The Little Issues E-newsletter #479 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my pals! It’s been a peachy eager week over right here, and I’m admittedly glad to be nearly carried out with the peaches. (Okay, technically, I’m somewhat over half carried out, however since the remainder of the fruit is destined for this jam and this jam, it doesn’t really feel fairly so overwhelming now.)

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK:  Impressed by the cottage cheese ranch dip that I shared a number of weeks in the past, this cottage cheese taco dip is creamy, loaded with spicy southwest taste, and paying homage to the old-school layered taco dip everyone knows and revel in.

Each chew of this garlicky shrimp zucchini stir fry is pure shrimp-loving heaven – and you can also make it begin to end in beneath quarter-hour!

This enjoyable twist on cucumber corn salad incorporates a creamy dressing with a contact of spicy sweetness, paying homage to the daring, crave-worthy flavors of Mexican avenue corn.

Savory floor beef mingles with tender carrots and peas beneath a tacky layer of mashed potatoes on this Irish cottage pie.

This ranch potato salad by no means fails to make individuals grin and ask for the recipe. In case you, or anybody you realize, simply actually love something ranch-flavored, this one is very for you.

Crisp-edged, crunchy cookies with an intense however completely balanced vanilla taste make up these do-it-yourself vanilla cookies. These bite-size cookies go method past placing conventional ‘Nilla wafers to disgrace, they’re a complete new ballgame.

Creamy candy and tart lemon ice cream is swirled with lovely blueberry sauce on this refreshing lemon blueberry ice cream. Made with contemporary or frozen blueberries, you’ll be able to get pleasure from this sunshiney style of summer season year-round.

What I’m CRAVING: Reality? One thing not made with peaches. As a lot as I like my favourite summer season fruit, I’ve been consuming peaches nonstop all week lengthy. So, I’ll take some salmon or steak, asparagus, and potatoes now, please. 

My FAVORITE THING this week is my hand cream. Regardless of the loopy humidity this summer season, my palms have been tremendous dry these days. And this hand cream is my saving grace. I’ve most likely talked about it a minimum of 5 occasions right here, nevertheless it stays one in every of my favourite issues for a purpose. And for what it’s price, I now purchase it within the 26-ounce dimension.

What I’m LISTENING to: Heaven On My Mind by TobyMac. This album is enjoyable from begin to end. As a lot as I benefit from the title observe, I believe I like “A Lil Church” better of all. 

“A joyful coronary heart is sweet medication, however a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 ESV

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

Mary