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

Welcome to the weekend, my buddies! And glad glad glad 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 right this moment.

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

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 evening of the week, pan seared scallops would possibly develop into your new favourite solution to eat seafood. Restaurant-quality scallops are simpler to make at residence than you ever thought! Every chunk of those scallops has a light-weight and virtually 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 facet dishes (no shock there, proper?) and currently I’ve been all about roasted broccoli and sweet potatoes. Collectively or separate, it’s a successful facet dish.

And for those who like roasted carrots, you may not need to make them some other method after tasting parmesan-roasted carrots. Chew-sized and toasty good, you may’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 robust. I simply gifted this identical one to a good friend and it made me grin to share the label-making enjoyable. 

What I’m READING: The e-book I selected for Creation this yr is The Advent of Glory by RC Sproul. I began it early as a Bible research with buddies 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 stuffed with awe and surprise 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 yr.

All this occurred 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 identify 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