Chocolate Castles

  • Winter Wonderland Wednesday

    What a beautiful sight, we wake up to snow and when you are outside, it is just the most glorious silence. What an awesome gift from God……plus the eyes to behold this beautiful and wonderful sight. Am preparing for some ladies to come to lunch today. It is the most perfect of days, snow, Christmas… Read more

  • Not Your Typical Green Bean Casserole

    I am loving the food channel. It gives me the courage to branch out of my comfort zone and try new and improved dishes, one being this green bean casserole. I have never been a huge fan of the traditional one everyone eats at the Holidays, so this one was a recipe which sounded very… Read more

  • Black Forest Cherry Cake

    OK, this is a little different from the normal cake. I began to think that maybe the layers should have cherry in them also, so here is what I did. I made a regular Duncan Hines Devils Food cake mix according to the directions, making two 9″ layers. Then I made two more 9″ layers… Read more

  • Sleepy Sunday

    The company is gone, the last of them pulled out this morning around 10. Frosty and Noel got busy decorating the house, cleaning up the last of the dressing and turkey, cranberry salad and threw out the desserts. I have one more story about this past week. I had taken Christi, our daughter from Orlando… Read more

  • Friday’s Turkey Leftover Blues

    Well, it has already begun. Thoughts of how to use up the left over turkey. We did go a little overboard this year on the size of turkey. We had a 22 pounder with a 10 lb ham, so we are on Amazon looking for ” 365 ways to use turkey” cookbook. The only ways… Read more

  • Post Thanksgiving Lunch

    Wow, we had it all, the turkey, the trimmings, the tall tales and………………throw up! I had everybody finally seated and had just taken a couple of bites when my grandson sitting right across from me made a few “burping” sounds and then, it was all over………..needless to say, my meal was over. His mother, my… Read more