The Little Issues Publication #443 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my pals! And comfortable comfortable comfortable birthday to my little sister, Jenny! (Aren’t you thrilled that your birthday fell on a publication day, sis?) I hope that your day is an excellent one – and I want the identical for each individual studying this in the present day.

My day has already been stuffed with yoga, a Costco date with Sean, scrumptious scorching pretzels right here in Granville, and time spent at dwelling with my oldest son. Right here’s to all the conventional, on a regular basis, very unfancy issues that make our lives beautiful.

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK:  Candy bites of oranges are tossed with crisp lettuce and parsley after which topped with caramelized almonds to create this refreshing orange parsley salad. You’ll be hooked from the primary chunk – I do know I used to be!

Elegant sufficient for a elaborate event and quick sufficient to serve any night time of the week, pan seared scallops may turn out to be your new favourite strategy to eat seafood. Restaurant-quality scallops are simpler to make at dwelling than you ever thought! Every chunk of those scallops has a light-weight and virtually candy taste, highlighted by the caramelized crust on the skin.

Pasta and sausage in a wealthy tomato pasta sauce is topped with an abundance of cheese to create this cheesy sausage pasta. Every part bakes and melts collectively to create an irresistible dinner for any cheese or pasta lover!

I’m a giant fan of vegetable aspect dishes (no shock there, proper?) and recently I’ve been all about roasted broccoli and sweet potatoes. Collectively or separate, it’s a successful aspect dish.

And should you like roasted carrots, you won’t wish to make them some other method after tasting parmesan-roasted carrots. Chew-sized and toasty good, you’ll be able to’t eat only one!

Have you ever tried your hand at making french bread pizza in the air fryer?? This methodology creates tacky pizzas with a crispy crust. It’s home made pizza that’s quick sufficient for a fast lunch or informal dinner.

Candy chunks of edible cookie dough fill every scoop of this wealthy and creamy chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.

What I’m CRAVING: The reply continues to be dark chocolate Oreos – thanks so much, Lynne. I ought to in all probability hand the remaining stash of cookies over to my boys to get them out of my thoughts, and my attain.

My FAVORITE THING this week is my label maker. I’ve had mine for over 15 years, in all probability nearer to twenty, and it’s nonetheless going sturdy. I simply gifted this identical one to a pal and it made me grin to share the label-making enjoyable. 

What I’m READING: The e book I selected for Introduction this 12 months is The Advent of Glory by RC Sproul. I began it early as a Bible research with pals and I’m trying ahead to sharing it with my household too. As R.C. Sproul observes, the narrative of the beginning of Jesus is so acquainted to many people that “the phrases simply slip over us.” My hope is that we are going to take the time to decelerate and dwell on the phrases of the Christmas story so that we are going to arrive at Christmas Day stuffed with awe and marvel on the beginning of Jesus.

What I’m nonetheless LISTENING to: Heaven Has Come by Sovereign Grace Music. That is more likely to be my favourite vacation album this 12 months.

All this came about to meet what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and so they shall name his title Immanuel” (which suggests, God with us). Matthew 1:22-23 ESV

Wishing you a stunning week stuffed with little issues that make you smile!

Mary