Category Archives: Cooking

The competition is on.

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Sewfrench

A good friend of mine used to make, hands down, the very best taco dinners. And a big part of what made them so good was her refried beans. They were absolutely the best. Ever. She probably still does, but … Continue reading →

Posted in coffee, Cooking, Dairy free, Eating, Gluten Free, Health, Recipes, Recreating foodie memories | Tagged cooking, eating, healthy eating, memories, pinto beans, recipe, slow cooker, vegetarian | 15 Comments

Oooo, it smells good in here!!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Sewfrench

This week I have been practicing hand embroidery skills. Mainly my initials and dates 😉 Over and over again! If you don’t know me in real life, then you might not know that that is how I finish off my … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrate, Cooking, Dairy free, Eating, Fabric Tuesday, Family, Giveaway, Gluten Free, Linkys, Quilting, Recipes, Traditions, Uncategorized, WIP | Tagged cooking, cornbread dressing, cornbread mix, dressing, embroidery, giveaway, quilting, recipe, sewing, stuffing, Thanksgiving, traveling stash | 2 Comments

Preparing for Thanksgiving

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Sewfrench

You realize it is less than two weeks away, right? Where has this year gone??? Thankfully, we will be guests this year. Daughter Krystal, and her husband D, that have the *huge* garden and the 24 turkeys running around their … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Eating, Gluten Free, Health, Linkys, Quilting, Recipes | Tagged broth, chicken stock, cooking, FMQ, food, free motion quilting, homemade stock, How to make, quilting, recipe, sewing, star, Starry, Starry Night, Thanksgiving, turkey stock | 8 Comments

Get ’em While You Can Can ~ Vanilla Peach Jam

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Sewfrench

These may not be the peaches, from Campbell, Missouri, that I grew up eating, and later canning, but Michigan grows their own mighty fine peaches, too. You know the kind you have to eat over the kitchen sink because the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning, Cooking, Dairy free, Eating, Family, Gluten Free, Recipes, Traditions | Tagged cobbler, cooking, fried pie, grandma, jam, lazy man's peach cobbler, preserving, recipes, ripe peaches, vanilla peach jam | 3 Comments

A no/slow progress week

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Sewfrench

We all have them. Don’t we? You do, don’t you??? Surely it’s not just me, but sometimes it seems like it, LOL! Thank you everyone who entered my first giveaway and gave me so many great movie suggestions! I picked … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Canning, Cooking, Giveaway, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, WIP, WIP | Tagged agony and the ecstasy, blogging, books, Bubble quilt, canning, coat of many colors, elm creek quilts, Honeycomb quilt, movies, Out of this World quilt, quilting, reading, salsa, sewing, unnamed wall hanging, untitled wall hanging | 8 Comments

Can You Hear Me Now???

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Sewfrench

Seems like every week is busier than the last but with several hours, here and there, my Honeycomb quilt is quilted!!! And the binding is on! Hoping it will be hand stitched down during my next movie watching session. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Canning, Cooking, Dairy free, fabric, Gluten Free, Linkys, machine quilting, Quilting, Recipes, Sewing, Show it off Friday | Tagged headphones, Honeycomb quilt, jam, music, quilting, sewing | 14 Comments

Summer Supper

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Sewfrench

sounds so much better than Meatless Monday, don’t you think? We popped up to the cottage, for a couple of days, and on the way picked up some Michigan sweet corn for a deliciously, easy dinner. We were delighted when we … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Cottage, Dairy free, Gardening, Gluten Free, Health, Landscape | Tagged cooking, meatless monday, michigan corn, summer supper, tomatoes, vegetarian | 2 Comments

Butter Chicken

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Sewfrench

Watching the recent Olympics games brought back so many wonderful memories of our trip to London and one memory that we won’t soon forget has to do with food. Surprise, surprise! Going into it, we didn’t realize that London’s Indian … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Eating, Gluten Free, Recipes, Recreating foodie memories, Travel | Tagged butter chicken, cooking, gluten free butter chicken, gluten'free, indian dishes, indian food, london, murgh makhani, recipe, travel | 1 Comment

Re: Garlic

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Sewfrench

Last week, I talked about how easy it is to grow garlic. Well, that is easy for me to say. I’m digging up a small patch of landscaping and with a wish and a prayer, growing a few heads. Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Gardening, Health, Landscape, Photography | Tagged Bob, gardening, garlic, Garlic Bob, German Red garlic, growing garlic, how do you grow garlic, organic, Thomas Moser, Thos. Moser | 2 Comments

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Sewfrench

Originally posted on Sewfrench:
While both our girls were here canning with me, on this day, it is strange that there are no pictures of them… I’m guessing they had their PJs on already! I am so glad I passed…