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Mediterranean Hummus Tray with Homemade Pita Chips

Making your own homemade pita bread is easy, fun and it tastes so much better than pita you buy in the grocery store. I like to make pita chips with my homemade pita bread. My secret? Olivelle Sweet Cream Butter Infused Olive Oil and Feta & Herb Dipper & Seasoning.

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Sheet Pan Nachos

Looking for a quick weekday dinner or a casual weekend supper? Sheet Pan Nachos are the answer to a busy cook’s dream. Ready in less than 30 minutes and your family will love them!

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Fresh Strawberry Moscow Mule

Moscow Mules are the perfect blend of vodka, lime juice, simple syrup and spicy ginger beer served in a chilled copper mug. So refreshing! I like to add pureed fresh strawberries and strawberry simple syrup to my Moscow Mules to make them an even more spectacular treat!

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Frozen Tangerine Margarita

Tangerine juice is the perfect flavor for a frozen margarita. This juice is sweet, tangy and citrusy. I purchase my tangerine juice locally at Fresh Market. It is a little pricey, but well worth it when I add it to fresh lime juice and tequila to make this fabulous cocktail.

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Italian Cheese Stuffed Shells

My cheese stuffed jumbo pasta shells have a secret ingredient – Olivelle Pizzaolio Infused Olive Oil. Tastes like pizza in a bottle! Tuscan olive oil with garlic, basil, rosemary, oregano and spicy chilies (for just a hint of spiciness). You know how sometimes pasta with meat sauce can be dry?

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Cheese Grits

My husband love grits and would eat them for breakfast every morning if he had the opportunity. His mom always made grits for family breakfasts. I grew up in the south but my mom was from the north, so she did not serve grits for breakfast. I didn’t see the

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Southern Spoonbread

Not your grandma’s spoonbread! This is much better! My “Gram” used to make delicious spoonbread, but she made it with yellow cornmeal, which tended to make it “gritty”. I make mine with a white cornmeal and flour mix that makes it velvety smooth. I could eat a whole pan of

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