Summer vacation is here, all our homeschooling is done! Yahoo! Today marks the first day of summer break, and dare I say it, next year my oldest will be in grade 7. Yes that is right folks, we have entered Junior High! What craziness is this??Any way , I will let my “I can’t believe I have a child in Junior high” crisis wait until the fall, for now we can talk about really good food! Here are the favorites for the month of May!

Best Baking- This was a hard one to pick, we had a lot of extraordinary baking this month but for the absolute best I am going to have to go with The German Chocolate Cake that we had way at the beginning of the month. Yum, I think I am ready to make another one!

Best Cooking- This Bacon and Cheese Strata was not only one of my favorite brunch recipes of all time, but it also tasted really good leftover. This is good, generally I like to have leftovers for my lunch, this was a perfect breakfast, lunch, even dinner, you really can serve this whenever you choose!

Best Dining Out- Easy Peasy. Definitely The Coach and Horses Ale Room. It really is funny that I love pubs so much, as I neither like beer or wine, but I do love a good pub. I find the food is always excellent, and I generally love the atmosphere as well. This one was no exception, in fact I think it is my favorite pub of all, plus it is pretty close to a movie theater so that is just a nice little bonus for when we want to do dinner and a movie!

See you next month, with lots of summer recipes and shenanigans!