The Little Issues E-newsletter #451 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my mates! That is the final week of my trip from work and I plan to benefit from it. My brother and his spouse are planning to drive up from Georgia and benefit from the snow with us. (I’m praying that the climate received’t influence that an excessive amount of!) There will probably be a lot of card video games and puzzles (as a result of I make everybody do them with me now.), video video games and laughter, in addition to oh-so-many of our favourite meals.

I’ll be again within the “work” kitchen subsequent week, able to share a bunch of latest recipes with you. Within the meantime, as at all times, in case you have recipe questions, depart a touch upon the recipe submit and I’ll do my finest to reply as I’m ready.

ON OUR MENU THIS WEEK: We’ll be spending just a few mornings this week brunching at residence and on the prime of the meal request checklist was a breakfast hash topped with a fried egg. It is a savory breakfast lover’s dream of a meal. (There are a number of hash recipes to select from on the web site, as it is a long-time favourite for breakfasts and for dinner.)

And for the candy cravings, these Cranberry Pancakes are going to occur and I’m making a batch of my Grandma’s Orange Sauce to prime them.

The theme of this week is snow, snow, SNOW. So, my meal plan is all concerning the heat consolation meals. I’ll be making my Aunt Judy’s Creamy Vegetable Soup (oh, my gosh, it’s SO GOOD!) and an enormous pot of Lasagna Soup as properly. 

Spicy chile sauce meets up with creamy refried beans and loads of cheese to make these Red Chile Chicken Burritos. One chew was all it took and we had been hooked. These are usually not little burritos that you simply’ll be holding in your hand to eat. These burritos could have you grabbing a plate and a fork and diving proper into that creamy, tacky, chicken-filled awesomeness.

Creamy, wealthy, and saucy, Stovetop Mac and Cheese was one other request and I’ll be cooking up some Garlic Butter Steak Bites to serve alongside it. I’m pondering some Roasted Brussels Sprouts will probably be excellent with that meal.

We’ll even be making Hen Cordon Bleu Sliders (from my first cookbook) and naturally, (no shock right here) Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Sandwiches.

There’s a unending container of ready-to-eat vegetables for snacking, together with loads of ranch dip. There’s additionally queso within the fridge, able to warmth, every time the craving hits. It’s going to be a really tasty week!

Oh! And for just a few candy bites, I’ll be making the very best ever gooey, tender and chewy Rice Krispy Treats, Monster Cookies, and being the ice cream addicts that we’re, we’ll be churning one thing new just about on daily basis – rain, snow, or sunshine.

What I’m CRAVING: Ha – see above. Clearly, I’m craving all the things.

My FAVORITE THING this week remains to be my puzzle board. I’m completely obsessive about it. Would anybody be enthusiastic about seeing what we’re working on each week? For what it’s price, I’m not a flowery puzzle particular person in any respect. About 500 items is the restrict more often than not for me, as I don’t prefer to spend greater than a day or so randomly engaged on a puzzle and way more than that’s only a LOT of items to kind and cope with too. I’ve mad respect for anybody who does puzzles with hundreds upon hundreds of items. I can’t even think about that!

What I’m LISTENING to: Hymns by Joey + Rory. Sure, I’m formally listening to music my mom enjoys. (Full disclosure, I don’t love all the things on this album, however I take pleasure in extra of it than I don’t.) I don’t even know who I’m proper now. Puzzles and old-school gospel hymns are in my favorites checklist. There are worse folks I might try to emulate. Love you, Mother. 

What I’m READING: My oldest son and I are studying A Call to Spiritual Reformation by D.A. Carson and doing a casual Bible research with it. Thus far, I adore it. (Zero doubts this will probably be a 5 star assessment, so I’m assured recommending it whereas we’re nonetheless mid-study.)

“Belief within the Lord with all of your coronary heart, and don’t lean by yourself understanding. In all of your methods acknowledge him, and he’ll make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV

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

Mary