Chocolate Castles

  • Sauteed Kale

    I am so proud of me, I am actually posting a recipe that is almost totally healthy. Not one teas of butter to be found in it. So all you butter lovers out there, just skip over this one and go straight to the dessert section. I am trying to find different recipes that I… Read more

  • Double Corn-Cornbread Dressing

    In 2 days, the weather person has promised us that the first cold front of the season will be arriving. When it does, a pan of corn dressing will be in my oven. Cornbread dressing is one of my all-time favorite foods in the whole world. No matter if I missed the 12 hour sale… Read more

  • Free Popcorn, Flat Tires & Fresh Coffee

    Originally posted on Chocolate Castles: I thought an update might be appropriate since many of you have commented on the fun and cheap, (oops, I forgot, we are trying to be classy) I mean inexpensive Saturday that Randy and I had a couple of weekends ago. We have now learned something else, very important. The… Read more

  • Gingered Fruit Cake

    Do not think that this is your normal fruit cake that gets passed around from house to house at Christmas. It is way beyond that. Last year I discovered that I love using fresh ginger in biscotti, cookies and now this fruitcake. You will be proud to have it sitting on your dessert buffet during… Read more

  • There Is No Such Thing As A Free Meal

    I learned that yesterday. We kept our 10 year old grandson all weekend and just trying to think of things to keep him entertained was enough to exhaust us, much less actually doing all the things that we thought up. But yesterday did me in. Sevy wanted to go to the Flight Museum down at… Read more

  • Princess On The Porch

    This day ranks among the top days in my last 20 years!(yes, and the days all the grandkids were born, so please, our adult children, don’t write me yelling that those days should be the most important) The book I have been working on for more years than I care to admit is being printed… Read more