The Little Issues Publication #471 – Life, laughter, and many nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my associates! As I write this, I’m listening to the birds outdoors singing their hearts out and there’s a brilliantly pink cardinal dancing for us on the again patio. I believe the birds are as excited as we’re for a stunning sunshine-filled day. 

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: Do you know you may cook dinner perfect shrimp (from frozen!) in the air fryer with out thawing first and it seems completely? The air fryer is available in clutch as soon as once more by making shrimp an excellent simpler dinner possibility.

Tender jasmine rice with chunk sized broccoli florets in a tacky sauce makes this cheesy broccoli rice choosy eater permitted.

Cabbage crunch salad is an excellent contemporary, crunchy cabbage slaw in a fantastically balanced tart and barely candy dressing with a touch of nutty sesame and almond.

Tangy, creamy, and packing just a little mysterious kick, Russian dressing is a basic salad topper and dip that deserves just a little extra consideration. Coming collectively in 5 minutes or fewer, you’ll wish to have a bottle of this salad dressing within the fridge always!

Blueberry lemonade is as refreshing as it’s lovely. This vibrant magenta spin on basic lemonade is destined to be your go-to for summer season sipping.

This coffee cake with fluffy coffee frosting is actually for espresso lovers. The espresso flavors each the cake and the frosting, reducing the sweetness with out detracting from the flavour. However you gotta like espresso. Lots. Fortunately, we do, so this can be a very fashionable cake in our home.

Brilliant and colourful and decidedly retro in one of the simplest ways, bubble gum ice cream is a novel ice cream with a complete lot of caprice and hints of banana, cherry, and strawberry.

What I’m CRAVING: Have you ever heard of banana fritters?? These banana fritters with vanilla caramel sauce caught my eye yesterday and I dreamed about them final evening. I believe that’s an indication we have to make them quickly. They sound fairly wonderful!

My FAVORITE THING this week is this jewelry cleaner. In the event you’ve identified me for lengthy, you already know that I certain do love glowing rings, and it doesn’t particularly matter whether or not they’re tremendous fancy, not so fancy, or costume items – I like all of them. Over time, I’ve tried nearly each jewellery cleaner in the marketplace. That is my present favourite, just some drops in some heat water and the whole lot is glowing.

What I’m LISTENING to: The first Hunger Games audiobook has been a enjoyable pay attention this week. I loved the book years in the past, and we’ve watched the movie too, so the audiobook turned out to be a enjoyable alternative once I was searching for a brand new e-book to hearken to this week.

“Concern not, for I’m with you; be not dismayed, for I’m your God; I’ll strengthen you, I’ll enable you, I’ll uphold you with my righteous proper hand.” Isaiah 41:10 ESV

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

Mary