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  • Deviled Eggs with Bacon and Chives

    I’m a big fan of deviled eggs, especially in the summer! I love the classic deviled eggs like mom used to make, but I thought I’d try making some with a few extra add-ins, like bacon and fresh chives. You just can’t go wrong when you add bacon and chives to a recipe! 🙂

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  • Classic Potato Salad

    Potato Salad is a summertime favorite—great for picnics, potlucks, cookouts, meals on the patio…you name it! There are lots of different potato salad recipes out there, but I wanted to make one that was on the classic side, and the classic potato salads I’ve had seem to always include cubed potatoes, mayo, vinegar, mustard, chopped…

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  • Tangy Honey Coleslaw

    Coleslaw is a great side dish, not only for summer and picnics, but for all year round! I really like this coleslaw—it has a little sweetness from honey and a little tang from apple cider vinegar…and those are both good-for-you ingredients! There’s chopped onion and green pepper in this, too, which gives this slaw a…

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  • Dark Chocolate Oreo Cookie Bars

    Talk about rich and chocolatey…these bars have double the chocolate with dark chocolate chips and crumbled Oreo cookies mixed in! And the creamy Oreo filling gives a great taste to these bars since some of it bakes into the cookie dough. I like using the Double Stuff Oreos because I love all that filling! 

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  • Blueberry Green Tea Smoothie

    I saw this smoothie at Food.com and was kind of intrigued by the blueberry/green tea combination, wondering just what that would taste like. I had plenty of green tea on hand, some blueberries in my freezer, and vanilla yogurt in my fridge, so I didn’t have to buy a single thing to make this, which was…

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  • Banana Oat Buttermilk Muffins

    Banana Oat Buttermilk Muffins

    The other day I was at the grocery store and they had quite a few ripe bananas at a really good price! So thought it would be a good time to make some banana muffins! I had some buttermilk that I needed to be using up soon too, so that’s how I landed on baking…

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