Doc Rock

Meet Doc Rock!















Doc Rock was in studio with us, sharing his music and his message on how to stay healthy.

To find out more about Doc Rock visit his website at:
healthrock.com

Pictures we promised to show you!

Here are a couple of pictures we promised to put up on the blog.

This is Walter and his family.

And this is Larry's little Neice Sarah.

Carrabba's Recipes

We had yummy food from Carrabba's yesterday, and Chef Brett shared the recipes!

BRUSCHETTE SICILIANI

4 each roma tomatoes, (washed and diced ½”)
¼ small red onion, thinly sliced
12 each kalamata olives (halved lengthwise)
pinch fresh basil leaves, medium chop
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon dry oregano
¼ teaspoon black pepper


Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and cover. Allow the ingredients to rest for one
hour at room temperature


TO SERVE

10 slices Italian bread sliced 1 inch thick
1 cup Extra virgin olive oil
Ricotta Salata cheese
Pinch chopped parsley


Brush olive oil evenly over the sides of the sliced Italian bread. Be sure to cover the entire side of the bread. Place the bread on a hot grill and grill for 2-3 minutes on each side.

Place the grilled bread around the edges of a round plate, leaving some space in the middle of the plate. Spoon the Siciliani sauce into the center of the plate and partially on to the bread. Top the siciliani with freshly grated ricotta salata cheese and chopped parsley.

TUSCAN TOMATO SALAD


1 cup Ripe beef steak tomatoes (1” dice)
pinch Kosher salt
pinch Black pepper
4 tablespoons Italian dressing
½ cup Arugula
pinch Chopped basil
10 pieces Toasted Italian bread (1” cubes)




1. Cut the Italian bread into cubes and toast lightly in an oven at 300 degrees for 5-10 minutes.

2. Place tomatoes in a mixing bowl and season with salt and pepper.

3. Add the arugula, basil, and Italian dressing and mix

4. Add the toasted bread and toss well. Be sure to coat the bread thoroughly. Serve immediately.

News and Talk

It's tough being a talk show host and not being able to talk about some of the biggest stories of the year! We are "dark" this week due to an HD conversion in our studios, so we are missing talking with you about Governor Sanford, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.

It reminds me of another time at FamilyNet when Scott JuVette and I were doing news back in Texas. It was during the Christmas break and everyone--I mean everyone--took off two weeks around the holidays of Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year's. Then the tsunami hit Asia. And we had no way to update the evergreen newscasts we had produced for the vacation period. It was frustrating not to be able to provide the latest and most-up-to-date news for people who watched FamilyNet Television.

Although I don't anticipate these long breaks ever happening again... you never know. Despite the inability to talk, it sure has been nice to sleep a little later and jog in the cool of the morning. But that Atlanta traffic... now I know what everyone has been fussing about!

See you Monday in real life!

Little Rider

Neon from Ohio sent us a cute photo of his daughter, Bethany. She looks ready to get on her own bike and go! We're not sure how old or how tall you have to be to join the Trinity CMC--maybe Bethany gets an honorary membership.

Programming Note

For the week of June 22, we are not broadcasting live shows. Due to tech upgrades here at FamilyNet, we were asked to pre-record the programs. We combined "best of" segments with some new interviews, and hope you will like the results, even if you can't call in.

We will be in the office, planning new programs and getting caught up on all our stacks of books and papers! So email or call us if you want to talk.

We appreciate your patience and will be back live on the air June 29.

Twittering

At our weekly chapel time at FamilyNet this week, we had a memorial service of sorts for a new employee who had already made a big difference. He died in a car accident, leaving his wife and young daughter. The memorial was a PowerPoint display of his "tweets." I had never met this man, but I felt like I knew him after reading the succession of his short messages. He loved God, he loved his wife, he was crazy about his little girl, and he ate ice cream to celebrate and when he was stressed.

I was so inspired by his tweets, that I resolved to encourage people with twittering, too. So if you want to follow me, please go to www.Twitter.com/LorriVAllen.

We have several FamilyNet regular guests who are twittering, too. Randy Singer is RandyDSinger, and Linda Swindling is LindaSwindling.