Welcome to the weekend, my pals! We had a unbelievable time in Washington and Idaho this week, having fun with the Pend Orielle River and profiting from our time with household. We made it again residence within the wee hours of yesterday morning and I’m fortunately spending this afternoon on the sofa. It’s nice to be residence, regardless of the loopy heatwave that has discovered us right here in Ohio. (Doesn’t the summer season warmth know that we very fortunately left it behind in Phoenix?)
ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: Construct your individual sizzling canine bar this summer season with 4 superior mixtures – Chicago-Fashion, Hawaiian, Inexperienced Chile Queso, and BBQ Sundaes.
Oatmeal is something however boring when it’s made into baked oatmeal cups – like heat, smooth and chewy oatmeal cookies designed to be eaten for breakfast!
I’ve adored corn since I used to be a little bit child. A bowl of those candy and juicy kernels with a pat of butter take me proper again to childhood. Observe this information on easy methods to saute corn and also you’ll adore it too.
Tremendous recent candy corn is cooked in butter with a squeeze of lime, then remodeled with cream and a splash of cayenne. Phrases fail me to explain simply how mouth-wateringly scrumptious this recent creamed corn is, my pals.
Gooey butter cake is a buttery, candy cake with a wealthy cream cheese layer. It has been an prompt hit with everybody who tastes it.
This no-bake Nutella pie with an Oreo crust is a Nutella lover’s dream. That is additionally the best Nutella cheesecake ever as a result of it’s utterly no-bake and requires only a handful of substances!
Made and not using a drop of cream or dairy milk, this chocolate peanut butter ice cream is a non-dairy and vegan ice cream that my boys devour.
What I’m CRAVING: ALL THE SALADS! Anytime I come residence from trip, it’s as if my physique begins clammering for greens nonstop. (And sure, we nonetheless eat tons of greens when on trip.) This tomato, peach, burrata salad appears to be like unimaginable. I must play with a model of it quickly.
My FAVORITE THING this week is one other new recreation – Skyjo. My brother and I performed this card recreation for the primary time a couple of weeks in the past and it’s been a ton of enjoyable to play with greater teams too. Designed for 2-8 gamers, it’s tremendous versatile and we adore it. Everybody from youngsters to older adults have loved it and it’s positive to be packed for our subsequent journey as nicely.
What I’m READING: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine. That is the primary ebook in The Nice Library sequence and I loved it. (I’m at the moment studying ebook 3 on this sequence, as I’m curious to see the way it will all work out.) On this world, alchemy permits the Library to ship the content material of the best works of historical past immediately, however the private possession of books is expressly forbidden. All data is managed and it’s usually valued above human life.
What I’m LISTENING to: Rockferry by Duffy. Her voice is unimaginable and her music is a mixture of soul, r&b, neo soul, with a little bit of pop thrown in. Are you able to inform that I’m actually having fun with her music? She’s new to me, regardless of the actual fact the album was launched 15+ years in the past. The songs “Mercy” and “Warwick Avenue” are each simply wonderful.
“Stroll with the sensible and change into sensible, for a companion of fools suffers hurt.” – Proverbs 13:20 NIV
Wishing you a stunning week filled with little issues that make you smile!
Mary
