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Making Memories: Rustic Backyard Garden Wedding Menu

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Oh my goodness, Y’all! I just realized that I never posted the wedding menu from last year… and here we are almost a year later! Thank goodness for my Holiday Planner… I’ve got my notes 🙂 Thankfully, some of the family and friends did offer to bring some of the food… that helped a lot.

Most of the recipes were able to be made in advance, so we spent the two days before the wedding getting all the food prepped. It was a lot of work, but we had a lot of family come to help, and many hands make light work, and God enabled us with the spirit of determination to get it done!

In my defense, I believe that I was waiting so I could post some of the photos, but sadly the photos were lost so we never got the ones we were waiting on… if you want to see what we have you can check out this post:

Wedding prep to Hurricane prep

‘dummy’ cake
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Sourdough Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

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These are so good and we make them at least once or twice a year… we even included them in the wedding menu last year! The image used is not mine but I will add a photo when I make them the next time!

Sourdough Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

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Special Holiday Meals: Easy Taco Tuesday Ideas You’ll Love

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Who doesn’t love a good taco? I mean every one has heard of ‘Taco Tuesday’ and ‘Taco Day‘ on the first Tuesday of October, haven’t they?

Well, tacos can come in many forms, and we enjoy them all! Here are some of our family favorites that you might enjoy too!

Taco Recipes

Homemade Taco Seasoning Mix

Chicken Taquitos

Tortilla Bowl Taco Salad

Taco Ring

Chicken Bacon Avocado Wraps

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Special Holiday Meals: A Hobbit Inspired Menu w/printable menu

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My family loves the Hobbit books and movies, so when I saw that there was an actual ‘Hobbit Day’ on September 22nd, I had to make a note of it on our Fall Perpetual Meal Plan. Last year, we were in the middle of wedding prep, followed by hurricane prep, so it kind of got forgotten about. This year, my kiddos have not let me forget!

We worked together to make a menu so that we can celebrate… we might even watch the movies, if we can! We might also enjoy our Elevenses outdoors under our garden arches… so many ideas. Our kids love reading and we love to encourage them so this is a cute way to keep that spark ALIVE!

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Yummy Lentil and Chaya Soup

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This is a recipe that we make at least two times a week or more. I have recently started using Chaya in place of the spinach and it is so GOOD! You just need to do your research before using Chaya to make sure it is a good fit for you. This soup is still AMAZING with or without spinach or kale as well, so don’t worry if you can’t get your hands on any.

This soup is so good for you and it is so easy to make … you can add just about anything you like and it will only make it better! You can also leave it as simple as you like and still have a healthy, filling meal. I can make a pot of this in the beginning of the week and have it for lunch all week… as long as the kiddos don’t get to it before I do!

Here is a look at one of our Chaya plants…. or ‘yard leaf’ as Mr. Awesome calls them…

I think I will definitely be adding even more next year! I’m also planning to pick some more and cook them up before putting them in the freezer so we can enjoy them all winter long!

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