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⬆️⬆️ The Recipe Story . Are you looking for an Easter dish? Or searching for a meal that tastes of a long-awaited springtime? You will love this quiche. It is easily put together once the pie crust is prepared. And the aroma will bring everyone close, in anticipation of it landing on your table. Listen in to this Recipe Story to hear how this recipe is an example of a gateway meal to learning to l...

⬆️⬆️ The Recipe Story . Do you need another protein idea for breakfast? Are you prepping ahead for Easter brunch? These golden nuggets of protein might be your family’s new favorite. Listen in to the Recipe Story to hear how long they’ve been ours. Plus nutrition tips and kitchen tips for you. Find the recipe for High Protein Sausage Bites at The Contented Table . Craving more? Subscribe for free...

⬆️⬆️ The Recipe Story . Listen in to the recipe story to hear how this simple mid-winter salad marked the beginning of something special. Plus hear a host of kale kitchen, and nutrition tips for you. Take the classic taste of BLT to another level of goodness. Find the recipe for Katie's Kale Salad at The Contented Table. Mentioned in the Recipe Story: The Love Story of Eve Leftover Pork and Potato...

Craving a good love story? There is none better than the crushing love sacrifice that Eve received. Adam foreshadowed Jesus’ choice of sacrifice. Listen in to the love story your heart deeply desires. Stay to the end to soak in a Valentine's Day prayer for you. Scripture references: The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate" Genesis 3:16 She also gave some to her husband, who was with he...

You will want to start making this Plain Jane granola way before I did. It became a staple on our shelf after making it once. It’s delicious! And has enough variability in how you make it and how you can eat it, to keep you going back for more. The Recipe Story lets you in on where this granola has traveled with us recently, plus kitchen and nutrition tips for you. Listen in. Find the recipe for C...

5 Costs of Following a Calorie-Restricted Diet: 1. Your body requires less energy than before. * For every 2 lbs/1 kg of weight lost, your Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) is reduced by 20 calories a day. 2. You burn less energy when physically active than before. * The greater the weight loss, the more your body adapts to be more energy-efficient when you are active. 3. You use less energy to pro...

Listen to the end to soak in a prayer for you. Blog version is at the Contented Table. Scents Trigger Memories. It’s incredible, isn’t it, how you can smell something and it brings you to a memory or a feeling, even? I thought of this when reading John 12. Martha and Mary prepared a meal to honor Jesus. Lazarus had just been resurrected so joy and celebration is a given. He was feeling a little mo...

Do you find regret and guilt gnaw at you some days too? My wise friend said recently, that we aren’t meant to deal with yesterday and today and the future. Only God lives outside of time. You are meant to handle today. Just today. Listen in to hear how a foundational step empowers us to use a strategy today to reframe shame into gentle curiosity. Cultivate Curiosity Rather than Shame Gentleness, i...

This Recipe Story for Plain Jane Crispy Roasted Potatoes with Taco-Lime Sour Cream has more flavor options for you, a food memory where I end up laughing at myself, and kitchen and nutrition tips. Listen in. Find the Plain Jane Recipe for Crispy Roasted Potatoes with Taco-Lime Sour Cream and the full post here at the Contented Table. If there ever was a Plain Jane recipe, it is roasted potatoes. B...

Pull up a chair to the Contented Table for a pause, in the midst of summer. Bring Peace to your table and rest for your spirit through His words of nourishment for body and soul. In Session 4, of our Summer Bible Study, we sit around my corner table where you can lean in, to hear what the Word tells you about restful gathering. I’ve taken the notes for you. All done. The Bible passage: Luke 22:18,...

Pull up a chair to the Contented Table for a pause, in the midst of summer. Bring Peace to your table and rest for your spirit through His words of nourishment for body and soul. In Session 3, of our Summer Bible Study, we sit around my kitchen island. Lean in, to hear what the Word tells you about restful gathering. I’ve taken the notes for you. All done. The Bible passage: Mark 14: 22-25 and Heb...

Pull up a chair to the Contented Table for a pause, in the midst of summer. Bring Peace to your table and rest for your spirit through His words of nourishment for body and soul. In Session 2, of our Summer Bible Study, we are sitting around my kitchen table. Lean in, to hear what the Word tells you about restful gathering. I’ve taken the notes for you. All done. The Bible passage: Matthew 26: 20-...

Summer 🔅. A slower pace and time for more . But if you are anything like me, the calendar is full, and fitting in the restful things can be stressful. That's a little ironic. But here at the Contented Table, you have a pause in the rush. To find Peace at your table - even in the chaos. Pull up a chair and let’s lean in, to hear what the Word tells us about restful gathering in Week 1 of our Summe...

Have you heard yourself say “I know what I should eat, I just don’t do it.” This is more common than you think. The uphill climb is too overwhelming. If this is you, have come to the right place. Toss the self-blame and go from what seems futile to finding hope in a focus on what is attainable. Listen in to hear 4 steps to help you go from knowing what to eat to knowing how to eat well without str...

Is thankfulness not coming as easily today? Join in, to this audio devotional to find a new focus and go from downcast to chin-up in heights of gratitude. Verse quoted: But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 NIV Craving more? Pull up a chair to the Contented Table Community Chat and s ubscribe to The Contented Table newsletter...

I pray you open up the gift of joy this Easter nestled amongst the awe and wonder all He has for us. Listen in for this special Easter edition of the Contented Table Podcast. Craving more? Join the Contented Table Community and subscribe to the newsletter to have nourishment for body and soul right in your inbox (including the freebie: 7 Tweaks to Have Peace at Your Table). janecurryweber.substack...

Do you find your dinner table is more like a bus station with people coming and going, getting up and getting down? Rather than a restful place? Or maybe you find that you're the only one sitting there. In either case, you're wondering when this chaos began or when the loneliness at the table started. Family meals can provide the connection you crave and the rest it is meant to. Listen in to hear...

Are you seeking, searching…striving to find a diet that will finally work for you? It’s the time of year when we are tempted to renew our determination to diet our way to happiness. May I give you permission to try something different? An alternative that is restful and positive rather than exhausting and all-consuming? Listen in for tangible, start-today steps to a more nourishing 2024 for body a...

It is tough to avoid food situations during the Christmas season. It’s not that we want to escape the function or tradition. We want to erase the pressure and anxiety arising at the thought of our commitments that inevitably revolve around food. It can be yet another example of us stuffing our preferences, so we don’t offend the host or our family’s expectations. Is there a way to make it to the o...

Pull up a chair to the premiere episode of the Contented Table Podcast. I’m getting my sea legs by reading some posts with a little adlib and a prayer just for you. Learn of 12 reasons why we can dread dinner or why eating can be better described as turmoil rather than joy. We don’t end there though. The door is open at the Contented Table Community chat to continue the conversation and cheer one...