Chocolate Castles

  • California, Here We Come

    Well, will be out of pocket this week. Am going with Randy to California to relax, drive around beautiful San Francisco and just enjoy my husband. We are so blessed to be able to go visit some beautiful places and eat lots of great sea food. Will be hopefully posting some great new restaurant finds… Read more

  • AWESOME INFO THAT YOU WILL FIND HELPFUL! fyi

      —– CLEVER IDEAS WORTH KNOWING Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen  faster.     Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.  It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!     Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are… Read more

  • Chocolate Marshmellow Pie

    15 large marshmellows 1 package of 6 Hershey bars (I usually buy the ones with almonds) 1/2 cup milk 1 teas vanilla or almond extract 1 cup whipping cream 1 chocolate pie shell Melt marshmellows, chocolate bars and milk in heavy saucepan until all is melted. Take off heat and add your extract. Cool.  Beat… Read more

  • Grape Salad

    8 cups of grapes, washed and set to let dry 1 1/2 cups sour cream 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup toasted walnuts or pecans Mix grapes, nuts and sour cream. Set in fridge for a couple of hours before serving. Sprinkle brown sugar over grape mixture about an hour  before serving. The flavors of… Read more

  • Fresh Strawberry Pie

    We had some friends over last night to play chicken foot, which we never got around to since we were busy talking and solving the worlds problems, while eatting the strawberry pie. It was so good and cool and refreshing and the whipped topping just made it melt in our mouths. So here it is,… Read more

  • Stress Work Disorder

    OK, now I have heard everything. On the way to Randy’s office a little while ago, delivering 30 homemade enchiladas for him to share with his co-workers, I was listening to the radio. All of a sudden this commercial comes on that asks if sometimes I had the “feeling that my body wanted to sleep,… Read more