Welcome to the weekend, my mates! Ohio teased us with some splendidly heat days earlier this week however then despatched a bunch of rain and chilly climate our approach. Whatever the temperatures in the intervening time, spring is certainly on the best way. The timber on our property are flowering, there are sunshiny daffodils within the yard, and the solar continues to shine by means of the clouds.
Our Easter traditions are fairly laid again. We’ll be at church tomorrow morning, adopted by dinner at dwelling, after which, if I’m fortunate, there may be prone to be both a stroll or an extended stroll in my future. I’ll fortunately take both possibility!
ON THE BLOGS this week: Do you want inexperienced chile hen enchiladas? Do you want hen pot pie? Do flaky buttery tacky biscuits make you grin? If that’s the case, this Spicy Hen Pot Pie Casserole goes to make you very pleased.
Creamy sluggish cooker ham potato soup with delicate chunks of buttery potatoes and salty-sweet ham is ideal with a salad or simply some crusty bread.
Korean floor beef is the form of dish that each starting and skilled cooks want of their life. The meal comes collectively in minutes and is stuffed with improbable flavors. It’s simpler to make than ordering take-out, saves you cash, and tastes higher too!
Creamy, wealthy, chocolatey Nutella Ice Cream with a melt-in-your-mouth swirl of Nutella blended all through is a dreamy solution to fulfill your candy tooth this summer season – or this fall, or winter, or just about any time of 12 months, should you’re me.
Crunchy, tangy, candy pepper cabbage slaw is a welcome variation on basic creamy coleslaw recipes. Final 12 months, a reader emailed me this recipe for pepper cabbage (thanks, Amy!) and I’ve had it on my must-try checklist ever since. I lastly had an opportunity to make it final week and it was successful.
Candy peas, salty bacon, and sharp cheddar cheese coated in a creamy, tangy dressing add as much as a straightforward, tasty summer season facet dish. This bacon pea salad is a timeless favourite that may be a welcome addition to any meal.
Floor beef fried rice is each savory and barely candy with a refined contact of warmth. Better of all, this can be a dinner anybody could make in underneath 20 minutes!
For those who might put sunshine and sugar in a jar, I’m satisfied it could style identical to this strawberry compote. If in case you have entry to completely candy and ripe Florida strawberries proper now, you’ll want to make this asap. And should you’re nonetheless ready for strawberries to come back into their season the place you’re, put this in your checklist to make this summer season.
Talking of strawberries, you’re going to need to set some apart for this buttery candy strawberry espresso cake. Layers of juicy strawberries with a crunchy, pecan and brown sugar topping add as much as a dessert I loved a lot – I had it once more for breakfast with my espresso.
What I’m CRAVING: My good friend Tricia makes the prettiest Cottage Pie I’ve ever seen. Have you ever ever seen a lovelier one?? I need to strive my hand at that attractive potato topping.
My FAVORITE THING this week is that this journey garments folder. I used to be an entire skeptic earlier than I attempted it and now? I’ll seemingly by no means journey with out it once more. It holds a stack of shirts completely folded and the one creases while you unfold them are on the folds. No wrinkles in any respect. I’m tremendous impressed!
What I’m LISTENING to: The Revivalists. I’ve loved their music for a number of years now, however I created a brand new playlist with it this week and now it’s been taking part in on repeat. They’re a mix of different, folk-rock, soul, r&b, Americana, and funk and I just like the music so much.
What I’m READING: Deep Work: Guidelines for Targeted Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport. I discussed that I used to be in the course of studying this one final weekend and I completed it this week. Despite the fact that it’s full of ideas and suggestions that add as much as primary frequent sense, I benefitted from the reminders. There have been a number of strong takeaways and for me that makes it a e-book value studying.
Jesus stated to her, “I’m the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, although he die, but shall he stay, and everybody who lives and believes in me shall by no means die. Do you imagine this?” John 11:25-26 ESV
Wishing you a stunning week filled with little issues that make you smile!
Mary
