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Homemade Snack Mix

June 9, 2021 by Gretchen Blazer Thompson

This is one of my brother, Nick’s all time favorite foods! We’ve been making it forever, sometimes a random time in the year, but always at Christmas. Honestly, I think my adult brother would find a way to lock me out of my parents house if I didn’t show up with this on Christmas Eve. Now that’s love for a snack mix!

I also make it for Nick’s birthday every May. Salty and addicting, I defiantly understand Nick’s deep love for this!

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizer, long weekend, Snack Tagged With: Cheeze-it, mix, peanuts, pretzels, rice chex, salty, snack, The Thompson Kitchen, wheat chex

Hugo Spritz

May 28, 2021 by Gretchen Blazer Thompson

I’m declaring this the summer of the Hugo spritz. Light and refreshing, it’s the perfect drink anytime of year but especially wonderful in the summer.

I had a Hugo spritz for the first time a few weeks at Novella, a great Italian restaurant in Powell. It was love at first sip. I immediately knew I had to buy some St-Germain and recreate it at home. With all this hype, I hope you like it as much as I do!

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Drink, long weekend, Vegetarian Tagged With: french, Hugo, lime, mint, sparkling wine, Spritz, St-Germain, Summer

Long weekend favorites

September 4, 2020 by Gretchen Blazer Thompson

Happy Friday of a long weekend! Even though labor day weekend is the unofficial end of summer, I love this time of year. Summer and fall produce start mingling together at the farmers market and it’s socially acceptable to start making pumpkin recipes and all the soup!

I thought I would try something different today and do a roundup of some of my favorite things as of lately. I hope you all have a great weekend!

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Filed Under: long weekend, Roundups, Uncategorized Tagged With: Coast, eating out loud, Eden Grinshpan, favorites, long weekend, sprinkle cake, table linens, The Thompson Kitchen

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