Pray It Off REST OF 4/22/10 Meeting

Salmon Florentine
http://www.self.com/fooddiet/recipes/2009/11/salmon-florentine

You'll be hooked on the scrumptious taste of this meal; plus, it provides a hefty 8 grams of ticker-protective polyunsaturated fats.
From the November 2009 Issue Self Magazine
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
• 2 packages (10 oz each) frozen spinach, thawed
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 cup minced shallots
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 5 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste
• 1/2 cup part-skim ricotta
• 4 skinless salmon fillets (6 oz each), rinsed and patted dry
• 1 recipe Quinoa Pilaf With Pine Nuts
PREPARATION
1. Heat oven to 350°. Squeeze spinach of all excess liquid. Set aside. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots; cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute more. Add spinach, tomatoes, salt, pepper flakes and pepper; cook, stirring, 2 minutes more. Remove from heat; let cool about 15 minutes. Add ricotta; stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Pack about 1/2 cup spinach mixture on top of each fillet, matching the shape of the fillet. Place fillets on a rimmed baking sheet or in a glass baking dish; bake until cooked through, 15 minutes. Serve with Quinoa Pilaf With Pine Nuts.
THE SKINNY
334 calories per serving, 14 g fat (3 g saturated), 11 g carbs, 4 g fiber, 43 g protein

FREE TO BE ME - Francesca Battistelli




At fifty-five years of age I'm still looking for a dream
A war's already waged for my destiny
But You've already won the battle
And You've got great plans for me
Though I can’t always see

(Chorus)
‘Cause I got a couple dents in my fender
Got a couple rips in my jeans
Try to fit the pieces together
But perfection is my enemy
On my own I'm so clumsy
But on Your shoulders I can see
I'm free to be me

When I was just a girl I thought I had it figured out
See my life would turn out right, and I'd make it here somehow
But things don't always come that easy
And sometimes I would doubt, oh

(Chorus)

And you’re free to be you

Sometimes I believe that I can do anything
Yet other times I think I've got nothing good to bring
But You look at my heart and You tell me
That I've got all You seek , Oh
And it’s easy to believe
Even though

(Chorus) 2x


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PIO GROUP PRAYER TIME
April 22, 2010

• Discuss your self-esteem vs. your self-acceptance. Do you accept and love yourself like God does?
• Are you self-critical? Go around the table and each person say one good thing about YOURSELF.
• Do you have self-doubt related to losing weight and KEEPING it off – discuss? How can you remove this doubt?
• Are you nicer to others than you are to yourself? Why?
• Are you committed to a lifetime of personal growth – discuss specifics.
• Do you have arthritis? Discuss how weight loss and exerciser has helped it.
• What do you think of looking into hormones and metabolism? Will you? Can you help the PIO group with what you find?
• What fish did you eat last week? Can you eat three servings of fish next week?
• Say the Hail Mary to Close the Group.

“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others” 1 Peter 4-10