The Little Issues E-newsletter #476 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my associates! The primary week of July is at all times enjoyable right here in Ohio. Our fundamental road has been closed for the previous few days with the complete carnival arrange there—rides, meals vehicles, and video games are in abundance. In the present day is the final day of it, and as enjoyable as it’s to see the lights and listen to the laughter, it will likely be good to have a little bit of our typical calm summer time life return tomorrow.

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: For the times or nights when you’re craving a scrumptious meal and haven’t any power or motivation to cook dinner it, these air fryer steak bites are the recipe you want to have in your pocket. They’re fast, flavorful, and simply fancy sufficient to make dinner really feel particular—even if you happen to’re consuming them in your pajamas on the finish of a really lengthy day.

Crispy, pan-fried pork schnitzel is my form of consolation meals. I very hardly ever get away the oil in my kitchen for any form of frying, so you understand that after I do, it’s going to be price it.

There’s one thing undeniably irresistible about this broccoli salad with bacon and cranberries. It disappears each time it’s served at a potluck or barbecue, and there are nearly at all times requests for the recipe.

Tender rice with onion, bell pepper, and celery blended with an ideal mix of spices provides as much as bowl of Cajun rice—a easy, easy-to-make facet dish that tastes like one thing an entire lot fancier than it’s.

Hearty noodles function the right backdrop for barely candy cabbage and savory bacon on this simple cabbage pasta. I’ve been making it on repeat a minimum of as soon as a month for the previous 12 months.

Contemporary pineapple and home made ice cream are two of my summer time favorites. So, naturally, combining the 2 right into a batch of candy and creamy pineapple ice cream was going to occur.

What I’m CRAVING: Sue’s burrata tomato salad is so pretty. I want I had it in entrance of me now alongside a pile of torn croutons. That sounds so good proper now.

My FAVORITE THING this week is the brand new Daybreak dish cleaning soap. Yep, I’m such a weirdo that the brand new perfume of Daybreak dishwashing cleaning soap makes me grin each time I wash a dish. Initially, I used to be thrown off by the actual fact it wasn’t the identical Daybreak scent I’ve used for many of my grownup life, however now? I prefer it. (And I don’t even know what to consider that, since I’m usually extremely averse to something remotely aromatic!)

What I’m READING: Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health by Marty Makary, M.D. When Peter Attia (creator of Outlive) calls a e book a “wake-up name”, I instantly put it on my must-read record. And I learn this one quick. It was engrossing and I’ve already really useful it to a number of folks. 

The e book is exceptionally well-researched, and the quantity of data that challenges the medical established order is sort of unreal. I now have a listing of issues to analyze additional, each for my future well being and for the well being of my household. 

What I’m LISTENING to: Psalms by Sandra McCracken. The album has a novel sound, harking back to Americana and people. I’ve shared this one with you earlier than, nevertheless it bears repeating. I really like her variations on the standard songs she’s included. Her track, My Help, My God, stays my favourite.

“Subsequently, since we’re surrounded by so nice a cloud of witnesses, allow us to additionally lay apart each weight, and sin which clings so intently, and allow us to run with endurance the race that’s set earlier than us, 2 trying to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our religion, who for the enjoyment that was set earlier than him endured the cross, despising the disgrace, and is seated on the proper hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV

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

Mary