Loaded Broccoli and Cauliflower

My friend Peggy shared a post on her wall with a picture and recipe for Loaded Cauliflower.  It caught my attention because I just happened to have a head of cauliflower in my refrigerator.  You know what I mean?  Any other day I might have looked past it, but not that day because I needed … Read more

Walnut Coconut Chews

When our granddaughter Abbey arrived for a visit last fall one of the first things she asked of her Grandpa Lee is, “Do you have any black walnuts?” Earlier this summer Abbey had been the recipient of fresh black walnuts from Grandpa Lee’s walnut trees. She told us that she used them in a recipe … Read more

Tiramisu Cheesecake, Mangia bene, vivi felice

I have a friend who was in the hospital the week before Easter.  She and her husband always have the family gather at their house for holidays and she was telling me that this year she wasn’t going to be up to having a big Easter dinner.  “I did ask my daughter to please try … Read more

A Half Truth

Driving into town last week I read this  sign in a local church yard.  A half truth, a “little white lie”, a twist of truth … is still a whole lie.   This has bounced around in my head all through the week, not to mention the many times I drove that road in to town … Read more

Maundy Thursday

Today is Maundy Thursday.   It is the Christian holy day, falling on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Maundy and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles as described in the Canonical gospels. “And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we … Read more

Ready For Spring Pudding Dessert

Last week  my sous chef dish-washing mom was tasked to bring dessert to our fellowship lunch for Community Bible Study  held on Thursday.  We share a lunch together once a month and this was the teacher’s month to bring the food. When I asked her what she planned to make she said, “the pudding dessert.”  … Read more