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Spotlight: Watermelon Week 🍉🍉
Summer is in full swing, and what better way to celebrate than with a week of watermelon recipes? Here’s four to make your breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, and socially distant gatherings a bit more summery and hydrated (yes, watermelon is A+ on nutrients and hydration!).
A Few of My Favorites 💖
Not sure where to start? I love all my recipes, but here’s my current shortlist of go-tos!
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