The Little Issues E-newsletter #466 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my mates! I got here residence to a wonderful sundown the opposite day and couldn’t resist pausing within the driveway to take a photograph. What an incredible world we stay in, mates. Even when life throws us curveballs, the solar nonetheless rises and units in moments of magnificence.

As I write this, the birds are singing at full quantity exterior my window and the solar hasn’t even risen. I find it irresistible. We’ve had a enjoyable week over right here. My mother is visiting and my youngest son is in his first faculty play. Who knew highschool theater could possibly be this a lot enjoyable??

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: Stuffed with creamy oats, candy bananas, berries, a touch of brown sugar, and spices, this Crockpot Oatmeal is a breakfast that my entire household enjoys. Better of all, this crave-worthy oatmeal may be made in only one hour with none stirring in any respect!

Spicy, candy, and barely tangy Glazed Salmon with Broccoli is one among my favourite methods to cook dinner and serve fish. One delightfully easy sauce does double responsibility as marinade for the fish and taste booster for the contemporary broccoli.

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms full of tender cream cheese, contemporary inexperienced onions, and candy crab meat maintain you coming again for extra. These two-bite appetizers are exhausting to cease consuming.

In the event you’re fortunate sufficient to have some further mushrooms left within the fridge, garlicky Marinated Mushrooms are nice to have available so as to add some pizzazz to salads, sandwiches, pizzas, snacks, and extra! This straightforward recipe makes it straightforward to maintain a jar of them within the fridge always.

Barely candy and tangy, Apple Grape Salad is a quick and fresh-as-can-be fruit salad with a creamy dressing that you simply’ll need all summer time lengthy. You may’t go flawed pairing this with any and all grilled and roasted meats or with a sandwich for a fast meal that satisfies.

Italian Chocolate Salami is made from crumbled cookies, chopped, and toasted nuts, suspended in creamy chocolate that resembles salami. This delightfully completely different dessert is served in lots of components of the world.

Creamy, actual banana ice cream studded with items of vanilla cookie and pockets of candy whipped cream mix to make Banana Pudding Ice Cream. In the event you like banana pudding, you’ll go wild for this!

What I’m CRAVING: All the salads! From the Italian grinder salad to cheeseburger salad, California spaghetti salad to cauliflower, bacon, and broccoli salad, I’m able to make and eat all of them!

My FAVORITE THINGS this week are this hand cream and this cuticle oil. My arms have been virtually unbelievably dry this winter and I lastly began utilizing each of those merchandise frequently once more. My arms look and feel dramatically higher after only a few days of standard use.

What I’m LISTENING to: To The End by Ghost Ship. I’ve been having fun with this group for months, and this whole album has been a win for me. I can’t even decide a favourite tune!

What I’m READING: As soon as once more, I’m studying Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. I don’t know if there’s a guide I’ve ever really helpful to mates extra usually. I’d in all probability present it to everybody I do know, given the chance. You recognize what, I’ll ship a replica of this guide to the primary 20 individuals who electronic mail me to say that they’d prefer to learn it. 

Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist, in addition to a Holocaust survivor. He believed that we can’t keep away from struggling however can select how to deal with it, discover which means in it, and transfer ahead with renewed objective.

“The whole lot may be taken from a person however one factor: the final of the human freedoms—to decide on one’s perspective in any given set of circumstances, to decide on one’s personal means.” – Viktor Frankl

“Stay as if you happen to have been residing a second time, and as if you had acted wrongly the primary time.” – Viktor Frankl

 “For I’m satisfied that neither loss of life nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the current nor the longer term, nor any powers, neither peak nor depth, nor anything in all creation, will be capable of separate us from the love of God that’s in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 NIV

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

Mary