Welcome to the weekend, my buddies! I’m wanting ahead to a fairly relaxed couple of days to complete off every week that was crammed with household time, video games, and laughter. I completely love having family and friends stick with us, and you understand what else I like? That second when the home is quiet and calm once more. (We are able to admit that, proper?)
ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: This Brussels sprouts gratin is a savory delight, combining thinly sliced tender-crisp Brussels sprouts with a creamy sauce. A sprinkling of cheese and a breadcrumb topping end it off properly, creating an expensive, comforting facet dish.
Flaky buttery pastry tops a luscious medley of tender hen, hearty greens, and a creamy, savory sauce in these puff pastry pot pies.
This tangy, candy home made cranberry sauce with lemon trumps something you should buy on the retailer. Have you learnt how simple it’s to make cranberry sauce? In the event you can boil water, I promise you can also make cranberry sauce.
Captain Crunch ice cream is a whimsical deal with that captures the essence of childhood breakfasts in a pleasant home made ice cream. The nostalgic cereal taste infuses each scoop of this creamy, velvety ice cream.
These Chocolate Caramel Cookies – or extra precisely, Caramel Stuffed Double Chocolate Chip Cookies – are a cookie that I crave each single time I see these photographs. They’re legitimately mouthwatering.
Buttery crunchy toffee and sweet bar items are layered with whipped cream atop a dessert so deliriously wealthy, this Heath Bar cake ought to carry a warning label.
What I’m CRAVING: I don’t crave salad practically as usually within the winter, however proper now? I’m wanting ahead to prepping all the salads for my lunches this week. I’m considering I’ll roast a tray of this and this to toss into my salads this time round.
My FAVORITE THING this week is The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. I do know, I do know, two ebook suggestions in every week? I used to be setting out our stack of Christmas books this week and couldn’t resist this one. I’m going to learn it aloud once more this yr with my a lot older youngsters. (I nonetheless have bother wrapping my thoughts round the truth that my oldest son is about to show 20!)
I’ve beloved this ebook ever since I used to be a toddler and it continues to make me grin and snigger. It’s an incredible reminder of the actual Christmas story earlier than the “enjoyable” of the Christmas actions take over our calendars.
What I’m LISTENING to: We Need A Little Christmas by Pentatonix. This album is new to me and I’m loving it. My favourite songs on this album are Wonderful Grace and We Want A Little Christmas. (I can’t assist considering of my buddy Emjay each time I hear that one – it’s simply such a cheerful music!) I might fortunately hear each day.
What I’m READING: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer. It’s been some time since I used to be this engrossed in a ebook. The story is initially set in 1942, in Nazi-occupied Poland, and depicts the horrors of conflict, the worry, and a lot dying, but additionally the bravery and the braveness that humanity also can show to have via probably the most devastating of instances.
I don’t all the time get pleasure from tales that bounce between current and previous, but this one does it effectively. Whereas I didn’t like all the modern-day characters initially, I used to be hooked up to all of them ultimately. This ebook introduced me to tears greater than as soon as. I extremely advocate it.
“For God so beloved the world, that he gave his solely Son, that whoever believes in him mustn’t perish however have everlasting life.” John 3:16 ESV
Wishing you a stunning week filled with little issues that make you smile!
Mary
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