Apr 2016-Repurposing Vintage Linens, Chicken a` la King and Tapioca Raspberry Delight

A big thank you to Nancy for hosting April's meeting!!

LUNCH

Chicken a` la King

6 T. butter, softened and divided
1 small red pepper, diced
1 cup thinly sliced mushroom
2 T. Flour
1/2 t. salt
2 cups cream [can use 1 cup cream and 1 cup broth]
3 cups diced cooked chicken
3 egg yolks
1/4 cup diced onion
1 T. fresh lemon juice
1/2 t. paprika
sherry for drizzling
chopped pimento for topping (Nancy used in w/ chicken)
toasted {baguette} bread for serving

1. Melt 2 T. butter in a saucepan set over medium heat. Add the onion, pepper and mushrooms; cook until they start to soften, about 5 minutes. Whisk in flour and salt.  Cook, stirring constantly, until frothy.

2. Slowly pour in the cream and cook, stirring often, until the sauce thickens.

3. Transfer mixture to a double boiler set over medium heat. Add chicken pieces and let stand.

4. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl beat the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter with the egg yolks, lemon juice and paprika. Fold this mixture into the chicken mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until thick and combined.  Drizzle in sherry and stir in chopped pimento, both to taste. Serve chicken mixture on top of toasted bread.


Tapioca Raspberry Delight

Follow directions on minute Tapioca box.
Add some lemon zest to the Tapioca.
Sweetened Raspberries were purchased in a large bag from the freezer case.
Real Whipped Cream [vanilla added and sweetened]

Into dessert cups, spoon Tapioca then raspberries to be topped with whipped cream.

March 2016

Great meeting this month at Julia's! Thank you Julia for hosting. After show and tell Julia showed several tutorials from the Missouri Star Quilting Co - Lots of great ideas and tons of tutorials. Also here is a list of items we still need to collect for our homeless men project:
black socks
deodorant
body wash
sanitizer
disposable razors
winter beanies
lotion
winter gloves
Let Susan know whenever you find a good deal and purchase any of these items. She'll let us know when an item is no longer needed.
Also Cindy brought a visitor to the meeting who is a quilter, Jean. Welcome to the group Jean! Our next meeting will be at Nancy C's home on April 27th.
Here are some pics from the show and tell:


Cindy made this plaid owl from a free pattern on Pinterest. Here's a link to the pattern at  http://theeternalthread.blogspot.com/search?q=owl
Corrie made this Red Riding Hood doll and even labeled it with a personal tag on the side.

Julia made this large orange peel quilt using a method she learned from the Missouri Star Quilt Co. tutorials. This was one of the tutorials we watched.




Nancy F made this "nightmare" Amy Butler apron. She said the directions were extremely difficult to follow.


Susan finished her wool Birdie year quilt. She used flannel on the back and on the borders and for the binding.

Diane S made this T-shirt quilt for her son who is currently serving a mission for the church. She said she worked on this with her daughter and it was definitely a two-person project.

Jeri showed her completed red, white and black vintage baby quilt.

LUNCH

Feb 2016 Mtg

A big thanks to Rachel for hosting this month!! It was fun changing things up a bit by having a cooking demo at the end of our show and tell. We should do that more often.
Susan also updated us on our Blessing Bags collection we are doing this year for homeless men in our area. We no longer need bandaids, Qtips, toothbrushes, toothpaste or denim for the bags. We are hoping to have all the supplies gathered by October this year so we can make the bags and get them ready to give away.

Here's the show and tell:

Rachel made this windmill quilt and used black minky on the back.

Rachel used Hello Darling fabric to make this star quilt. She used a jelly roll and got the pattern from the book Scrap Basket Sensations by Kim Brackett. The pattern is called Nova. She added a flying geese border.


Sherry decided to re-do and update all the Christmas stockings for her family. She embroidered the names by hand and intends to make extra for future family too.


Jeri made this Vintage Baby Quilt pattern quilt. She used a disappearing marker to mark the grid on the background fabric. She said that worked well but sometimes tended to disappear earlier than she wanted. It was recommended to use Frixion pens on the white fabric from now on.




Corrie made this crocheted bear rattle.


Kelly made this scrappy 1/2 triangle tulips table runner

Corrie designed and made this iron cozy for her small travel iron. She said "this is is big deal" and obviously very badly needed. It is lined with heat resistant material, teflon and also used insulbrite for more protection against the heat. She used Little Red Riding Hood fabric.




Kelly made this wool tulips in a bowl.


Kelly also made this scrappy 1/2 triangle quilt.


Julia made this star quilt using a tutorial from Missouri Star Company. She used bandana floral fabrics.




Lynette made this stained glass quilt to give away for a humanitarian/charity.


Caren hand quilted this Lone Star quilt. It is a wedding quilt.

Evelyn made this star quilt using 1/2 square triangles. She bought her fabric from Westwood Fabrics online.

Robyn made this cute tent using a pattern from http://thediymommy.com/sew-a-diy-teepee-play-tent/

LUNCH

Farmer's Market Tacos

Cheesy Potato Casserole

Artisan Bread with Honey Butter

Here's the link for the recipe for the Farmer's Market Tacos http://www.layersofhappiness.com/farmers-market-breakfast-tacos/

Corrie said she really likes using Bertolli Balsamic Glaze on top of the tacos if you don't want to take the time to make it yourself.

ARTISAN BREAD DEMO

Artisan Bread

3 cups flour

1/2 tsp yeast (I would do 1 just to be safe)

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 3/4 cup water or enough to incorporate all the flour. 

Mix till flour is incorporated.  Let sit on counter covered all day. Put Dutch oven in the oven and heat to 450 degrees. Then put bread in Dutch oven and bake for 30 minutes or until Loaf feels set.

Rachel added craisens, orange zest from one orange per loaf and pecans.  

You can add garlic and chedder cheese or anything you think would be good in it!