📘 From Pantry to Power
Part I — The Struggle Meals that Saved Me
A Vivid Verse Food & Faith Series**
Because survival tastes different when it’s seasoned with purpose.
Series Overview
A lyrical, truth-telling cookbook-meets-memoir of the meals that held you together when money was low, spirits were tired, and faith was the only spice that never ran out.
Each recipe is paired with a moment from your life — a reflection, a lesson, and a reminder that God’s provision doesn’t always look fancy… sometimes it looks like pasta, onions, and a prayer
This ones for the single moms, young adults, students, anyone cooking on a shoestring, and everyone who knows God steps into the kitchen right when you think the cupboard is empty.
📖 When the Cupboard Echoes
A poetic opening describing a night when I was exhausted, staring at barely anything in the pantry — and still pulled together a plate that fed more than just your stomach.
“Even in scarcity, Heaven leaves crumbs of hope.”
Every Recipe Name Has Story Behind It
🍽 A short scene — funny, raw, real.
Why I made it.
What it taught me.
Where God showed up.
🥣 Ingredients I Actually Had
True to the season — simple, honest, no fluff.
🔥 The Method (The way I really cooked it)
Casual, authentic instructions.
Not chef-perfect — Monique-perfect.
🌾 A Lesson From the Lone Onion
A faith or resilience takeaway.
Download: From Pantry to Power: Part I — The Struggle Meals that Saved Me
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gDCi5DDoFVUevhSJDfBHighhQHNBoTh8/view?usp=sharing