers from around the world, Bless This Food is worth a look.

Enjoy with Love,

Catherine

**I was given this product for review. I was not financially compensated for this post. All opinions expressed are my own.

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