Ash Wednesday WOO!

I LOVE. Ash wednesday. I love it. I can't help adoring the idea of getting to really delve into the scary nitty gritty that is my soul and just go to work with Jesus on it! Yes, there are a lot of not so pretty things there. But I get to get rid of it! Or work on getting rid of it, along with the habits that get all of that junk in my heart in the first place! Yes!

Anyway, started out with some exercise this morning, and because today was beautiful, I rode my moped to mass on campus. The readings were fabulous, and the lector was fabulous (for some reason that matters? It probably shouldn't), I got myself a sweet cross, I talked to friends afterward (about journaling, which is my favorite thing to do), this guy at the store asked me if the ashes were from my helmet (to which I responded no very politely and then we talked about lent for a while), and then I went to work and then I came home and made a cool new recipe!
Whew. Good day. OH! and I watched parks and rec and didn't break the fast. Pretty excited.

Also, I had an important realization tonight. If you had an interaction with another person, and, honestly, your intentions were purely out of sincere love for the other person, you should never feel guilty or stupid about that interaction. Any action borne out of love for others is a good thing. Period. I can just be silly sometimes and get easily embarrassed. Also I over-analyze. Eesh. Good thing I have plenty of time to fix my heart before it stops beating.

Oh! If you're curious about my recipe, here it is (basically):

Crispy Potato Rounds with Cool Basil Dip

1 red potatoe, sliced into very thin rounds
1 cup of seasoned bread crumbs
1 tbsp parmesan
1/2 cup of milk
1 egg white
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1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
dash of dill
dash of garlic
2 tsp basil

(rounds)
-Preheat the oven to 350
-Whisk the egg white and the milk together in one bowl
-Combine the parmesan and the bread crumbs in another bowl
-Cover a cookie sheet with foil
-Dip each potato round completely in the milk/egg mixture, and then one flat side in the bread crumb/parm mixture
-Lay bread crumbs up onto the cookie sheet
-Repeat with all rounds
-Sprinkle some of the remaining bread crumb/parm mixture over the rounds
-Bake until the edges of the rounds start to brown
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 (dip)
-Combine sour cream and worchestire sauce
-Stir in basil, garlic, and dill

So yeah... kind of made it up, kind of heard about something maybe similar-ish? I want to try with zucchini... anyway, have at it! Let me know what you think if you try it!

Peace