Chocolate Castles

  • Wedge Salad With Tarragon Buttermilk Dressing & Crunchy Garlic Bread

    One of my favorite days of the month is when my Paula Deen magazine arrives. I tend to save sitting down looking through it, for when I can sit with any type of chocolate or dessert , a glass of tea (sweet of course) and quietness lurking in the room, with no television or radio. It… Read more

  • Grandkids, Grandparents & Guns

    This weekend our 10 year old grandson, Sevy stayed with us for 4 days. Both Randy and I thought about  when our kids were young, how we would take a sack filled with Matchbox cars, or Barbi’s to grandmas house to entertain the little darlings for the weekend. The grandparents felt fortunate if there was a new… Read more

  • Apple Sharlotka

    Saw this in a cookbook that was being passed out at Costco. Randy loves apple anything, so when I saw this, I knew I would be making this. So easy! 7 Eastern or Red Delicious, Empire or Jonagold, peeled and diced into 1″ cubes. 3 large eggs 1 cup super 1 teas vanilla 1 cup flour… Read more

  • Brownie Fudge Pie

    Many years ago a sweet friend of mine, Marie Williams gave me a book, Take Big Bites, by Linda Ellerby. It has been one of those books that keeps reminding me that life needs more special moments, more shared memories with loved ones and that we need to always be grateful for each day that we… Read more

  • A Spoonful of Sugar & Thankfulness

    My last posting was on a Spoonful of Sugar Teacakes! And truly we have learned in our many (and I do mean many) years of life, that sugar seems to always make the “medicine go down” so much easier. Sugar is that special little ingredient that makes even the worst of medicines or some vegetables, easier to… Read more

  • Spoonful of Sugar Tea Cakes

    Happy Easter! He is Risen! What a glorious time of year when we celebrate the risen Savior! Tomorrow, we will consume our weight in sugar, with all the chocolate bunnies, the ham with it’s sugary glaze, baked beans, coconut cakes and handfuls of colorful jelly beans. Sometimes, (and this happens maybe once every 5 years)… Read more