Diamond "Adult" Spotlight

​     Deaconess Ann S Gabriel
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• Birthday:  March 27
• From: Cleveland, OH
• ​Favorite Food: Chicken Alfredo
• Favorite Restaurant: Texas Roadhouse
• Favorite TV Show: Family Feud
• Favorite Scripture: Psalms 91:1-16
• Favorite Song/Artist:  Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross/Rev. James Cleveland
• Hobbies:  singing, softball, walking
• EBC Membership:​  13 years
• Career: Supervisor, Food Service, E. Cleveland Schools
• Bucket List: Bermuda
• Enjoy: Sitting by the ocean and listening to the waves

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Everlasting Flavour

       RECIPE of the WEEK
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Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Soup

• Ingredients
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup salted butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups half and half
• 12 oz fresh broccoli florets, roughly chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp paprika
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp dry mustard (1/2 tsp regular mustard)
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2 cups cheddar cheese

Directions: 

• Add 1 Tbsp butter to pot over MED heat.  Add chopped onion and saute until soft and translucent, about 2-3 minutes.  Add 1/4 cup butter to pot, still over MED heat. When melted, add flour and whisk together. Cook mixture about 1 minute, whisking often.
• Slowly pour in about a cup of chicken broth, whisking as you pour.  Continue with remaining chicken broth and half and half, pouring slowly and whisking as your pour.  
• Let broth/half and half mixture cook for a minute or two, whisking often, making sure no flour lumps remain.
• Add broccoli and carrots and stir to combine.  Add paprika, garlic powder, dry mustard, salt and pepper, stir.  Reduce heat to LOW/MED LOW and simmer about 10-15 minutes or until thickened and broccoli/carrots are fork tender.  If soup gets too thick for your liking, add a splash of chicken broth or half and half to loosen it up.
• Blend soup until desired texture is reached, using either immersion blender or by transferring soup to traditional blender.  
• Add grated cheddar cheese a handful at a time, stirring to melt the cheese into the soup after each handful.  Taste soup and season accordingly.

Diamond "Young Adult" Spotlight

​       Sis. BreOnna McCall
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• Birthday:​  October 3
• Born in: Cleveland OH
• Grade: 11  School: Euclid H.S.
  
• Favorite Subject: Math
  
• GPA: 3.5
  
• Favorite Scripture: II Corinthians 12:9
• Favorite Gospel Song/Artist: "Made a Way" Travis Green
• Favorite Sport: Basketball
• Hobbies: Cosmotology, cooking
• Favorite Food: Seafood
• Favorite Color: Purple
• ​Enjoy:  Poetry
• Dream Career: Travel RN