Chocolate Castles

  • Bacon-Cheddar-Ranch Meat Loaf

    What a great morning. My new Paula Deen magazine just arrived and thumbing through it, I immediately spotted a recipe that I am making for dinner this week. Last night, we had family over for pork roast with mashed potatoes and carrots, gravy, salad and green beans. It was a late invite so when I… Read more

  • Me

    I had said a couple of weeks ago that I would be posting a poem taken from a book of poems by my daughter, Jodi Dupree. Because we were out of town on Fri and I hadn’t thought to take the poem book with me, I failed to post one. So a few days late,… Read more

  • Chocolate Monkey Bread

    I guess you can tell from the latest posts that I am in a chocolate mode. We are just getting back from Corpus Christi where we go a few times a year to see my mom, who is 91. One of the first things I pack is the bag of peanut M&M’s, the bag of… Read more

  • Texas Style Chocolate Sheet Cake (More Chocolatey than Original One)

    Sunday evening we had some couples over to just visit and have cake. Going through a few of my cookbooks, I found this new version of the Texas Sheet Cake and decided to make it. I will never go back to the original recipe. The brown sugar and the chocolate squares make such a difference.… Read more

  • Chocolate Cherry Creme Cake

    Last weekend had me making several cherry pies to help celebrate our son, Cameron’s 30th. He is a cherry pie addict. I guess I had really never noticed recipes on the backs of Oregon Fruit Product Pitted dark sweet cherries in heavy syrup but for some reason, last Saturday I did. This recipe was written… Read more

  • Your Will Be Done

    This morning as we were having a quiet moment before jumping up and making breakfast, I glanced over the coffee table and the book of poetry that Jodi, my daughter wrote, just seemed to be saying, “pick me up”. So I did and leafing through I began to really take to heart some of the… Read more