Category: Cooking & Entertaining
I am still tweeking the table scape elements, but I have completed a centerpiece I am pretty excited about. The hardest thing about making this floral arrangment was finding a store that still had good sized pumpkins on hand! I bought two bunches of mixed chrysanthemums and a block of green florist's foam. I used […]
It took no time at all to finish up the Nantucket nine patches. I was all set for hours of stitching, and was pleasantly surprised to get 90 blocks done in a couple of hours. I am going to do what several others are doing, and that is to add eight little star blocks in […]
I totally channeled the Pioneer Woman this weekend. Mother's Day and Sara's birthday fell on the same day, so we did a dual celebration. I have both of Ree Drummond's cookbooks, and have had pretty good success with her recipes. The celebration dinner was at my house, so I elected to make Ree's recipe for […]
I made an awesome potato casserole dish for dinner and wanted to share the recipe, which is from one of the Taste of Home cookbooks. When we were at Buggy Barn this summer for our quilting classes, a local woman who had her own catering company fed us the most incredible lunches each day, and […]
Here is an easy recipe you might enjoy–especially if you have a garden full of zucchini! It is a pretty basic zucchini bread recipe with the addition of blueberries. No nuts in this one, but don't see why you couldn't add them. I ended up with five mini loaf pans, not the four the […]
Easter was a spendid success, with all the family getting together for our usual brunch. We had a couple of young men contributing to the food and drink this year, which added an even more fabulous element to the party. My nephew Eric made Bloody Marys and Grey Hounds, two very wonderful cocktails. Eric also […]
Blueberry French Toast 1 loaf French bread, sliced and cut into 1 inch cubes 2 8 ounce packages cream cheese, cut into 1 inch cubes 1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed 12 large eggs 1/3 cup maple syrup 2 cups milk Grease 13” pan. Place half the bread cubes evenly in the pan. Scatter cream cheese […]
It is supposed to be good luck to start the New Year off with a dish of Hoppin' John, a concoction of ham, blackeyed peas, rice and veggies. It is a delicious dish, and deserves not to be relegated to just the New Year. My version has red and yellow pepper, jalapeno, onion, garlic, and […]
I am not a baker. I am not a baker. I am not a baker. This unbelievable mess is the cheesecake I was making for Christmas dinner. How could such a thing come to pass? Well, I'll tell you. Someone put my spring-form pan back together after it was washed, and got the bottom section […]
OK, yes, there are a few things I am pretty good at. Skilled even. But not baking. I told you all I had given up Holiday Baking in an effort to make my life more sane during the Christmas season. Well, that wasn't all of the story. I gave up Holiday Baking because it was […]
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Hello, I’m Nicole, an enthusiastic quilter and fabric lover. This blog is mainly about my quilting journey, but I share some of my other interests as well, which include reading, cooking, decorating, lifestyle, and my family. When I am not quilting, I am reading, and will share monthly book reviews in this space. I love to hear back from my followers and enjoy getting to know you.
