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  • Kitchen Sink Granola

    If you like making your own granola, this Kitchen Sink Granola is really handy because there are lots of substitutions you can make, depending on what you happen to have on hand. You definitely need rolled oats and a few other things, but there’s lots of flexibility in this recipe!

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  • Easy Creamy Coleslaw

    Hello and hope you are all staying cool! This is one of the hottest summers we’ve had in awhile! I don’t like to bake or cook much when the weather is this hot—instead, I make a lot of salads, sandwiches, and simple side dishes that require little or no cooking. Like this Easy Creamy Coleslaw…it’s…

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  • Zingerman’s Bakehouse Brownies

    If you’ve ever been to the picturesque college town of Ann Arbor, home to the University of Michigan, you may have heard about or eaten at the well-known, even world-famous Zingerman’s Bakehouse.

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  • Creamy Cucumber Salad

    Something cool and creamy sounds good on a hot day, doesn’t it? You might be thinking “ice cream,” but I’m actually talking about this Creamy Cucumber Salad! I really like cucumber salads and I especially like the creamy dressing in this one! It’s made with plain Greek yogurt to lighten it up a little, although…

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  • Mango-Orange Smoothie

    It looks like this may turn out to be a really hot summer! It will actually be getting up in the 90’s where I live in the next few days—yikes! When the weather gets that hot, I crave something cool and refreshing…like this Mango-Orange Smoothie!

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  • Doing What You Love

    Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary. He simply invites us. God asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the…

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