The Little Issues E-newsletter #444 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my mates! It’s a cold day right here in Ohio and I’m trying ahead to spending most of it working a bit round the home after which watching films this afternoon and night with the youngsters. I’m grateful for a fridge crammed with leftovers and no cause in any respect to prepare dinner right now.

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK:   Roasted ’til crispy with a signature accordion look, Hasselback Potatoes are a favourite in our home. They’re deceptively simple to make utilizing a few easy suggestions, and so they add slightly aptitude to your facet dish sport.

Tender buttery Garlic Butter Steak Bites are crisp on the sides and juicy inside with only a few minutes of cooking time. I’ve been hooked on cooking steak bites for a couple of years now. I can by no means resist sneaking a chew (or three) straight from the pan as soon as they’re prepared!

I’ve been craving this Sweet and Spicy Broccoli for some time now and am trying ahead to creating it this weekend! Honey, Sriracha, soy sauce, and sesame oil are all you should make this irresistible broccoli.

Need an superior new snack? Gentle, crispy, and flaky air fryer Brussels Sprouts Chips are delightfully snackable and surprisingly satisfying. That is the snack you by no means knew you had been lacking! (And I’m telling you, they actually ARE that good!)

Roasted butternut squash with pasta is tossed with loads of butter, garlic, sage, and pink pepper for a flavorful tackle this traditional pasta dish. Butternut squash pasta is a vegetarian delight, loved by everybody.

Skip the standard fried donuts and make a batch of Apple Cider Donut Muffins at dwelling! With a sugary coating paying homage to their namesake, these muffins provide a enjoyable new approach to take pleasure in these flavors.

Stuffed with chocolate chips, chewy oats, crunchy peanut butter, and M&M candies, Monster Cookie Bars are a enjoyable, handy twist on the traditional Monster Cookies – they’ve been my household’s favourite cookie ever since I used to be a baby.

Creamy Coconut Milk Ice Cream is richly loaded with vanilla bean taste and simply occurs to be dairy free and absolutely vegan. It’s tremendous simple to make, too!

What I’m CRAVING: these recipes that you just come across and so they at all times look scrumptious and but you by no means get round to creating them? I’ve had a sushi bake on my radar for a few years now and I lastly put the substances on the grocery checklist. I’m hoping to drag one collectively this week or subsequent. 

My FAVORITE THING this week is that this magnetic calendar. Ours is on the fridge and it’s the handiest factor ever for seeing the month at a look. It’s an important measurement and simple to tear off every month as you progress by means of the months. 

What I’m WATCHING: My boys and I watched The Prince of Egypt final evening and I used to be reminded yet again how implausible this musical is. And the solid? So many implausible actors and actresses gave voices for the characters.

What I’m READING: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. This ebook has been on my maintain checklist for months and months and it lastly was accessible this week. It has already given me a lot to consider and rethink. I’ve little doubt that I’ll purchase a duplicate of this ebook after I end studying it on my Kindle. 

Whereas not a light-weight learn, it’s a reasonably simple one, discussing how little most of us perceive the way to put together, mentally, emotionally, and bodily, for the expertise of dying – not simply the top of life however all that’s a part of the method. The main target right here is extra on the standard of our final days or even weeks, vs the customarily extra widespread narrative of extending life at virtually any price.

“For by grace you’ve gotten been saved by means of religion. And this isn’t your personal doing; it’s the reward of God, not a results of works, in order that nobody might boast. For we’re his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God ready beforehand, that we must always stroll in them.” Ephesians 2:8–9

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

Mary