Zucchini Patties

What is your favorite way to cook zucchini? Normally my answer to that question would be to put it in bread or cake (with lots of cream cheese frosting), but that was before I discovered zucchini patties!

Zucchini Patties

2 cups grated zucchini
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
salt to taste
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

In a medium bowl, combine the zucchini, eggs, onion, flour, Parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, and salt. Stir well enough to distribute ingredients evenly. Heat a small amount of oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Drop zucchini mixture by heaping tablespoonfuls, and cook for a few minutes on each side until golden.

Quilt Odyssey - Part 3

Quilt Odyssey - Part 2

Quilt Odyssey - Part 1

Nothing Could Be Finer

Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning! That's right, it's vacation time and we are on our way to spend a week with the lil' cowboy and his mommy and daddy! It's been much too long since we last saw them, so I'm really looking forward to spending time with them all, taking in some of the beautiful sights of North Carolina and eating seafood until it comes out of my ears. I have no doubt that it's going to be a great trip!

Cowboy Cookies

Cowboy Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups rolled oats
2 cups chocolate chips

In a large bowl add, sugar, brown sugar and eggs. Melt butter and pour in bowl with sugars and eggs, mix well and stir in vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, mixing well. Stir in oats and chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded tablespoons about 2" apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or just until the edges of the cookies begin to turn golden brown.

Quilt Magazines

I admit it...I'm a quilt magazine addict! I find it nearly impossible to walk past a newsstand without looking through the quilt magazines and I almost always walk away with at least one in my shopping basket. They are less expensive than the average quilting book (which I also find hard to resist), but the cost does mount up at $7 or more per publication. The other day I was discussing the cost of my addiction with a friend and she was quick to point out that the average quilt pattern costs over $8 for just one pattern, so if you figure that the average quilt magazine has about 20 patterns, its value would be over $150! I love a good bargain more than anything and that's a deal that's too good to pass up! I guess I won't be swearing off the quilt magazines after all!

No Power? No Problem!

The power was out for a few hours yesterday, thanks to a faulty transformer up the street. Have you noticed that everything you want to do when the power is out requires electricity? I thought about dusting the living room or mopping the floors, but then I remembered the bag of 30's reproduction fabrics that I bought a couple weeks ago and decided to cut them up. I now have all the blocks cut for a disappearing nine patch quilt and "lucky" for me the power was out long enough so I could get some cleaning done too.

Front To Back

I don't normally piece quilt backs, but because I was trying to use up scraps with this project, I thought I would give it a try and I'm glad that I did! I think I like the back of this quilt just as much as I like the front.