Welcome to the weekend, my mates! As I sit right here sipping espresso and writing immediately’s publication, my youngest son is making a pot of blueberries and cream oatmeal for our breakfast – and I’m pondering how superior it’s to have older children now. Youthful years are their very own sort of enjoyable, however center faculty, highschool, and school age children? I simply find it irresistible a lot.
In the present day’s plan is an entire lot of dwelling group and cleansing out closets, a visit to drop off donations on the thrift retailer (thrills a minute right here for certain), perhaps a automotive wash, and hopefully a motorcycle trip too. There’s one thing particularly peaceable in figuring out I don’t must be anyplace particular or accomplish something particular this weekend. I’m wishing you a lot of the identical, or as lively and busy a weekend as your coronary heart wishes.
ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: What’s to not love a couple of fully loaded ranch potato salad full of bits of bacon and chunks of egg? This has been my children’ favourite potato salad for over 10 years now. This can be a tremendous easy-to-make potato salad with bacon, eggs, and ranch dressing and it’s been an enormous hit with everybody who tries it.
Recent corn, bell peppers, jalapenos, cilantro, and onion are tossed with lime and a sprinkling of spices to create this Southwest Corn Salad. You’ve doubtless heard it stated earlier than that one thing is “greater than the sum of its components.” Properly, this salad, it’s completely greater than the sum of its components.
This Zucchini Stir Fry with Chicken is a simple dinner that delivers an entire lot of nice taste. Served by itself or over rice or noodles, this can be a meal that all the time satisfies.
Transfer over chocolate, there’s a brand new participant within the flavored milk lineup. Recent blueberries are a complete recreation changer. Candy and tangy, they bring about such a refreshing style to every sip of this Blueberry Milk.
Juicy blueberries and hearty oats come along with the right mix of candy and tangy in these chewy Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies.
Completely chewy, fudgy brownies, topped with fudge frosting and a sprinkling of candies, these Cosmic Brownies are higher than the unique! Only a warning right here, it seems that these brownies are my kryptonite. I’ve to power myself to present away half the pan each time I make them as a result of I can’t avoid them in the event that they’re in the home.
And sure, I DID make these brownies simply so I may make this Cosmic Brownie Ice Cream. Freshly churned chocolate ice cream is layered with bite-size chunks of Cosmic Brownies and scattered with miniature M&M candies to create it.
What I’m CRAVING: Alllll the fresh berries! I’ll be making this berry pecan salad tomorrow. And I may also have to make my pal Holly’s Tres Leches Cake topped with all of the berries attainable. (Doesn’t that sound unbelievable?!)
What I’m LISTENING to: Kacey Musgraves’ new album Deeper Well. My oldest son is an eclectic music lover and there aren’t many artists he doesn’t wish to see in live performance. When he talked about that Kacey Musgraves was going to be in Columbus this fall, we instantly purchased tickets to go hear her. And naturally, I began streaming her new album. It’s one!
What I’m READING: The Christmas Keys series by Stephanie Taylor. There are 9 brief books on this collection and so they’re all enjoyable reads. A lot of the characters are pleasurable (although admittedly a few them induce eye rolls) and I flew by the complete collection in a few weeks. They’re all included with Kindle Limitless and for those who’re in search of humorous, clear, simple reads these match the invoice.
That stated, the primary few books are essentially the most superficial. (I wasn’t the largest fan of them, however they had been nonetheless amusing.) Thankfully, the characters and storyline developed properly over time, and by the 4th or fifth e book, I used to be having fun with the collection and curious to see how it will all finish.
“A very good identify is extra fascinating than nice riches; to be esteemed is best than silver or gold.” Proverbs 22:1 NIV
Wishing you a stunning week stuffed with little issues that make you smile!
Mary
