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Recipes for Your Labor Day Celebration

I may be a bit late posting this, but I got wrapped up in a weekend of babies and birthday cakes. Oh, how time flies when you’re having fun! I hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day — we’re heading to Cowboy Stadium to watch some high school football! Should be a lot of…

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Oatmeal Cookie Peach Cobbler

This past weekend, I decided to make a peach cobbler. You know, summer-time in Texas and all. So, I started searching online for the perfect recipe and I found this little gem. Oatmeal cookies and peach cobbler? Yum! It must’ve been yummy because my family *devoured* it. Literally. It was gone in about 10 minutes….

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Greek Pasta Salad

It is *so* hot here in Texas. Every summer, I seem to forget just how hot it gets every year. It takes every ounce of energy I have sometimes to turn on the oven. Pasta salad is one of my favorite things to make. Stick it in the fridge, and it only gets better. I…

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Fried Summer Veggies

This dish reminds me of childhood summers. We always planted a vegetable garden, and we’d spend most evenings harvesting okra and squash and tomatoes. My dad always made this for us in the summer. I remember looking forward to summer just so that I could have this dish. We always called it “goulash” and growing…

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Mixed Berry Granola

This weekend, we’re going camping. So, I wanted to make something fun to snack on while we’re out in the hot sun. What better than granola? It’s healthy and this version is very flavorful. I love the nuts and dried fruit in it. It’s the perfect camping snack! Mixed Berry Granola Adapted from: The New…

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