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“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

Starved Rock Fudge

Found this homemade fudge, a delicacy I got from Starved Rock Cafe. I got confused for a while because there are numerous flavors to choose from the store.  I just picked these flavors because it appeared appetizing to me.

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Candlelight Inn

After a nice hike and checked-in to our comfy bed 'n breakfast in Morrison, IL, our tummies led to Candlelight Inn. This Mississippi River overlooking restaurant is located along the Riverside Drive of Clinton, IA.

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Blueberry Muffins

When I got around 4 pounds of freshly picked blueberries from our U-pick trip at Granny's Berries, I was inspired to make home-baked blueberry muffins and kept the rest frozen for my future blueberry baked goods. I have tried baking other muffin flavors but this is my first try using blueberies. Found this recipe from food.com which uses minimal ingredients. The blueberries that we picked are already sweet, so I had to reduce the sugar from 3/4 cup instead of 1 cup.

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Five Guys

So juicy and cooked well done! This could be the best burger I've tasted so far. They served made to order burgers from 80/20 ground chuck-high quality ground beef containing only steer and heifer meat.

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