Real Men Do Eat Quiche

Spinach, Red Pepper & Feta Quiche

1 frozen deep dish pie shell, thaw at room temp for 15 minutes
Olive oil
1/2 C red bell pepper, chopped
2 C fresh spinach leaves
salt and pepper
1/2 C or more Feta, crumbled
2 eggs
1/3 heavy cream

Preheat oven to 400 degrees, bake pie shell for about 7 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside. Saute in oil over medium-high heat the red pepper for about 2 minutes. Add spinach, salt, pepper and cook until wilted about 1-2 minutes. In a small bowl whisk together eggs and cream. In pie shell add crumbled feta to cover the bottom of the pie. Add pepper and spinach mixture to pie shell and pour egg and cream mixture over the top. Bake 15 minutes,
then lower oven temp to 350 and bake 10 additional minutes til set on top.
Check on pie after 5 minutes as to be careful not to burn the crust.

Comments

Peach on Earth

We had our Office Christmas Party the other day and decided on a three ingredient no-fail recipe! It always delivers and rarely leaves leftovers. Peach-BBQ Lil' Smokies 2-14 oz package of Lil' Smokies cocktail sausages 1-16 oz jar of Peach Preserves 1-16 oz bottle of BBQ sauce Put all ingredients into a crockpot, stir and cook on high for 2 hours or low for 4 hours. Serves 12-15, I would double for larger crowds.

Cafeteria Classics-Sloppy Joes

1 pkg veggie crumbles 1/2 C onion, chopped 1/2 C kidney beans 1 pkg sloppy joe seasoning mix 1 6oz can of tomato paste 1 1/4 C of water Brown veggie crumbles, add onion and cook until clear. Add beans, Mix in seasoning, tomato paste and water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir often. Serve on buns with cole slaw if desired.

A simple kind of Pizza

Hot gooey cheese, burning the roof of your mouth sauce, and crunchy, crusty bread. Yum! It started with a pizza in fifth grade home economics. The recipe was French Bread Pizza, the ingredients were simple, bread, sauce, cheese, and meat. But that was all it took, my culinary spark was lit. I went home and wanted to give my school recipe a try. The actual ingredients were French bread probably from the local grocery store's bakery. The remaining ingredients were less than wholesome, a can of salty tomato sauce, a block of mozzarella you had to shred yourself, and greasy pre-sliced pepperoni you simply had to taste. Hopefully you managed to save enough for the pizza. And Voila, I felt just like a chef! Did it matter that the only chef I knew was Chef Boyardee? Of course not, because I could make my own food. And even got to use the oven much to my mother's disapproval (for fear I would burn the house down). I didn't care because even at that moment I was a better c...

Dinner, Wine, & My Spare Time

Search This Blog