Author: Margaret

  • Show and Tell Saturday #6

    Show and Tell Saturday #6

      Sometimes when I look at the quilts I’ve made I think, “girl, you must be crazy.”  I blame my blood line – bad blood. This crazy quilt thing is hereditary I am not completely responsible for my addiction to fabric. Quilting is very rewarding. You take a pattern and a bunch of fabric and…

  • Gluten-Free Banana Muffins

    Gluten-Free Banana Muffins

    About six months or so ago my son-in-law, Patrick and our little Savannah were having some intestinal problems.  After doing a little research of symptoms decided to give the gluten-free option a try.   Gluten-free foods are not a new thing to our family. Thirty or more years ago when there were definitely less options…

  • Coriander Salmon

    Coriander Salmon

    We celebrated our son-in-law David’s birthday and that means that we serve salmon and chicken for dinner.  Salmon is his favorite, so we make that for him and the chicken is for the few non fish eaters in our family.   My favorite way to cook salmon is so easy it isn’t really a recipe. …

  • Show and Tell Saturday #5

    Show and Tell Saturday #5

    Show and Tell A number of years ago we were visiting “Heritage Park” in Salt Lake City and they had  a gift shop with handmade items, gifts and some patterns.   I love retro fabrics and this quilt was on display to sell the pattern.  Well this pattern yelled buy me.  So I did.  It is…

  • Delicious Cornbread

    Delicious Cornbread

    My kids are not great soup eaters unless it is homemade. They used to enjoy Bean with Bacon from a can but David says that we had it everyday and he got burned out.  We really didn’t eat it that often. The things kids remember. The first homemade soup that I perfected was and still…