August Lately List

Whew! Two weeks into September and the August Lately List is finally here. Here are some fun novels and dishes to try!

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Reading

Fiction

Seven Perfect Things: A Novel Kindle Edition by Catherine Ryan Hyde

This was a sweet novel about puppies, relationships, and loss. It was hard to put down!

A Happy Catastrophe by Maddie Dawson

Matchmaking for Beginners by Maddie Dawson

These two novels by Maddie Dawson actually go together. If you get excited about whimsical ideas of magic and whatnot (and can keep in mind this isn’t written with a Christian faith background), you might enjoy these books. I thought they were fun!

Making and Tasting

In January, I set a goal to try 3 new recipes each month by shopping my own pantry and not going out of my way for bizarre ingredients.

• Baked Peanut Butter Oatmeal (added cacao powder). Holy cow, this was good. 1 cup of sugar overall + plus a bunch of yummy-good-for-you ingredients… they taste like brownies for breakfast. Count me in!
• Sweet potato nachos. We did a different take with tahini, dates, feta, and the like. Tot-approved!
• Cream of chicken soup
• Carmelized onion bacon pasta. My incredible husband created this recipe, so I don’t have it written down. Ohmygosh, though, it’s so good! You can use the name to get you going!
• Cookie dough hummus (added cacao powder instead of chocolate chips). A pretty healthy way to get some protein in? Count me in!
• Chaffles. They’re basically like an eggy-cheesy waffle. (I didn’t stuff them – grabby toddler, but super good! They’re on the meal plan!)

Other posts related to the Lately List

• July 2021 Lately List
• June 201 Lately List
• March 2021 Lately List
• April 2021 Lately List
• May 2021 Lately List

Wrap-Up of the Lately List

You’ve seen what’s been on my lately list… what’s on yours? Book suggestions? Foods to nosh on?

Let’s talk in the comments!

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