We are quickly creeping up on one of the best weekends of the year and there is just so much that we should be eating right now. I have collected a few of my almost-summer favorites from the past couple years for your Memorial Day inspiration. Get out those ice cream makers, heat up the grills, let's make this the best long weekend ever - rain or no rain.

Sending all the best picnic vibes your way!

Sincerely,

Pedantic Foodie

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Orange, Ginger & Cardamom Hot Chocolate

“This is our place, we make the rules…”

Taylor is once again swirling through my brain on repeat and I am taking her lyric as my inspiration to rewrite the unwritten rules of hot chocolate consumption.

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Lemon Balm Limeade

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Strawberry Mint Cucumber Soda

Ready to hit the refresh button?

CREAMY MINT LIMEADE

Limeade will forever be a reminder of sunny afternoons spent in my grandmother’s Buick, sitting in the hundred-year-old drive-in diner, sipping on styrofoam cups filled with pebble ice and limeade in its purest, 3-ingredient form.

It was pretty magical.

SIDES

MAINS

DRINKS

DESSERTS