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Sweet Tea Recipe

This easy sweet tea recipe is super smooth and refreshing! You’ll want to keep a pitcher of this southern sweet tea in the fridge all summer long.

Since I am on vacation this week at a beach house in North Carolina, I thought it would be fitting to share a sweet tea recipe. Wilmington has become our home-away-from-home and our favorite place to travel. Every time we go we drink gallons of sweet tea!

But back here in Minnesota, none of the restaurants serve sweet tea. I’m not even sure if you can buy it at the grocery store. When the weather got hot this summer, I started craving tea and started making it for my family.

Here is the recipe I use. I hope you can feel the sunshine and hear the ocean waves in your mind while you drink it.

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Mexican Street Corn

Mouthwatering Mexican Street Corn slathered with spicy mayo, sprinkled with cotija cheese and cilantro and drizzle with lime juice.

August is peak season for sweet corn in Minnesota and the local corn on the cob stands are everywhere! Once you’ve had your fill of the traditional buttered corn on the cob, switch things up by making Mexican Street Corn!

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S’mores Bars Recipe

This S’mores Bars recipe has a graham cracker cookie crust topped with toasted marshmallows and Hershey Kisses! Can’t build a bonfire to make s’mores? Make everyone happy with this smores bars recipe instead.

S’mores are one of those things that just scream summer! You know that they can be eaten any time of the year, but who makes s’mores in the middle of February, right?

Actually, I do remember toasting marshmallows over a gas store, with my grandma in her apartment, so you really don’t need a bonfire at all.

And you don’t need a bonfire to make these S’mores Bars that I am sharing with you today! They have a graham cracker cookie bar crust with chocolate and toasted marshmallows on top… and they can definitely be made year round!

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Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert

This Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert recipe is creamy and smooth with strawberry pie filling and whipped cream. It’s been part of our family for generations!

My husband Brian is one of the oldest grandkids in his family and was lucky to have been able to spend a lot of time with both sets of his grandparents. He has so many great memories of those times.

This strawberry cheesecake dessert is another delicious variation of the blueberry cheesecake dessert that his grandma used to make him.

My nephew just told me “This is the MOST delicious strawberry dessert EVER!” So it looks like it is now a favorite of another generation!

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Watermelon Salsa Recipe

This watermelon salsa recipe is so fun when served from a watermelon bowl! It is delicious with chips or on top of grilled chicken, salmon, or tacos.

Does any other fruit say summer like watermelon does? Every summer party, picnic and backyard cookout from as far back as I can remember included watermelon.

We love it sliced into triangles, cut up in a fruit salad, and blended into raspberry watermelon lemonade. This watermelon salsa recipe is another delicious way to enjoy summer watermelon.

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Sweet Tea Recipe

Mexican Street Corn

S’mores Bars Recipe

Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert

Watermelon Salsa Recipe

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