Chocolate Castles

  • 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

  • Texas Trip

    I will be headed to Texas tomorrow so will not be able to blog for the next 5 days. Hope to come back with a few new recipes as the lady I stay with loves to cook and her husband loves to eat. So know I will be getting some great southern cooking from Jane.… Read more

  • Scalloped Potatoes with Roasted Green Chiles

    If you are thinking about having ham or the slow roasted pork roast I posted a couple of days ago, you should make these delis potatoes. Would go great alongside either. Plus, it has a little zip to it to wake you up after devouring all the candy eggs you will probably eat within the… Read more

  • Butter Pecan Cake

    I hear from several friends back in Texas that I needed to blog this recipe as it is sooooo good! That is Texas talk for very good. So here it is. I will be making it as soon as I loose the two pounds I gained while in Phoenix. After reading that last sentence, it… Read more

  • Slow-Cooker Mustard Barbecued Pork

    Today is my first blog since returning from Phoenix where I went to help my daughter and her hubby set up their new home after being transferred there from Dallas. Wish I had seen this recipe before going because it would have been the perfect meal to have cooking while we were unloading box after… Read more