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Last Minute 4th of July Inspiration

Eeep! The 4th of July is nearly upon us! Which, if you live somewhere other than the U.S., probably doesn’t mean much to you at all. But if you live here, you’re probably planning some kind of get-together with friends or family to grill and celebrate Independence Day.

And maybe you’re not sure what to make. May I make a few suggestions?

How about these Wild Rice Burgers? Beef, portabellas, garlic, mixed with wild rice to make amazingly delicious burgers.

Or maybe you want chicken. In which case, try the Easiest Chicken Ever. Why? Um, the name says it all. And it’s tasty to boot.

As a side dish, everyone loves Cheesy Potatoes. Seriously, these are a crowd hit everywhere I’ve ever taken them.

For dessert you can make 4th of July Cake Pops.

Or these patriotic Whoopie Pies.

Or these beautiful Blueberry Sage Trifles. You could color your pound cake red and they’d be red white and blue!

And if that isn’t enough inspiration for you, can I point you to an awesome new place?

I belong to Fortify: A Food Community, which is a local collection of food bloggers/writers/appreciators and otherwise awesome group of people. And we now have a brand new community Pinterest board where all the food bloggers involved can post their gorgeous recipes in one place. It’s some serious inspiration. You should check it out. I’ve seen patriotic fruit pizza, baby back ribs, burgers, red white and blue cheesecake, rhubarb peach lemonade… just to name a few!

Check it out!

Fortify: A Food Community on Pinterest

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Pork Adobo {Filipino Food Month}

It’s the last week of Filipino Food Month and I haven’t made nearly as many things as I was hoping to. I guess that means I’ll just have to stick in some random Filipino Food posts here and there. There are so many things I want to try my hand at.

Today’s dish is Filipino Pork Adobo. It’s really nothing like Spanish or Latin American Adobo, although Wikipedia tells me that the name comes from Spain. Apparently sometime during Spain’s 300+ year occupation of the Philippines, the Spanish started referring to this dish as adobo due to its vinegar content, which is really the only similarity between the dishes.

This is really simple to make, and the pork can easily be switched out for chicken, if you prefer. Both pork and chicken versions of this dish are common in the Philippines. In this house, Hubs makes pork adobo. Easy for me– I only had to take pictures this time. 🙂

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Easiest. Chicken. Ever.

Oh my.  It’s only 1:37 and it’s already been quite a day. I should have known. Waking up to snow on April 20th is a terrible omen.

Add to that the fact that my son has decided lately that he will not go back to sleep if he wakes up early from his nap, no matter how short it’s been. He doesn’t seem to care that about half an hour after getting up he will completely fall to pieces from exhaustion.  And then I will fall to pieces from all the fussiness directed at me until he gets tired enough to take another nap.

Anyway. On days like today, it’s nice to have really easy recipes in your repertoire. Like this one.

I titled this post “Easiest Chicken Ever.” and although I suppose there might be an easier chicken recipe out there, this one is incredibly delicious despite the minimal work involved.

Here’s all you need:

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