Welcome to the weekend, my associates! I’m in Arizona for a couple of days and as I write this, I’m having fun with a cool morning on the porch at a buddy’s cabin a couple of hours north of the already very heat Valley of the Solar. Each time I go to Phoenix, it makes me admire the fantastic thing about cooler climate and altering seasons all of the extra.
Have I discussed these days how a lot I like Ohio? I hope I by no means take with no consideration what a present it’s to get up to my favourite place on the planet each morning.
ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: It’s pasta salad season over right here and I’m fairly completely happy about it. Al dente tiny pasta tossed with beneficiant quantities of cooked shrimp, crunchy contemporary greens, and a citrus-spiked creamy dressing all mix to make this Shrimp Pasta Salad irresistible. It’s about to change into your new summer season favourite!
Mozzarella cheese, salami, tomatoes, bell peppers, crimson onion, and black olives are mixed with bite-size pasta and tossed in a tangy, garlicky, French dressing to make this Salami Pasta Salad. My boys went a bit of bit loopy over it the primary time I made it.
Oh how I’m loving contemporary asparagus proper now! Asparagus wrapped in bacon is an impressive-looking aspect dish that’s each bit as superior to eat as it’s to admire on the plate. I may fortunately make a full meal out of this asparagus.
Tender pasta, shrimp, bacon, and asparagus are tossed with garlic in a creamy sauce to make this irresistible Shrimp Asparagus Pasta. This can be a deceptively simple recipe, associates. Whereas the instructions look prolonged at first look, I promise you that this can be a fast and easy recipe.
With layers of candy vanilla pudding, sliced bananas, and vanilla wafers tucked beneath a fluffy layer of whipped meringue, this Previous-Common Banana Pudding is successful each time it’s served.
Wealthy, candy, and infused with whiskey that has been mellowed by heavy cream, Homemade Irish Cream is dreamy. It’s rather more refined and complex than its industrial counterpart.
And should you’re a fan of Bailey’s Irish Cream: this Irish cream infused Bailey’s Ice Cream goes to make you weak on the knees!
What I’m CRAVING: My buddy Christi’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies. Should you love chocolate and peanut butter, this recipe is about nearly as good because it will get. I may very fortunately eat this complete batch myself. These cookies actually are THAT good.
My FAVORITE THINGS this week are these pens. I simply opened a contemporary package deal of them this week and I nonetheless love them greater than every other pens. I’ve talked about them greater than as soon as over the previous few years and should you haven’t tried them but, you’re lacking out. Not solely are they one of the best pens I’ve ever used, they’re unbelievably low cost.
I’m a pen snob. I’ll admit that freely. These are the smoothest, most smudge-free, comfy to carry, fantastically clear writing gel pens I’ve ever used. The writing dries nearly as quickly because the ink leaves the pen. Should you give it even a few seconds, you’ll be able to’t smear it. And at barely a greenback every, they’re not solely one of the best pens, however one of the best deal ever for a incredible writing pen.
What I’m LISTENING to: I’m all about some basic Smash Mouth this week. I discovered their Smash Hits album and I’m loving it. So a lot of my favorites plus a few songs I wasn’t aware of too. It’s such a enjoyable hear!
What I’m READING: Light and Lowly: The Coronary heart of Christ for Sinners and Victims by Dane Ortlund. Oh my associates, this guide is a must-read. I used to be just a few chapters in once I realized what a treasure this guide is. I purchased copies for my boys and I’m trying ahead to studying by it as a Bible examine with them.
“You don’t have to unburden or gather your self after which come to Jesus. Your very burden is what qualifies you to return. No fee is required; he says, “I will provide you with relaxation.” His relaxation is reward, not transaction. Whether or not you might be actively working exhausting to crowbar your life into smoothness (“labor”) or passively discovering your self weighed down by one thing outdoors your management (“heavy laden”), Jesus Christ’s want that you just discover relaxation, that you just are available out of the storm, outstrips even your individual.” ― Dane C. Ortlund
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will provide you with relaxation. Take my yoke upon you, and study from me, for I’m mild and lowly in coronary heart, and you’ll find relaxation in your souls. For my yoke is simple, and my burden is gentle.” Matthew 11:28-30 ESV
Wishing you a stunning week stuffed with little issues that make you smile!
Mary
