Category: food

The Morning Thing shares highlights of July First Friday

The Morning Thing talked with Lacey Filkins, Executive Director for Experience Mount Vernon about July First Friday.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
Lacey shared highlights of the schedule, best parking places, live music, food truck options and many fun family activities.
The event is from 6pm – 9pm in downtown Mount Vernon.
July’s Theme is “Summer Camp”.
The Big Blue Crew will be in downtown Mount Vernon tonight. We hope to see you there!
Click HERE to see a full list of activities and details about WNZR’s “Drink Up, Soak Up and Frame Up” prize basket. We will give this away tonight before 8pm!

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The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 7/5/24 – What do you love to grill?

For our Friday Favorites this week, we celebrated National Grilling Month. The holiday weekend is the perfect time to fire up the grill and make some yummy food!
The Morning Thing hosts shared their favorite foods to eat off the grill. Let us know what you decide to cook this weekend, wnzr@mvnu.edu

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Red, White and Delicious!

Feeling extra patriotic this Independence Day? We’ve got just the recipes for you! Today on The Morning Thing we took a look at different Red, White and Blue infused recipe to add some color and tastiness to your Fourth of July.

Click HERE for the full list of recipes!

Here’s a few of our favorites just to excite your appetite

4th of July Fruit Kabobs

Strawberry Graham Cracker Bites

Red, White and Blue Strawberry Shortcake

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Summer Time Fun!

Summer is finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited! With great weather and more free time, we’re always looking for something to do! That’s why today on The Morning Thing we took a look at 15 Fun and (mostly) Free Things to do with the whole family this summer!

Click HERE to read the full article!

Whether you want to cool off at a splash pad, explore a new nature trail or discover a new story, there’s something here for everyone!

You’ll find activities like…

  1. Visiting a botanical garden…
  2. Roaming through a zoo…
  3. Stepping inside a factory…

And so much more!

Make sure to listen to The Morning Thing weekdays 6-9am for more fun and encouragement on 90.9fm WNZR!

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Searching for the perfect burger?

It’s National Hamburger Month, just in time for Memorial Day Weekend! With summer coming just around the corner and things heating up, it’s the perfect time to break out that grill and try some of these delicious new burger combinations!

Click HERE to learn everything you need to know about National Hamburger Day and finding your new favorite burger!

You’ll find some delicious combination and topping ideas, like caramelized onions, cole slaw, avocado and more!

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How is the conversation at your dinner table?

The Morning Thing talked about communication on today’s show.
We want to help you spark conversations and connections at your dinner table.

Focus on the Family has created a list of 50 questions to ask your kids at dinner. These questions can help establish a foundation of trust and love to help your kids grow. Click HERE to read the full article.
Check out the list below. The questions are divided up into age groups! Try a few tonight and see what happens.

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New Directions celebrates women at their 2024 EmpowHER Event

New Directions of Knox County hosted their 3rd annual EmpowHER Awards on Friday, 3/1/24.
Lindsey Lamp, Executive Director of New Directions shared an update on the organization and her thoughts about the annual EmpowHER event.
Click HERE to hear the entire conversation.

She talks about the power of this event for women and shares her overall goals and hopes for the attendees.
She talks about the transition into her current position. She also shares an update on the new location and capital campaign for the organization. They are completely moved into 212 N Main St, Mt Vernon. New Directions is into year 3 of a capital campaign. They still need to raise $250,000 to reach their goal.
You can donate at www.newdirectionsknox.org

Lindsey shares her main goals as we continue into 2024.
Stay connected with New Directions on Social Media:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/newdirectionsshelteroh
Instagram: www.instagram.com/newdirectionsshelter/?hl=en
Website: www.newdirectionsknox.org
Call the office line – 740-397-4357

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What’s for breakfast?

February 27th is Big Breakfast Day! It was established on this day in 2020 to encourage us to slow down and eat a good breakfast with friends and loved ones. After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

This morning on The Morning Thing, Allison and Josiah found some fun, over the top breakfast ideas that you can try with your family.

Allison shared recipes for breakfast brownies, breakfast fondue, and bacon, egg and cheese tacos.

Josiah shared recipes for an air fryer breakfast bake, low carb breakfast meatballs, and spicy homemade hash browns.

Click HERE to see the full list of fun breakfast recipes.

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Ann Weisent-Page of Knox Foodies receives the Spirit of Heritage Award from Experience Mount Vernon

Ann Weisent-Page of Knox Foodies received the Spirit of Heritage Award. This award honors an individual for their hard work throughout the year to support downtown Mount Vernon. The award is like the Volunteer of the Year Award.
Ann shares how Knox Foodies started and talks about how she volunteers throughout the year bringing food trucks to downtown events.
Click HERE to hear Marcy Rinehart’s conversation with Ann Weisent-Page.

Ann shares how to stay connected to Knox Foodies – on Facebook search for Knox Foodies LLC. @KnoxFoodies on Instagram

Stay connected with Experience Mount Vernon!
Website – experiencemv.org
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ExperienceMountVernon
Phone – 740-393-1481
Email – director@experiencemv.org

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