Give the gift of love

Spicy Eggplant Relish

2 TBSP olive oil
1 cup minced onion
1 medium eggplant
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cumin
1 medium -sized bell pepper, minced
1 medium clove garlic clove, minced
1 TBSP lemon juice
cayenne, to taste

Heat olive oil in a medium-sized skillet and add the onion, eggplant, salt, and cumin, and saute over medium heat for 15-20 minutes.  Add the pepper and saute for 10 more minutes.  Stir in the garlic and lemon juice.  Cook for five more minutes.  Add cayenne and more salt, to taste.  Serve any temperature as a side dish, on crackers, or as a dip.  This is absolutely delicious.  - Revised from Molly Katzen's Moosewood Cookbook


"When we love authentically, we have an attitude of generosity in all we do."
                                                                                - Gary Chapman
"Love in a word is the gift of self."
                     - Pope John Paul II

   Sometimes, when I am not feeling loved, I try to love others and then begin to feel love in return.  We live in societies that claim that selfishness is to be praised and the path we should all take.  But to truly feel love and understand what it means, we first have to give.  Give the gift of love.