Welcome to the weekend, my buddies! And joyful joyful joyful 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 at the 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 house with my oldest son. Right here’s to all the traditional, on a regular basis, very unfancy issues that make our lives beautiful.
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 flowery event and quick sufficient to serve any night time of the week, pan seared scallops would possibly turn out to be your new favourite technique to eat seafood. Restaurant-quality scallops are simpler to make at house than you ever thought! Every chunk of those scallops has a lightweight and virtually candy taste, highlighted by the caramelized crust on the skin.
Pasta and sausage in a wealthy tomato pasta sauce is topped with an abundance of cheese to create this cheesy sausage pasta. Every little thing bakes and melts collectively to create an irresistible dinner for any cheese or pasta lover!
I’m a giant fan of vegetable aspect dishes (no shock there, proper?) and these days I’ve been all about roasted broccoli and sweet potatoes. Collectively or separate, it’s a successful aspect dish.
And should you like roasted carrots, you won’t need to make them another means after tasting parmesan-roasted carrots. Chew-sized and toasty excellent, you possibly can’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 selfmade 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 loads, Lynne. I ought to most likely 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, most likely nearer to twenty, and it’s nonetheless going sturdy. I simply gifted this identical one to a buddy and it made me grin to share the label-making enjoyable.
What I’m READING: The e-book I selected for Introduction this yr is The Advent of Glory by RC Sproul. I began it early as a Bible examine with buddies and I’m trying 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’ll take the time to decelerate and dwell on the phrases of the Christmas story so that we’ll arrive at Christmas Day filled with awe and marvel 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 passed off to satisfy what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, they usually shall name his identify Immanuel” (which suggests, God with us). Matthew 1:22-23 ESV
Wishing you a stunning week filled with little issues that make you smile!
Mary
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