The Little Issues E-newsletter #488 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my pals! I’m spending the day slowly catching up on work and planning to get out for a stroll this afternoon, too. I really like lazy days like at the moment. The chances are good that there can be a puzzle in my future as nicely.

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: Half a field of pasta, a pound of sausage, and a few inexperienced cabbage that was tucked within the fridge added as much as a successful last-minute meal. This sausage pasta was such successful with my household that it’s change into a daily participant in our dinner rotation over the previous few years.

Brimming with juicy pineapple and colourful bell peppers, this pineapple chicken stir fry is just a little bit tangy, just a little bit candy, fairly to take a look at, and completely filled with taste. (I’m making it tonight, subbing shrimp for the hen – can’t wait!)

These steak kabobs are calling my title once more. The steak rests in a easy Asian-inspired marinade for a couple of minutes earlier than being skewered together with slices of colourful bell peppers and pink onions.

Creamy mushroom pasta is cream sauce perfection with sauteed mushrooms, garlic, parmesan cheese, and spaghetti noodles. I prefer to serve this with smashed Brussels Sprouts or these extra crispy roasted green beans. 

Peanut butter oatmeal balls pack a punch of wealthy peanut butter with the earthy style of oats and that trace of sweetness all of us crave. With the addition of a handful of chocolate chips and a few mini M&M’s, these are a candy deal with you’ll be making usually.

These chewy, dense, peanut butter cookies are an unforgettable reminiscence from my childhood. Made with simply an egg, a scant cup of peanut butter, and a cup of sugar, 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies are an old school cookie that everybody loves.

If you happen to or somebody you realize loves Butterfinger sweet bars, that is about to change into their all-time favourite ice cream. Butterfinger ice cream is swirled with flakes of Butterfinger sweet bars and loaded with bite-sized chunks of sweet bar too!

What I’m CRAVING: My buddy Christi’s insanely scrumptious chocolate peanut butter cookies. Once I inform you that these are the very best chocolate cookies I’ve ever tasted, I’m not being dramatic and even remotely exaggerating. She first shared them with me about ten years in the past, and they’re firmly established now as the best chocolate peanut butter mixture doable.

My FAVORITE THINGS this week are these silk hair scrunchies. I purchased these in 2019 and have most likely used them 3-7 days per week ever since. That authentic set lastly stretched out sufficient that I purchased a brand new set final month. They’re nonetheless in nice situation, just a bit extra stretched out than I like. I extremely suggest them if you happen to wrestle with hair breakage or simply need to be extra light in your hair. I can put on my hair again all day lengthy with these, and there’ll barely be a crease in my hair after I pull them out.

What I’m LISTENING to: Great God Who Saves by Laura Story. The complete album is a peace-filled reward, and I’m actually having fun with it. 

“Above all, love one another deeply, as a result of love covers over a large number of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8 NIV

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

Mary