Chocolate Castles

  • April Has Arrived

    This morning I awoke remembering a great story that happened April 1st, 2002. We had just moved to California and Jodi, our daughter, and Jaden, our first grandchild. It just so happened that Jodi was needing a car, so Randy took her car shopping while I stayed home with Jaden. Randy and Jodi got to… Read more

  • Quick Crusts Ideas

    The last day of March? Really snuck up on me. It has been such beautiful weather here that all I have wanted to do is sit outside (you notice I don’t say, walk or run) and think about what I might want to bake next. When I was going through several baskets of recipes the… Read more

  • Dumpster Diving

    “Randy has hit an all time low. Yesterday we ran to the store to get a few items and while we were out, he told me that there were several sacks of clothing that we needed to drop off at one of the clothes donation boxes, so be on the lookout for one as we… Read more

  • Individual Dessert Servings

    Walmart has the cutest colored plastic mason jars which I bought to use for individual servings of either salads or desserts. Layered lemon pudding, combined with cream cheese topped a bottom layer of crushed shortbread cookies, then topped with blueberry pie filling and whipping cream, finishing off with a swirl of a little more crushed… Read more

  • Almond-Strawberry Cream Cheese Bunny Bites

    Using a Duncan Hines French Vanilla cake mix, I just made the cake according to the box directions, in a 9×13 pan, but added 1 full teas almond extract. (I love wedding cake, so when I get a craving for wedding cake, I just make up this exact cake and add almond flavored butter frosting to… Read more

  • Chicken and Artichoke Penne

    Looking for some new summer recipes, this one jumped off the page from my new Southern Living that arrived a couple of days ago. 1 1/4 teas kosher salt, divided 1/2 lb penne pasta 1 lb chicken breast tenders 1 1/4 teas black pepper, divided 3 tables olive oil 1 pint cherry tomatoes 1 (9… Read more