Mark your calendars!

For a fun night!! On December 8th, there will be an Enrichment meeting at Sister Arlene Isenhour's home. It's going to be great! There will be several make-and-take crafts, some dancing, and lots of fellowshipping! If you can bring a finger food that is EASY to prepare (or store-bought) - but NOT stressed over or time-consuming, that would be wonderful. If not, come anyway and enjoy a little Christmas Spirit. Hope to see you there!

Here is the recipe for the yummy soup mix that some of the sisters put together as gifts on Wednesday night. It's called Texas Two-Step and it is DELICIOUS!!

(the ingredient amounts listed below make 1 batch - fills one pint-size canning jar - or quart if you keep the tortilla chips pretty big)

1 (1.61 ounce) package brown gravy mix (regular or no-fat)
2 tablespoons mild red chili powder
2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
1 teaspoon ground cumin (optional)
1 teaspoon dried minced onion
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
10 to 12 regular-size tortilla chips, coarsely crushed
1 to 2 cups uncooked small to medium-size pasta (such as
wheels, shells, macaroni)

Pour gravy mix into wide-mouth pint jar. In small bowl, stir together chili powder, oregano, cumin, onion and garlic salt. Pour into jar to make second layer. Add layers of tortilla chips and pasta to fill jar. Seal with lid. Attach gift tag (below) and decorate jar as desired.

Attach a gift tag with the following instructions:

Texas Two-Step Soup:

Brown 1/2 pound ground beef in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Add contents of jar and 7 cups water; heat to boiling. Stir in 1 (15 ounce) can corn with red and green bell peppers and 1 (16 ounce) can chopped tomatoes. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until pasta is tender, stirring occasionally.

Serve with crushed tortilla chips and shredded Monterey jack cheese, if desired.

Makes 8 servings.