Hi Cooking Moms, Dads & Friends,

TGIF! I hope you had a good week! We took a couple days and went to beautiful Door County, Wisconsin. We took the ferry over to Washington Island. It was my first time. We rented bikes and set off to explore. What fun. The lavender fields were GORGEOUS! They smelled so good! I can’t wait to go back again some time. It sure was hard to say goodbye to those spectacular nightly sunsets. The cherry season is just starting up there. The cherry trees are bursting! I just had to stop at a farmer's market and bring some home. Hoping I can go up again this summer and pick my own!

Got cherries? If not, get some soon! I've got some "cherry good" recipes you've just got to try. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. LOL!

I love the combination of cherries and almond. My Cherry Almond French Toast is AMAZING! Talk about a special weekend breakfast. Click Breakfast & Brunch for more delicious breakfast and brunch recipes.

For lunch pick up some dried cherries and make my Door County Cherry Chicken Salad Sandwiches! They're so good and so easy. Perfect for picnics.

Want to really WOW your family this weekend? My Cheeseburger Sliders will be a HUGE hit! Super fun and easy breezy but a bit messy. So make sure you’ve got lots of napkins handy. I’m all about delicious messy sandwiches!

This weekend we may just have to grill some brats. I’ve been craving them. If you haven’t tried my Brat Tub recipe you really should. It’s my favorite way to do them with loads of butter, onions, kraut and beer! Oh yeah!

Click Sandwiches for more sensational summer sandwich recipes.

On the side why not make something a little different like my Door County Cherry Slaw? It goes great with whatever you're grilling this summer.

Click Salads for more of my favorite salad and slaw recipes.

I LOVE good baked beans! But, you know me, I don’t want to be spending all weekend in the kitchen. My jazzed up Baked Beans recipe is a family favorite. I’m betting you have everything in your kitchen to make them right now. Click Sides for more of my favorite summer side dish recipes.

Hey, now's the time to get a bunch of cherries and make my Cherry Bounce! You make it now and give some away for great holiday gifts. I love giving gifts from my kitchen!

For dessert, nothing beats a warm out-of-the-oven fruit crisp with vanilla ice cream on top. My Cherry Almond Crisp is my FAVE!

The kids will love my Oatmeal Cherry Cookies too! Click Desserts for more super simple summer dessert recipes.

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Thank you to all of you who are watching! I’m cooking on Facebook LIVE from my kitchen a few times a week at 3:30pm CST. I’ve got lots of new fun recipes for summer. I can’t wait to share them with you!

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It’s supposed to be another beautiful weekend here in Sheboygan. We don’t have any set plans. Weekends like that are always such a treat! You can always see what I’m up to on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. I’ve got lots of recipe videos on YouTube, too! Follow me!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Stay safe and cook up some memories!

Take care,
Amy, The Cooking Mom

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