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# Two Recipes
- URL: https://lifemademanifest.com/two-recipes/
- Published: 2026-07-11T12:23:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-11T14:14:58.000Z
- Description: Two recipes for adding joy to life. Both are meant to be shared with companions, around tables.
- Author: Rick Shafer
- Tags: Observations

## Recipe One: Friendship

Advocating for friendship across difference: first, friendship with God across infinite difference, which is eternal life; then friendship across all other differences, which is shalom.

**Starter** (reserved from last round)  
Understanding

**Fresh Ingredients**  
Resolve  
Regard (proto-love)  
Love (gift of self)  
Relational seasoning mix (fruit of the Spirit, invitation, welcome, humility)  
Trust

**Container**  
Recommended: a shared project, activity, experience

To the starter, add fresh ingredients. Heat and intensity can accelerate development. Let rise to understanding (do not rush). Allow to set. Retain for next batch.

## Recipe Two: Strawberry Pie

**Crust**  
2 cups flour  
1 cup shortening/butter  
1 tsp salt  
1/4 cup cold water

Roll out, place in pan, bake @450℉ for 8-10 minutes

**Filling**  
3 pints berries, washed, hulled, sliced

Cream together:  
8-oz tub whipped cream cheese  
1/3 cup powdered sugar  
Scant tsp vanilla

Spread cream cheese mixture in bottom of crust

Layer sliced berries on top of cream cheese mixture

Mix in saucepan:  
1-1/2 cups cold water  
1/4 cup cornstarch  
1 cup sugar (optional)  
1 small (0.3-oz) box strawberry Jell-O (sugar-free)

Heat and stir until mixture thickens  
Pour over strawberries in pie shell  
Chill in refrigerator  
Garnish with whipped cream and serve