Author Archives: Sewfrench

Pumpkin Pancakes in all their glory

One thing we had not tried, since going gluten-free, was pancakes.  We had the best ever, family recipe, for Silver Dollar Pancakes and I just didn’t want to compete with that.  So since we’ve really been into pumpkin lately and … Continue reading →

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Striving to make the world a better place… one recipe at a time.

We’ve been busy around here reworking recipes to better fit our dairy-free, gluten-free way on eating and striving to leave the world a little better than when we started. I don’t think a recipe makeover, yet, has let us down. … Continue reading →

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Beans, beans, the wonderful fruit…..

It’s been crazy busy around here preparing for Christmas.  There is still so much to do and so little time. I never did get all my Thanksgiving recipes posted but I thought I’d share this one we really, really liked. … Continue reading →

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Swoon….

Another Wednesday has come and gone and now another Thursday…. If you’ve been playing along, the mystery quilt is 36/36 heavily, hand quilted, up from 32/36 blocks quilted last week.  Binding is attached and mostly hand stitched down.  It needs the … Continue reading →

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Comfort food reinvented is even more comforting when it’s healthy

Corn casserole, corn souffle, scalloped corn whatever you call, I call it comfort food.  Maybe it’s my Native American heritage showing? Not sure…. I promised to make a gluten-free, dairy-free version for Thanksgiving.  Then…. We all stood around laughing, talking, … Continue reading →

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WIP #18

It would seem I haven’t gotten much done this week, but I have. I did get my tablecloth and napkins finished, just in time for Thanksgiving. Lots I can’t show though… Got the Bubble quilt put together this week. I … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Success!

A gluten-free, dairy free celebration that left us all feeling good and full. No deprivation here.

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The one where she figured out how best to piece circles!

Hmmm… I haven’t been here in a week and WordPress went and rearranged things on me.  How dare they. Trying to quickly write-up a post isn’t as quick as I had hoped.  Though I *love* the new uploading media button. … Continue reading →

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How do you define hummus?

For hard-cores, hummus, the Middle Eastern, dip is defined as cooked, mashed chickpeas, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic. For me, as long as it is a white bean blended with garlic, salt and lemon juice, … Continue reading →

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WIP # 16 ~ Bubbles

Remember this pretty stack of Kona Cotton? Remember this daughter designing a pattern off of Brigitte‘s idea? Then color coding it for me? Well, I finally got caught up on most everything around here and found the time to play … Continue reading →

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