Chocolate Castles

  • Zesty Corn Macaroni Casserole

    Last night some friends came to our house for dinner. Since we were gone all day, I decided to just pick up a baked chicken from Costco and then make some homemade rolls, green beans and this side dish. If you have Princess on the Porch, you will find it on page 103. When we… Read more

  • Wonders Never Cease

    By glancing at the title, you might be thinking, ‘wow, this must be a post of something really important”…and it is, if you like chicken salad like I do…and individual desserts. I learned a couple of things this week. (Besides the fact that I cannot eat a donut for breakfast, cookies with ice tea in… Read more

  • Retirement Isn’t For Sissies

    Twenty years ago, I remember Randy and I talking about when he retired, all the wonderful things we would do. We would travel to far away lands. We would adventure out while at home, going to all the restaurants that we hadn’t had time to explore. We would have time to get up early and… Read more

  • Veggie Lovers Combo Salad

    Summer time, summer time, sum sum summertime! Salads are made for the summer! This is taken from Taste of Home and is a great way to use the summer bounty of fresh veggies. 2 cups cut fresh green beans 2 cups fresh or frozen peas, thawed 2 medium sweet red or yellow peppers, chopped 2… Read more

  • Cincinnati Chili

    Why am I looking at a soup cookbook and for some reason thinking that chile sound good? I’m not really a chile person, but when I saw this recipe it reminded me of a really great day when Randy & I went to a chile place in Burbank, CA that everyone out there had told… Read more

  • Dishwasher Madness

    (I know in the scheme of things  this certainly does not rank up in the top 1000 of things that I should be writing about or even admitting that emptying the dishwasher is just one of the things that drives me crazy. But it does. I don’t mind loading it, but I put off emptying… Read more