Time To Link Up! Tuesdays with a Twist #156

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #156!
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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

We're your hosts & co-hosts 

Mary @ Back to the Basics and Mary's Kitchen
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Joyce @ Heavenly Bodies

Checkout my amazing "Featured" Pinterest Board

(click HERE to view & follow)

Features!

Each co-host will be sharing her own picks for Features. This gives everyone a better chance of being featured. Be sure to check all of our blogs to see if you were featured! 

My Features this Week are:

1. "Old Hymn - It Is Well With My Soul" by Harvest Lane Cottage

2. "20 Ways to Re-use Kitty Litter Buckets" by Oak Hill Homestead

3.  "Tales from the Trash Pile"  by Backwoods Babies

If you've been featured we'd love for you to grab a button.

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The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!

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Fruity Cream Cheese Filled French Toast

Fruity Cream Cheese Filled French Toast

This is a delicious & fun twist on the traditional French toast - ENJOY!




Printable Recipe

begin by making the Fruity Cream Cheese Filling:

1 package of cream cheese (softened to room temperature)

1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar

1 pear (I used my own canned pear - in other words 2 halves but a very ripe fresh pear will also work.  Mash the pear - if you are using a fresh pear then peel & core before mashing)

1/4 cup fresh blueberries (rinsed, drained & chopped)

Prepare ingredients as listed above.  In a medium bowl with an electric mixer combine all ingredients.  Set aside until later (keeping it at room temperature).

French Toast:

4 eggs

1 1/2 cups milk

1/4 cup flour

1/8 cup almond flour

2 teaspoons sugar

dash salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon melted butter
a loaf of bread (sliced)

extra butter for cooking

In a large mixing bowl - break open the eggs & whisk in the milk.  Now, with a wooden spoon- stir in the remaining ingredients (except for the extra butter & loaf of bread of course).  Take a few pieces of bread and remove a small hole in the middle.  Dip the bread in the French toast batter (see picture above).  (IMPORTANT NOTE - If your bread is thinly sliced like the loaf I used in these pictures then you will only want to dip the bread in the batter.  If your bread is thickly sliced then you may soak it in the batter but ONLY for a few seconds).

Add a dab of butter in the frying pan before each piece of dipped bread.  Now, fry the bread in the frying pan.  Flip after about 1 minute (or until desired doneness is achieved).  ONLY FLIP ONCE.  Add a dollop of the fruity cream cheese in the middle of each toast after you have flipped it (while the second side is cooking) (see picture above).  Continue dipping & frying until all the batter has been used up.




Serve immediately, top with maple syrup or blueberry syrup & ENJOY!

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Snickerdoodle Sunday #125
Happiness is Homemade
LouLou Girls #105
Thriving on Thursdays

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(Checkout this month's wonderful Sponsor!) 

Cynthia from "ShorelineDesigned HANDMADE on Amazon"

Great Lakes stones & planet earth nautical jewelry - beautifully Handmade!

(click on the button below to visit her shop)

Find out more about this amazing artist CLICK HERE

He is Risen! - Celebration Through Music

"The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.  He is not here;  he has risen, just as he said.  Come and see the place where he lay.  Then go quickly and tell his disciples;  He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee.  There you will see him.'  Now I have told you."  Matthew 28:5-7


A special thanks to "Holding Onto Jesus" for posting this hymn on YouTube



A special thanks to "BestLovedHymns" for posting this on YouTube

A special thanks to "StillAmazed27" for posting this on YouTube


A special thanks to "Christian Praise & Worship in Songs, Sermons & Audio Books" for sharing this with us on YouTube!

A special thanks to "Clutch Boys Official" for sharing this with us on YouTube

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Featuring the MARCH 2016 "Highest CLIMBers"!

We are still looking for 1 more permanent week#4 cohost!  Please click HERE if you are interested
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WELCOME to the Chain Linky CLIMB!
It's the month long Networking Blog Hop where Cohosts & Guest Cohosts are added each week for ultimate exposure! 
Networking means helping each other grow!!  If you want to promote a CLIMB link, then use #ChainLinkyCLIMB on Twitter or Google+ so that we can all help each other grow!
Here's how the Giveaway & Guest Cohosting works - the hosts, cohosts & Guest cohosts from the previous month's CLIMB will have the opportunity to participate in a Giveaway during the next CLIMB - that gives co-hosts 2 months in a row of blog growing fun!!  (If you would like to guest cohost please sign up at the end of this post using the last "Linky") We have 2 permanent cohosts for week#2, 3 permanent cohosts for week#3 and eventually we will have 4 permanent cohosts for week#4 making a grand total of 11 hosts/cohosts each month & that's not even including Guest Cohosts!

