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

Welcome to the weekend, my pals! And completely happy completely happy completely happy 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 a superb one – and I want the identical for each particular person studying this immediately.

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 flowery event and quick sufficient to serve any evening of the week, pan seared scallops would possibly develop into your new favourite technique to eat seafood. Restaurant-quality scallops are simpler to make at dwelling than you ever thought! Every chunk of those scallops has a lightweight 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. The whole lot bakes and melts collectively to create an irresistible dinner for any cheese or pasta lover!

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

And should you like roasted carrots, you won’t wish to make them every other method after tasting parmesan-roasted carrots. Chunk-sized and toasty excellent, you may’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 do-it-yourself 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 remains to be dark chocolate Oreos – thanks so much, 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 sturdy. I simply gifted this similar one to a buddy and it made me grin to share the label-making enjoyable. 

What I’m READING: The ebook I selected for Introduction this yr 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 start of Jesus is so acquainted to many people that “the phrases simply slip over us.” My hope is that we’ll take the time to decelerate and dwell on the phrases of the Christmas story so that we’ll arrive at Christmas Day stuffed with awe and marvel on the start 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 yr.

All this befell to meet what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, they usually 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