Chocolate Castles

  • Spinach, Catalan-style

    Hope each of you are having a great weekend, Randy and I have worked outside and am getting things looking pretty spiffy around the courtyard. Flowers are blooming and everywhere we turn, we find another weed to pull, but…….it feels so good to be working outside, enjoying the breezes and afterward, sitting out and enjoying… Read more

  • Fried Green Tomatoes

    Good Saturday Morning to you all. As I said the other day, I have been looking for a recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes that sounded like the ones we had for lunch the other day and here it is. I have added sliced green onions to the batter because the ones we had, had just… Read more

  • Memorial Day Picnic Potato Salad

    Ok, this week, you will be shopping for your Memorial Day cook-out, right? Well, you simply cannot have a cook-out without some potato salad. Southern Living has several recipes for this and the one that caught my eye is the one which I always cook up anytime we are having bar-b-que or fried chicken or… Read more

  • BBQ Shrimp

    In keeping with our Memorial Day Picnic Theme, I know you must be wondering if all I ever cook is desserts. Most of the time, I actually do have meat and veggies, but dessert is just where my passion for cooking lies. Usually it is me that always offers to bring the cakes or pies,… Read more

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  • Hot Fudge Sauce & Homemade Ice Cream

    Since Memorial Day is right around the corner, I think that this next week, I will concentrate on recipes which you could use for your Memorial Day picnic. Flipping through my old 1970’s spiral notebook which I had written down so many favorite recipes from my Italian neighbor, Cam, I saw this recipe that we… Read more