• Menu Ideas for the 4th of July!

    As promised yesterday, here are some delicious ideas for your 4th of July cookout just in case you still have some holes in your menus for tomorrow! Desserts Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars S’mores Cookie Bars Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Browned Butter and Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies Oatmeal Creme Pies Flat Apple Pie Drinks Strawberry Lemonade Sides Simple Pasta Salad with Sweet Italian Dressing Loaded Baked Potato Dip  

  • Saturday Coffee & Dish – July 2016

    Happy Saturday, Y’all! I hope you are enjoying summer! June was a busy month for us. On June 5th I celebrated my 29th birthday. The hubby spoiled me with a day of shopping and dinner out. Hubby surprised me with donuts for my birthday breakfast! And check out that cute plate that I found while shopping the day before. #givemealltheflamingos I made and enjoyed this delicious Double Chocolate Cake! I tried and fell in love with the Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew and it was my new favorite for June! I think I lost count of how many I drank! Then on June 18th hubby and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. We started the anniversary celebration…

  • Saturday Coffee & Dish – June 2016

    How is it June already?! Instead of saying that May was really busy (I’m learning that life is just really busy) I’m just going to say that May was another typical month at our house. We started out May with a 1 and 1/2 week trip to California that began with us driving up highway 1 from LA to SF in a convertible! I’m working on a blog post and a photo book about all of the fun things we did and all of the yummy things we ate. I’ll leave you with a picture of this sandwich we got while in SF. It’s a grilled cheese sandwich with macaroni and cheese…

  • Saturday Coffee & Dish

      Did y’all know that tomorrow is national chocolate chip day?! I think we need to celebrate by eating handfuls of chocolate chips. Here are some of my favorite recipes made with chocolate chips and I’m working on another chocolate chip cookie recipe that I’ll share with you on Monday! Old Fashioned Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies This was the first recipe I posted on Sam’s Dish over 4 months ago! This is a soft and chewy cookie with just a hint of cinnamon. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake I wasn’t a fan of cookie cakes before trying this recipe and now I can’t get enough! It’s moist and delicious with or without frosting. Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars…

  • Sam’s on Vacation! 

    I had plans to prep posts for this week before we left, but it came down to packing or blogging and I chose packing. So no new posts this week while I’m enjoying a much needed vacation with my husband!