wedding cookies

Recent Eats

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So, the last time I posted about my “recent eats” was in March. Not acceptable! I became busy during the last month of school and throughout my internship, so photographing food was the last thing on my mind.

Well, I have food photos now. Here are my recent eats!

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Pancakes galore.

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America on a plate.

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Dipping/Snack plate. Gotta love fresh corn!

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Taco, kale, mushrooms, and snap peas.

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My uncle owns a lot of livestock, and he gave my family some fresh beef, bacon, and pork sausage. So I made bacon-topped meatloaf.

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Grilled shrimp. Potato kebabs. Mushroom kebabs. Yum.

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I had too much time on my hands on Saturday and I tried to be really artsy with my food.

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Fried zucchini. I had to buy this zucchini, but if all goes well, my garden will produce more zucchini than I can handle. What a wonderful problem to have 😉

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Lettuce from my garden. Makes me so happy.

Now onto the cookies I’ve been testing out for my brother’s wedding in July…

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Peanut butter, pretzel, and milk chocolate chip cookies. YES.

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Oatmeal raisin cookies. Can’t go wrong with a classic.

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Lemon rings. I made half of the batch into rings and decided they were ugly, so I made half the batch into balls. I just don’t know. I think I might try a better looking lemon cookie recipe. Does anyone have a really good lemon cookie recipe?!

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Well, that’s all the foodie pictures I have for now.

This week I get to do more baking because I’m working in the kitchen at my church for Vacation Bible School (also known as VBS) this week. Many of the women who work in the kitchen during VBS are older and “burned out,” so they’re training me to be in charge of the kitchen duties next year. Yikes! Responsibility!

Decisions

I’m happy to report that Jimmy thoroughly enjoyed his Oreo cake.

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His brother and I bought him a telescope for his birthday. He’s already obsessed with it and I think it’s cute. Not the telescope, but his love of it haha.

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After church on Sunday, Jimmy and I celebrated his birthday by visiting Ohiopyle State Park.

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I spent Memorial Day with my family and Lola! My brother, who now lives 20 minutes away from my family(!!), came over and we had a cookout.

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We also had barbecue chicken, scallops, cheeseburgers, avocado salsa, baked beans, and watermelon.

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I watched my dad braid my mom’s hair. So adorable.

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Lola was walked and made a trip to the gas station with me, as usual.

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Now, about the title of this post, “Decisions.”

I have some exciting news. My brother and his fiance asked me to bake cookies for their wedding in July! Right now, we’re in the process of brainstorming which types of cookies they want me to bake. All I know for sure is that I’ll be baking 500 cookies. That’s about 42 dozen!

What cookies should I bake for Bill and Racquel’s wedding?