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| Mee-Maws Chicken & Dressing (served with J.J.'s Awesome Cranberry Sauce) |
What’s Up Guys,
I hope your week is starting off great! I am excited the weather is beginning to cool off because for me that is the time I feel the most creative in the kitchen. I love the feel of Fall and it makes me hungry for hearty, delicious meals, and this year we are coming up with some new and exciting dishes in addition to your favorites. This past week I remembered a dish that I absolutely loved when I was growing up... Beef Stroganoff... I remember finding a recipe for it in a magazine that was lying around the house... I couldn’t have been more than fifteen, but I got my Mom to buy the ingredients and I spent the better part of an afternoon making it along with a recipe I found for this braided bread that had chicken broth in it... the bread didn’t come out so good, but the Beef Stroganoff was off the chain! Last week I made it for the Kountry Buffet in Gardendale. It was awesome and it brought back so many memories... I guess I have always been a Chef in my heart...even before I knew it! That is the Special in Birmingham this week and you will also see it on the Kountry Buffet in Gardendale. Let me know what you think, and if you have any hearty childhood favorite memories shoot me an e-mail or a Facebook Post. I have a free lunch for the most awesome input!
The Kountry Buffet Menu will be posted daily on our Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/KairosKafe) and all the Specials for Birmingham and Gardendale are posted there and on our website (www.KairosKafe.com)
Generally I love this time of writing my thoughts to you guys... the things I am learning... the things I am struggling with... the things that bring me joy... and sorrow... just the basic things that make up everyday life. This week though I sit here with a loss for words, and it seems my only thoughts are that I am learning to live life one day at a time, to follow Jesus one day at a time... that may sound easy for some of you but that has always been my biggest struggle. I am a planner. I need to have my days and weeks mapped out and all my ducks in a row. When I have all that then somehow I feel a sense of peace. Over the past few months though I have faced one obstacle after another and one challenge after another... its gotten me to a place where I don’t have a plan, and I don’t have everything mapped out, and all my ducks are not in a row... these dang ducks are off quacking all over the place! And in all that there is an overwhelming presence of God that is unmistakable. I have things looming on the horizon that I can’t fix... I don’t know how... I have issues with family and friends and relationships that I can’t fix... I don’t know how... there is all this “stuff” going on... and I’ve got nothing.
Then there is Jesus. Smiling at me. I can feel Him Smile. Even Laugh. He’s letting me know that He’s got this. My part is to live by Faith, He says. It’s funny I always thought I knew what that meant, but in the last few months all that I thougt I knew has been turned upside down, and I think I understand what that means in a new and living way. If you are struggling with similar things, I dare you to sit still, and let Jesus smile at you. Even laugh. He’s got this. We just most of the time think we do.
I Live to cook another day.
God Bless you. Thank you for supporting Kairos, and have a wonderful week!
James K Jones
Hours of operation:
Katering Available 24/7
Call Denise 205-410-3220 or e-mail Denise@KairosKatering.com
Birmingham- Monday thru Friday 10:30 am till 2:30 pm
Gardendale - Monday thru Friday 10:30 am till 8:00 pm
Closed Saturday
Sunday Kountry Buffet 11:00 am till 2:00 pm
Gardendale Bakery - Monday thru Friday 10:30 am till 8:00 pm
Closed Saturday
Sunday 11:00 am till 2:00 pm
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Sunday night 6:00 p.m.
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