Chocolate Castles

  • Breakfast Enchiladas

    This is so good to make the night before Thanksgiving or Christmas or any time you need a breakfast casserole. It is different from the usual sausage -egg casserole  you see in all the cookbooks and magazines around the holidays. Uses ham instead of sausage. 2 cups diced cooked ham (about 3/4 lb) 1/2 cup chopped… Read more

  • Upside-Down Date Pudding

    A great holiday dessert and warm and gooey… 1 cup dates (I buy the already chopped dates) 1 cup boiling water 1/2 cup sugar 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar, divided 3 tables butter, divided 1 large egg 1 1/2 cup flour 1 teas baking soda 1/2 teas baking powder 1/2 teas salt 1 cup… Read more

  • Holiday Place Cards

    I saw this in a magazine the other day and am going to use it. It was just so different and so pretty. Buy however many pears as you have people coming for a holiday dinner. But pretty holiday ribbon and white poster board or gold. Cut 1×3 in pieces of the poster board for… Read more

  • Wild Rice Pilaf

    If you are like me, you are already sitting down looking through your favorite magazines to pick out just the right recipes for that wonderful feast day we call Thanksgiving. You, like us, might actually have some family members who do not like dressing and instead have your turkey or chicken stuffed with rice. This… Read more

  • Stepping Out of the Boat

    For the last few weeks, our Bible Study has been on Stepping Out of the Boad and Walking on Water as Peter did. Well, Randy and I are experiencing some of what Peter must have felt when he left the comfort of the boat to walk toward Jesus. We are leaving our comfort zone of… Read more

  • Leaving our Heart in Dallas, TX

    As most of you already know, we are moving to California. You have probably noticed that I have been a little sparce in writing on the blog the last few weeks. It has just been so very busy, trying to figure out where we will be living, when will we leave, what to do with… Read more