Chocolate has two best friends, peanut butter and coffee.  Today, chocolate and coffee are hanging out.     🙂 Starbucks is a fabulous thing for coffee lovers like me and every now and then I’ll treat myself.  Have you ever had their Java Chip Frappuccino?  It’s an iced sweet chocolate coffee drink.  I’ve created a version of it to feel like I’m at my own personal coffee house. Java Chip Frappuccino Recipe (Serves 1) Ingredients: 1 and 1/2 cups ice 1/2 cup skim milk 1/4 cup cold water 1 tablespoon dry creamer (I used Coffee-Mate, The Original) 1 tablespoon chocolate cocoa mix …

Happy Independence Day!  In other words, let’s BBQ and enjoy some fireworks.       🙂  BBQ season is so much fun.   At any given home you’re sure to find hamburgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, cold salads, and watermelon (among a ton of other foods).  The grill becomes the “water cooler station” where everyone hangs out to get the first piece of whatever is being served up. BBQ days are synonymous with hot days, even here in the northeast, and everyone makes a beeline to the drink table to grab something refreshing.  How about a refreshing glass …

Iced tea is the perfect refreshing drink for this time of year.  My husband and I actually make it all year long though because we love the taste of it so much.  I used to buy the powdered stuff to make iced tea because I didn’t realize that there was another way to make it…brew style! How do you like your iced tea?  Unsweetened or sweetened?  Black, green, or flavored?  We prefer the standard issue black iced tea, unsweetened.  Of course you can modify this recipe to the tea you prefer and feel free to add sugar if you like …