I’ve noticed that when people find out I’m a Texan, they assume a few things:  I’m mighty friendly, I love biscuits and barbecue, and I know a thing or two about Southern hospitality.  And none of those things is wrong.  But, I have to admit the hospitality part trips me up sometimes.  When faced with unexpected [Click to Continue Reading...]

As promised, here’s another no-bake dessert!  The only heat required here is to melt the butter, which in my house, can be done on the counter in about 10 minutes.  I’m really trying to use my oven as little as possible this summer.  The reason is we live in the country and we use propane for power.  I [Click to Continue Reading...]

  I use store-bought refrigerated pie crust for this recipe.  Why?  Well, normally I’m a big advocate of making everything from scratch.  I don’t even buy tortillas or bread anymore.  But when I was creating this recipe I remembered my favorite pie that my grandmother used to make.  Around the holidays, all the adults ate pecan [Click to Continue Reading...]

Aren’t y’all glad it’s blackberry season?  These chocolate cupcakes are made with oil instead of butter, and they use low fat buttermilk to keep them extra moist.  But this isn’t a health advertisement–the buttercream frosting more than makes up for the lack of butter in the cupcakes.  I only point it out because some of you have asked [Click to Continue Reading...]