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Each permanent host & cohost has picked their favorite link from the previous month CLIMB! Remember - all Highest CLIMBers are pinned to the ChainLinkyCLIMB Pinterest Board (click to view or follow) Checkout all 11 Highest CLIMBers from March 2016:

Health Benefits of Radish Sprouts by It's Your Life

Tea Cup Shelf by Penny's Treasures

DIY Upcycled Wine Bottle Crate by Redo It Yourself Inspirations

Monkey Bread Muffins by SimpleJoys

Chai Latte Pumpkin Cookies by Healthy Helper

Muffin Donuts by SimpleJoys

same as Sew Crafty Angel - see above

Self-Publishing by The Writer Next Door

What Distinguishes the Meaningful from the Sentimental Clutter by Path to Simple

10 Easy Easter Cakes by Mommy's Not Perfect

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Also, our CLIMB GIVEAWAY! Please enter below -one person will win: - $10 Paypal cash from God's Growing Garden
- Your choice of 2 month small Ad spaces OR 1 month large Spotlighting Ad Space on Butterfly in the Attic- $30 value
- Spring Candle Cozies (6 pack) $10 value by Eclectic Red Barn
- 1 Sidebar Ad Space on God's Growing Garden - $10 value
- 1 "Luck of the Irish" Necklace by ShorelineDesigned - $20 value


"Spring Candle Cozies" by Bev from Eclectic Red Barn

"The Luck of the Irish" Necklace
Natural green slag glass stone from Lake Michigan with back to back Celtic Knot charms and green glass bead on 24 inch petite ball chain necklace
by ShorelineDesigned
Total prize value is $80!!



CLIMB Giveaway Rules & Conditions: - this is open worldwide (void where prohibited) - You must be 18 years or older to enter - You MUST have a blog to win the Ad spaces (otherwise these will become second place prizes) - You MUST have a valid PayPal account to win the Paypal Cash (otherwise this will become a second place prize) - You MUST have a mailing address in the lower 48 states of the USA in order to win the necklace & the cozies (otherwise these will become a second place prizes)

- This Giveaway is open from March 1st, 2016 until March 30th, 2016

- Winner must respond to email within 48 hours or a different winner will be chosen

- Giveaway Hosts, Cohosts & Guest Cohosts can NOT enter this Giveaway!, however - MARCH 2016 CLIMB blog hop co-hosts ARE allowed to enter this Giveaway (provided they are not also part of the Giveaway)

- correspondence is done through email and the winner's email addresses will only be used to deliver or set-up e-prizes.  Email addresses will NEVER be sold or shared.

- All prizes will be delivered by the contributing Bloggers/Shop Owners.

- if you have any questions or concerns about this Giveaway please email one of the hosts:

Angie:  angeliquetower@gmail.com

Angel:  sewcraftyangel@gmail.com

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Now onto the CLIMB (blog hop): There are many ways to follow us:

Angie @ God's Growing Garden
blog  |  facebook  |  pinterest  |  twitter  |  bloglovin  |  google+  |  etsy
 Angel @ Sew Crafty Angel

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By participating in this blog hop your understand that your link might be featured &/or promoted on our blogs & social media.  Also, by participating in this blog hop your email address will be added to our CLIMB list & you will be sent an email reminder next month. 


Remember - If you Guest Cohost you will receive a free Weekly Sidebar Ad and your blog button will appear on both Angie's blog & Angel's blog!!
(The Ad will run live a few weeks after you have co-hosted)

We are looking for amazing Bloggers like you to Guest Cohost the CLIMB! 
Please click the purple button below to sign up to Guest Cohost or click HERE!

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(Checkout this month's wonderful Sponsor!) 

Cynthia from "ShorelineDesigned HANDMADE on Amazon"

Great Lakes stones & planet earth nautical jewelry - beautifully Handmade!

(click on the button below to visit her shop)

Find out more about this amazing artist CLICK HERE

Good Friday - For YOU and ME

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16


A special thanks to "Revival Moments" for sharing this with us on YouTube


A special thanks to Alexander Czarnecki for posting this on YouTube 

A special thanks to "ChristianPraiseAndWorshipInSongs" for sharing this with us!

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If you need prayer please fill out this

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Weekly Thankfulness & Growth Report #6

#6 - Weekly Thankfulness & Growth Report

If you were following this blog in 2015 then you will be familiar with my "365 Days of Being Thankful" challenge.  I have missed reporting on my thankfulness since I finished my challenge back in November so I decided to at least give a weekly Thankfulness Report & include a Growth Report also.  Growth in our Christian walk, growth in the garden & growth on this blog.  Finally, I am also including a "Posts From the Past" feature - ENJOY!



This week I have been thankful for my sister's safe return home, for a fantastic day spent with my cousin, for green grass and especially for Jesus' sacrifice that saved my life forever!



"On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.  They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.  While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.  In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead?  He is not here; he has risen!."  Luke 24:1-6
We are all sinners & Jesus died & rose again for all of us so that we might have eternal life!
Read: He is Risen!



We are building a new potato patch and yes we will continue to grow our potatoes in compost - click HERE to view how.

- Here are my Follower stats:

GFC (Google Friends Connect) - 2,240

Bloglovin - 3,906
Twitter - 5,912
Pinterest - 5,260
Google+ - 2,260
Facebook - 4,383
Linky Followers - 109
Networked Blog - 1,182
Sverve - 574
That's a grand total of 25,826 followers in some form or another (that's up 52 from last week!).

(click on the title to view the entire post)
Four years ago I shared with you an Easter family tradition:
German Easter Egg Tree or "Osterstrauch"






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Take Up The THANKFULNESS Challenge!

I challenge you to thank God for something everyday for one year!  Either write it down in a diary OR share with us on a blog.  If you have a blog & would like to share your THANKFULNESS posts with us, then please fill out this form: 365 Days of Being THANKFUL form - click HERE and you will be added to the THANKFULNESS page.

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