The Little Issues Publication #462 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my pals! It’s a drizzly heat weekend right here in Ohio, and I’m fortunately right here for it. My weekend plan is to be on the sofa with a stack of books or out for a stroll, so long as the climate cooperates.

In case you are on TikTok, (full disclosure, I’m simply not that cool) my brother (Hello, Miles!) has an account that I like. (And sure, I can see it utilizing my pc – once more, I’m simply not TikTok cool.) 

Anyhow, when you’re into homesteading, DIY initiatives, schoolie life, or simply get pleasure from watching another person getting issues carried out (sure, that’s me!), it’s plenty of enjoyable to observe. You may test it out right here: https://www.tiktok.com/@miles_3m 

IN THE KITCHEN THIS WEEK: Calling all shrimp lovers! These flavorful and satisfying Shrimp Quesadillas with vivid bell peppers are quick sufficient for busy schedules and particular sufficient for firm. As a matter of reality, I favored them a lot, I made them two days in a row for my lunches final week.

I simply put this Noodle Stir Fry with Chicken and Cabbage again on my meal plan. I’d be thrilled to eat this weekly. I significantly like it.

Want a brilliant straightforward brunch that may impress a crowd? Elegant and straightforward to make, Puff Pastry Danishes are flaky, crispy-edged breakfast pastries which you could customise for everybody at your desk. This straightforward danish recipe comes collectively nearly too shortly to be believed.

This Steak and Mushroom Skillet delivers all of the flavors I crave in an important restaurant steak. Fortunate for all of us, that steak has been remodeled into a fast stir fry that may be made even on the busiest of nights.

Fast and straightforward Chicken Fajitas are easy to make with simply 5 components! These fajitas are crammed with nice flavors from peppers, onions, hen strips, and spices.

Lemon Posset is creamy, velvety 3-ingredient lemon pudding that’s impossibly easy and satisfying. It’s spectacular as will be and proof that old-school methods can yield very blissful trendy outcomes!

Almond-flavored ice cream swirled with buttery toasted almonds? Sure, please! Every chunk of Almond Ice Cream is an irresistible mixture of creamy easy ice cream and people crunchy buttered almonds. 

My FAVORITE THING this week is that this ice cream scoop. A number of years in the past, I ordered and examined each distinctive ice cream scoop I might discover on-line or in shops. With over 150 ice cream recipes, I get plenty of questions concerning the instruments I like finest. This scoop was the winner hands-down. And I’m very blissful to let you know that it was one of many least costly too!

I’ve been utilizing it for years now, a number of instances per week, for all the pieces from comfortable serve to the firmest of ice lotions, and it really works superbly each time. This scoop is dishwasher protected, and the distinctive form permits for fairly scoops whereas additionally having the ability to dig properly into agency ice cream. Wish to know which ice cream makers I like finest? You may check them all out here!

What I’m LISTENING to: The Good King by Ghost Ship. This album is a mixture of so many alternative sounds, largely folk-rock with a mixture of ballads, barely tougher rock, and worship music within the combine too. I’m actually having fun with it. 

What I’m READING:  Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We’ve Made Up by Francis Chan and Preston M. Sprinkle. In penning this ebook, Chan works with New Testomony scholar and theologian Preston Sprinkle to current all that Scripture has to say with reference to hell, after which permits for the Scripture to talk for itself.

To say that the imagery of hell on this context is sobering is an understatement. I’ve a brand new appreciation for the cross and for Jesus, and his willingness to endure that horror and agony for me. 

“However he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that introduced us peace, and along with his wounds we’re healed.” Isaiah 53:5 ESV

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

Mary