Dine and Dish

August 5, 2018

July 2018 Must-Read Books

A review of the 8 must-read books I finished in July of 2018.

Dear friend,

Since getting my reading glasses and solving the whole “I’m losing my mind because words are jumping around on the pages” problem, I’ve been taking advantage of reading ALL THE BOOKS. It feels SO good to be reading again!

I thought I’d do a quick roundup of some of my July must-read books. As always, if we aren’t friends on Goodreads click here to friend me there so we can share real time book recommendations with each other. It’s my favorite site to hang out on although my “to read” shelf is dangerously large. There are way too many good books out there and not enough time, am I right?…

Better Cheddar Burgers Recipe from dineanddish.net. Amp up your favorite burger recipe with your favorite cheddar cheese for an outstanding burger!

July 12, 2018

Grilled Better Cheddar Burgers Recipe

Better Cheddar Burgers will amp up burger night with Certified Angus Beef® Brand ground beef and your favorite shredded cheddar cheese! This post is sponsored by the Certified Angus Beef® brand in conjunction with Sunday Supper LLC. All opinions are my own. I love summer for a lot of reasons, but one of the big reasons is in our…

Fire Roasted Mac and Cheese Recipe from dineanddish.net

May 31, 2018

Fiery Jack Mac and Cheese Recipe

A spicy kicked up fire roasted Mac and Cheese recipe featuring Cabot Creamery’s new shredded cheeses. I have been so excited to share this recipe with you for quite some time. I’m going to say, testing this recipe over the past month is the reason I’m not totally beach bod ready this season…but I’ll also…

Sheet Pan Sugar Cookie Bars recipe from dineanddish.net

May 28, 2018

Dear Friend, A Graduation Celebration

Dear friend, Hello and happy Memorial Day! We just returned home from spending the weekend in Iowa celebrating our niece Allison’s high school graduation. In Iowa, they do HUGE parties for high school graduation. It wasn’t that way in Southeast Kansas where I grew up and I don’t think it’s this way here in Kansas…

Sheet Pan Fruit Pizza Recipe using sugar cookie dough

May 23, 2018

Dear Friend, Leah Turned 9 (Sheet Pan Fruit Pizza)

Dear friend, We celebrated a birthday last week. Leah, our youngest, turned 9! Ella was just a few months old when I started Dine & Dish, but Leah wasn’t even born. Many of you were there when we found out I was pregnant with a girl, she was born and I made this cute video,…

May 13, 2018

Dear Friend, A Simple Fix

Dear Friend, First of all, thank you so much for your kind response to my letter last week. It’s so good to have the support and understanding of someone who understands and gets it. The response I received definitely made me feel so much less alone. This time / age / season of life is…

Kristen Doyle and family from dineanddish.net

May 7, 2018

Dear Friend, I Miss You

Dear friend, Hello! I’ve been meaning to write you for quite some time to share a little bit about what’s happening around here. There’s so much I want to tell you about, but I’ll try to keep it as short as possible so not to take up too much of your day. I’m just going…

April 28, 2018

Lemon Shrimp Spaghetti Toss Recipe

Gorton’s Seafood Simply Baked Shrimp in this Lemon Shrimp Spaghetti Toss recipe makes for a delicious and simple dinner. I mentioned earlier how much our life has changed lately now that our kids are older. One thing that having teens in the house has afforded Nick and I is more frequent date nights. As much…

April 26, 2018

Chicken Sausage with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce Over Zucchini Noodles

Al Fresco fully cooked chicken sausage is the star of this simple weeknight meal. Scroll down for the Chicken Sausage with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce over Zucchini Noodles recipe. Can we talk for a minute about this stage of life I’m in? I thought when my kids were young life was hectic, but having teenagers…