When Lisa over at La Mia Cucina announced that her and Kelly were hosting a Salad Extravaganza, I knew just the recipe I was going to submit. Believe it or not, we eat more than just desserts around here at the Dine and Dish household. I love salads and we have a salad with…
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Happy Father’s Day
We have had a full couple of weeks and it is really starting to catch up with everyone in our house. Our weekend was no exception. Filled with parties, baseball games, swimming, cooking, playing, etc. we made the best of the great weather we are having. By this afternoon, everyone was wiped out. Ella fell…
Herbed Rotisserie Chicken Recipe
Make delicious Rotisserie Chicken at home with this great recipe! OK – I have a question for all of you. How many of you have gained weight since you started your food blogs? It’s confession time! I started my blog at the very end of November and at that point I had exactly 10…
Chocolate Star Cookies Recipe
My husbands favorite cookies are these Chocolate Star Cookies, baked with love. There used to be a time when I did not see the point of making homemade cookies. Why bother with all the trouble when you can get refrigerated cookie dough? What could be easier than snipping open the package, slicing some dough…
A Clown Proposal
Kelly got proposed to by this clown a couple of weeks ago when we were at the rodeo. A couple of days ago at dinner time she was really sad and quiet. I asked her what was wrong and she said "Mommy…do I really have to marry that clown?" 🙂 It was such a…
Cravings – Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake
Crave: to want greatly : to yearn for: to have a strong or inward desire Oh, I know all about cravings. Cravings are getting up in the middle of the night to make scones because you cannot get them out your mind. Cravings are my 13 year old nephew walking one and a half miles…
Top Shelf Margarita Recipe
A classic Top Shelf Margarita recipe, a must have cocktail! Whew – it has been a long week! I spent this past week teaching preschool crafts to 100 3 and 4 your olds for our church Vacation Bible School program. Yes…100 three and four year old children came through our classroom each day to…
Smashed Strawberry Muffins Recipe
Strawberry Muffins are a great breakfast or sweet treat! There is nothing out there that is quite as gratifying to me as smashing, kneading, chopping, beating, etc. the heck out of food. When I am stressed, give me a recipe that calls for doing something inhumane to the ingredients and by the time I…
Taking Bets
One day Ella looks like she is going to be blonde, the next day her hair looks as red as can be. This photo was taken today… what do you think? Do we have a blondie or a redhead?
French Chocolate Cake Recipe with Rum Glaze
What kind of mom am I? I dare to say that I, Kristen…mother of three, am a very selfish mom. My youngest daughter turned one this past Sunday. The weekend before we had a family birthday party for her and my good friend Sara made her a gorgeous individual cake to dig her little…
