The Little Issues E-newsletter #443 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my mates! And pleased pleased pleased birthday to my little sister, Jenny! (Aren’t you thrilled that your birthday fell on a e-newsletter day, sis?) I hope that your day is a superb one – and I want the identical for each individual studying this right this moment.

My day has already been full of 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 chew – I do know I used to be!

Elegant sufficient for a flowery event and quick sufficient to serve any night time of the week, pan seared scallops may develop into your new favourite solution to eat seafood. Restaurant-quality scallops are simpler to make at dwelling than you ever thought! Every chew of those scallops has a lightweight and nearly candy taste, highlighted by the caramelized crust on the surface.

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

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

And in the event you like roasted carrots, you may not wish to make them another means after tasting parmesan-roasted carrots. Chunk-sized and toasty good, you possibly can’t eat only one!

Have you ever tried your hand at making french bread pizza in the air fryer?? This technique creates tacky pizzas with a crispy crust. It’s selfmade 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 quite a bit, Lynne. I ought to most likely 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, most likely nearer to twenty, and it’s nonetheless going robust. I simply gifted this identical one to a buddy and it made me grin to share the label-making enjoyable. 

What I’m READING: The ebook I selected for Creation this yr is The Advent of Glory by RC Sproul. I began it early as a Bible examine with mates and I’m wanting 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 filled with awe and marvel on the beginning of Jesus.

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

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

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

Mary