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Camping essentials for summer fun

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I love camping and I know you guys too. Summer is the only season to enjoy camping and experience forest living. But many people get nervous if they organizing camping first time. So I finally decided to write about camping essentials. Very first step for camping is identify the place where you want to go? And for how many days you are planning to stay? There are number of state parks and national parks who providing camping site. Before you plan for your camping do research about the park facilities and surrounded area. Find out park timings, fees and camp site details. Things you need to carry with you Most important thing is Water .  You need to carry whole water carat as you required to stay hydrated in summer. Obviously it depends on how many persons are there. Even you required water to make coffee and if you are planning to cook something than also you required water. Bug spray  is very essential to keep you safe from bugs and mosquito bites. Th

Quick Dips for summer parties and picnic

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Are you party person? so am I. I love hosting parties and entertaining my guests with variety of foods. And summer is a great season for party. Barbecue parties are very famous in this season. Beside barbecue I love to serve some munching, like different kind of chips or crispy veggies with delicious dips. I really like adding basil, mint and coriander leaves in various dips. Green  hummus We all love regular hummus but I like hint of mint in my hummus. So today I am sharing my secret recipe. So you need following ingredients. 1 cup Canned garbanzo beans 1/2 cup Roasted sesame seeds Olive oil 1/4 cup 10-12 leaves of mint 5-7 stamps of coriander leaves 2-3 garlic cloves Strain and rinse garbanzo beans very well. Take food processor jar add garbanzo beans, sesame seed, olive oil, mint, coriander and garlic cloves. Blend it until it becomes smooth paste. You can add water or oil if required.  Coriander mint magic These is my favorite dip. These dip