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This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes.This weekend, our daughters will perform in the Kansas Flint Hills atMatfield Green's Pioneer Bluffs. Learn more HERE.


Hummingbird Cake


Chicken Lo Mein


Featured Author, Gail Pallotta, shares her recipe for Chocolate Trifle

Book Preview ~ Room for Hope

Room for Hope, by Kim Vogel SawyerNeva Shilling has a heavy load of responsibility while her husband travels to neighboring communities and sells items from his wagon. In his absence, she faithfully runs the Shilling Mercantile, working to keep their business strong as the Depression takes its toll, and caring for their twins.

When a wagon pulls up after supper, Neva and her children rush out—and into the presence of the deputy driving a wagon carrying three young children. The deputy shocks her with the news that Warren and his wife have died, insisting it was their last request that the three children go live with "Aunt Neva."

Neva’s heart is shattered as she realizes that Warren’s month-long travels were excuses for visits with his secret family. She wants nothing more than to forget Warren, but can she abandon these innocent children to an orphanage? Yet if she takes them in, will she ever be able to see them as more than evidence of her husband’s betrayal and love them the way God does? Purchase the book HERE.  Kim Vogel Sawyer is the highly acclaimed, best-selling author of gentle stories of hope such as What Once Was Lost and Through the Deep Waters. With more than one million books in print, Kim has garnered numerous awards including the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Carol Award, the Inspirational Readers Choice Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. She lives in central Kansas with her retired military husband Don. She enjoys travel, quilting, and spending time with her daughters and grandchildren. Visit Kim at her Website HERE. 

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes.The Vogts Sisters will perform tonight at Common Grounds Coffeehouse, in Fort Scott, KS.Learn more HERE. 
Breakfast Hot Pockets
Italian Dish Menu Ideas
One Pot Sausage Pasta

Saying Good-bye to Grandma

Last week my family and I said good-bye to my dear Grandma.
She passed away from this world to her Heavenly Home on Good Friday, March 25, 2016.
She was 94 and still lived at home. We will miss her dearly.

Recommended Reading ~ A Treasure Concealed

A Treasure Concealed, by Tracie Peterson

Emily Carver wants a home where she can put down roots instead of following her gold-hungry father from one mining camp to another. She also longs for tenderness and love, both of which are missing in her life. Yet when she realizes she's losing her heart to the intriguing new man in camp, she fiercely fights her feelings, afraid that love will only result in disappointment and heartache.

Caeden Thibault, a young geologist, comes to Montana to catalog minerals indigenous to the state. He's a serious and guarded young man trying to escape the pain of his past. He has avoided all romantic entanglements, fearing he might become like his abusive father. But something about Emily Carver has caught his attention, something he never expected. . . .

Will these two broken souls allow God to bring healing and hope to their hurting hearts? Buy the book HERE.  Tracie Peterson is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 100 novels. Tracie also teaches writing workshops at a variety of conferences on subjects such as inspirational romance and historical research. She and her family live in Belgrade, Montana. Learn more at www.traciepeterson.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes.Tonight the Vogts Sisters will perform at One 14 Coffee in Neosho, MO.Learn more HERE. 
Skillet Frittata
Chinese Barbecued Pork
Cookbook Preview ~ Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine

Recommended Reading ~ Flirtation Walk

Flirtation Walk, by Siri Mitchell


Trying to escape the shambles her con-man father has made of their reputation, Lucinda Curtis arrives in West Point, New York, determined to land a husband from the military academy. Campbell Conklin is first in his class and preparing to embark upon a storied career in the U.S. Army. Lucinda thinks Campbell will make the perfect husband . . . as long as he does not find out about her father.

Seth Westcott also has taken a liking to Lucinda. He's kind, smart . . . and working extremely hard to graduate last. Tradition states that the worst cadets are assigned to the cavalry out west. And west is where Seth must head to track the swindler who stole all of Seth's mother's money. Seth is smart enough to vie for the top spot, but life isn't fair and this is his chance to catch the man who ruined his family. It's too bad Campbell is all shine and no substance, but Lucinda will surely see through all of that, won't she? Buy the book HERE.  Siri Mitchell has written over a dozen novels, three of which were named Christy Award finalists. A graduate of the University of Washington with a business degree, she has worked in many levels of government and lived on three continents. She and her family currently reside in the DC Metro area. Learn more at www.sirimitchell.com.

This Week's Recipes

Here are this week's new additions at Country at Heart Recipes.Enjoy your weekend - Happy Easter! 
Easter Menu Ideas
Lemon Biscotti

Featured Author, Julane Hiebert, shares her recipe for Strawberry Tiffany Torte

Preparing Our Hearts for Easter

There are so many hymns that celebrate the special Easter message that makes our hearts soar with thanksgiving and praise for all Christ has done for us. Here are a few verses from my favorite Easter hymns:

I know that my Redeemer lives; What comfort this sweet sentence gives! He lives, He lives, who once was dead; He lives, my ever living Head.

Jesus Christ is ris'n today, Alleluia! Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia! Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!

I am content! My Jesus liveth still,In whom my heart is pleased,He hath fulfilled the Law of God for me,God's wrath He hath appeased,Since He in death could perish never,I also shall not die forever.I am content! I am content!

And one from my childhood:
God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus;He came to love, heal, and forgive;He lived and died to buy my pardon, An empty grave it there to prove my Savior lives.Because He lives I can face tomorrow;Because He lives all fear is gone;Because I know He holds the future,And life is worth the living just because He lives.

Recommended Reading ~ The Goodbye Bride

The Goodbye Bride, by Denise Hunter
Lucy Lovett can’t remember the last seven months of her life. She doesn’t remember leaving her fiancé Zac Callahan weeks before their wedding or moving to Portland, Maine. And she sure doesn’t remember getting engaged to another man. All she remembers is loving Zac more than life itself.Zac was just beginning to get his life back on track after Lucy left him with no explanation. And now she’s back—vulnerable, homeless, and still in love with him. Has he been given a second chance with the only woman who stirs his passion and haunts his dreams?Lucy knows she must unlock those missing months and discover why she threw everything away. And Zac knows that if he follows his heart he’ll win back the love of his life—but if Lucy’s memory returns, his would-be bride might say goodbye forever. Buy the book HERE.  Denise Hunter is the internationally published bestselling author of more than 20 books, including Dancing with Firefliesand The Convenient Groom. She has won The Holt Medallion Award, The Reader's Choice Award, The Foreword Book of the Year Award, and is a RITA finalist. When Denise isn't orchestrating love lives on the written page, she enjoys traveling with her family, drinking green tea, and playing drums. Denise makes her home in Indiana where she and her husband are raising three boys. You can learn more about Denise through her website DeniseHunterBooks.com.