Nothing screams summer like hot dogs in the backyard.

Since my coronary artery disease makes hot dogs a bad idea, I had to come up with an alternative.

What I landed on is portobello mushroom strips with onions and peppers in a hot dog bun with various toppings.

I find that the mushrooms actually have a similar bite to a hot dog, and I already love the combo of mushrooms onions and peppers.

Check out the recipe below if you want to make your own Cool Cats.

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You ever just look out the window and see a raccoon hanging from your birdfeeder in the middle of the afternoon? Me neither, until now.

I've seen this raccoon before at the back of the yard, but never right next to the house in the middle of the day.

A quick Google search showed that a female with babies will sometimes forage during the day to keep up with feeding them, so I'm guessing this is a female.

More pictures in the full article!

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