Chocolate Castles

  • Jane’s Chicken Fonda

    When I am in Corpus visiting my parents, I stay with long-time friends of my parents who treat me like a daughter. Jane cooks for me and always sends me home with new recipes. She is a great cook with a passion to have everyone feel at home, when they walk in her door. This… Read more

  • Slow-Cooker Swiss Steak

    Again, taken out of an old Southern Living, this recipe is so good and so easy and perfect for those nights when you are gone all day but want to come home to a comfort dinner. 1 1/2 lbs round steak, cut into pieces *you could substitute chicken if you are trying not to eat… Read more

  • Happy Easter

    It is Good Friday. As I sit here and think about what God, in all His Glory, did for us so that we might live victoriously forever, it amazes me that Sunday, we will celebrate a Risen Savior who truly is in the world today. Last night, our Bible Study group had a meal together,… Read more

  • Strawberry Triffle

    Made this wonderful truffle for Sunday dinner to take to a luncheon! It was wonderful and so easy to prepare. It started with a strawberry bread which I had made a week or so before leaving town and froze. Layered with instant pudding, whipping cream, strawberries and a strawberry glaze with the cubed strawberry bread,… Read more

  • Bacon-Brown Sugar Brussels Sprouts

    These accompanied a fried shrimp dinner I cooked on Tues night and we both loved them. Very different from the normal “broiled with olive oil and garlic” ones that have become a fav, but the little hint of sugar took away any bitterness and went perfectly as the side for the fried shrimp. (yes, I… Read more

  • Wild Rice Casserole

    Am back from Texas where I feasted on fried shimp, Whataburger, Luby’s and the best of all, Kiko’s mexican food, my all time favorite since the late 1970’s…just remarkable mexican food like no other. But this week has found me looking for a few new recipes to cook for Easter Sunday. It is hard to… Read more