Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 751 and July! We are so excited to see you today. Come on in the back yard, find your place at the table. You will hear the band playing in the distance, it is about parade time in the village. We celebrate freedom in our community and it is so much fun! 

  What's In Season and How Do I Use It? J uly is here with its parades, fireworks and great fresh foods. Many of the foods that we have had in our basket for the past two months are still producing and can be found at many of the farmers markets.  Some of the recipes that I will share with you this month have been passed down in our family for generations, I hope you enjoy them.

Hello everyone, we are ready to make our special meal plan for the week ahead. We will be celebrating one of our favorite holidays this week, the 4th of July! We have a very busy week coming up and this  meal plan will help us stay organized. We will be enjoying some family favorites and traditional recipes as well as some new ones. It will be a delicious week!

Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 750! Our last party of the month features our Top Ten Views from the last party. Our readers make the choice for the Top Ten! I am so happy to see you here today and can hardly wait to see what you will be sharing with all of us. We have saved you a place at the table and hope you enjoy the party today!

  Our Baked Chili Dogs recipe is a life saver when the cook-out is rained out. This is a delicious recipe that is topped off with a very special  Slow Cooker Hot Dog Chili Sauce . We have enjoyed this recipe at community pot luck events and family picnics. The flavor is fantastic!

This is a great chili sauce for those special Coney Island style Chili Dogs. This recipe is slow cooked allowing the flavors to blend and the sauce to be smooth. The chili dog sauce can be frozen for about 3 months. This is a big plus giving an opportunity to always have on hand.

Hello everyone, I am so excited to be back on the screen porch with all of you today. The rain has finally stopped for a while and we have some sun shine to help dry things out. I have a list for my local Farm Stand to bring some fresh goodness to our table next week. I have gone through the recipes and I am getting hungry already. Hope you are having fun planning your meal plan for the week!

  Hello everyone and welcome to Full Plate Thursday 749! We are finally starting to dry out just a bit here after 3 months of rain. I am so happy to be out on the main patio with you today. Grab a iced tea and enjoy the party! We had a great party last week for Fathers Day and you will want to check out the awesome features from that party. I am looking forward to sharing what you bring to the party today so lets get this party started!

  The white flesh peach cobbler is a very special cobbler because of the white flesh peach. This peach compared to  the more popular yellow flesh peach is sweeter with less acidity. I am using a very old family recipe that gives this white flesh cobbler a very delicate flavor.

Hello everyone I am so happy to be with you to make our meal plan for this week. We are expecting some family out this weekend to celebrate my husband for Fathers Day. The sun is supposed to be out and no rain for the entire weekend. It has been a  while since we had a dry weekend. Our garden is sitting in mud so we will be visiting our local Farmers Market for all those wonderful fresh fruits and vegetables.

  Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 748! I am so happy to see you here today. Has it been raining at your cottage? We have had more than our share of rain this spring and it does not want to stop. We had a great party last week and are looking forward to a great party today. I can't wait to see what you will be sharing for todays party. 

This is a creamy spread that has a base of green olives with that brine of the olive. The olives are stuffed with pimentos that gives it a special flavor. We add a few spices and we have one of our favorites retro cheese spreads. 

Hello everyone, I am so happy to be back planning meal plans with you this week. I have been recovering from surgery for the past 3 weeks and sure have missed being with all of you on Saturday mornings. I want to thank all of you for your kind thoughts, prayers and support during this time. I appreciate each of you and it has meant everything to me.

  Welcome Back To Full Plate Thursday! I am so excited to welcome you to Full Plate Thursday this first week of June. We are planning a great party today and I am so happy to be back with all of you!