Welcome to the weekend, my associates! I’m selecting up an enormous supply of peaches in the present day and I’m giddy with peach-loving pleasure. Peach jam, bourbon peach sauce, southern peach cobbler, peach crunch, peach caprese salads, every part PEACH is on the menu this week, and I’m in near-heaven over it.
Welcome to your earworm for in the present day – gonna eat a lot of peaches…
ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: Summer time meals and cold pasta salads go collectively like peanut butter and jelly. Whether or not you’re consuming it at a park, serving it at a barbecue or potluck, or simply making it forward of time and stashing it within the fridge for simple lunches, this vegetable-laden bowtie pasta salad all the time satisfies.
Tender hen, salsa, inexperienced chile, and black beans are simmered collectively within the crock-pot after which scooped into heat tortillas to create the best, tastiest, salsa chicken tacos and burritos.
Baked potatoes are the final word in consolation meals, and this summery twist on a loaded baked potato salad is an superior variation on the traditional potatoes. With fluffy potatoes, bitter cream, cheddar cheese, bacon, and chives, there’s a entire lot of taste in each superior chunk.
Ranch dressing meets my timeless love for dill pickles on this recipe for dill pickle ranch dressing. Drizzled over a salad or served as a dip for absolutely anything, this disappears inside just a few days of constructing it each time I stir a batch collectively.
This straightforward romaine salad was impressed on a whim after I appeared within the almost empty fridge and located little greater than some lettuce within the produce drawer. Happily, it seems that with little greater than a head of romaine, a drizzle of oil and vinegar, and a sprinkling of salt and pepper, you possibly can put collectively a company-worthy salad.
Tender pasta and the “holy trinity” of bell peppers, celery, and onion, together with a creamy Cajun dressing, make this Cajun pasta salad irresistible. Pair this flavorful pasta salad with nearly any meat off the grill for a memorable summer season meal.
Indulgent, wealthy caramel ice cream studded with buttery bits of crunchy, chocolate coated toffee make this Heath Bar ice cream an ice cream to recollect.
What I’m CRAVING: Oatmeal. Critically. I’ve been craving a bowl of creamy stovetop oats since I went to mattress final evening, so guess what’s for breakfast? Fortunately, we’re all oatmeal lovers right here (as evidenced by 50+ oatmeal breakfast recipes, whoa), and so my guys are fairly comfortable concerning the breakfast plan in the present day.
I’m making this blueberries and cream oatmeal this morning, however I want to do that miso mushroom savory oatmeal quickly. (I’ve a savory mushroom oatmeal in my second cookbook, and I like it!)
What I’m WATCHING can also be my FAVORITE THING this week: We watched Toy Story 3 this week, on the fifteenth anniversary of the primary time we watched it within the theater. (Thanks, Fb recollections, for that enjoyable reminder!) That film nonetheless makes me cry. It’s the most effective sort of household film.
What I’m READING: The Witness Wore Red by Rebecca Musser. That is the story of Warren Jeff’s nineteenth spouse, one of many girls who escaped after which was courageous sufficient to work with legislation enforcement to assist rescue the kids and the kid brides contained in the FLDS cult. It’s an enchanting learn, and never all the time a simple one, however a narrative that must be advised.
This isn’t the primary FLDS e-book I’ve learn, as I’ve adopted the story for a few years, however this is likely one of the most detailed of the books I’ve discovered on the topic, particularly relating to the prosecution and life after escape. Should you’ve watched Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey on Netflix, that is
What I’m LISTENING to: Psalms by Sandra McCracken stays in my common rotation. It’s peace and scripture-filled music to begin the day. I can’t suggest it extremely sufficient.
“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is near the brokenhearted and saves those that are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:17-18 NIV
Wishing you a stunning week filled with little issues that make you smile!
Mary
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