The Little Issues E-newsletter #462 – Life, laughter, and many nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my mates! 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.

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

Anyhow, if you happen to’re into homesteading, DIY tasks, schoolie life, or simply get pleasure from watching another person getting issues executed (sure, that’s me!), it’s a whole lot of enjoyable to look at. You possibly can 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 preferred 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 might be thrilled to eat this weekly. I critically like it.

Want an excellent straightforward brunch that may impress a crowd? Elegant and straightforward to make, Puff Pastry Danishes are flaky, crispy-edged breakfast pastries which you can 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 amazing restaurant steak. Fortunate for all of us, that steak has been reworked 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 elements! These fajitas are stuffed 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 may be and proof that old-school strategies can yield very joyful fashionable outcomes!

Almond-flavored ice cream swirled with buttery toasted almonds? Sure, please! Every chew of Almond Ice Cream is an irresistible mixture of creamy clean 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 a whole lot of questions concerning the instruments I like greatest. This scoop was the winner hands-down. And I’m very joyful to let you know that it was one of many least costly too!

I’ve been utilizing it for years now, a number of occasions every week, for every little thing from tender 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 greatest? You possibly can 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 e-book, 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 together with his wounds we’re healed.” Isaiah 53:5 ESV

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

Mary