Thursday, July 29, 2010

Quiche





Growing up, this was one of my fav meals. In fact every year on our birthdays, my mom would let us pick any meal we wanted and I always chose quiche. I thought that quiche would be so hard to make, but now that I have made it, I realize it isn't hard at all.

You can make your own pastry if you want, but I chose to just use a pre-made pie shell.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Bake 2 pie shells for 7-9 minutes. Remove from oven and reduce heat to 350 degrees.



In a bowl mix together:
3 eggs beaten
1 3/4 cup milk or cream
1tbsp Flour
1/8 tsp cayanne pepper
dash of nbutmeg
1/2 tsp dry mustard



In your pie shells layer:
1 cup bacon or ham (1/2 cup per shell)
1 cup cheese, Swiss or Montery (1/2 cup per shell)
1 can Mushrooms (divide between two shells) You can use fresh, but I seriously love the canned ones

Pour the egg mixture over top.



Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until set.
Let cool 10-15 minutes before serving.









Monday, July 12, 2010

Scones



This recipe is a little tribute to Cranbrook.

I got this recipe at a cooking night I went to in Cranbrook. A friend of mine there would have a cooking night and share some of her great recipes. Thanks for this one TK.

I am not a huge fan of raisins or dates or currents or anything like that, but for some reason in this recipe I loved the currents. I have yet to try this recipe with blueberries. But I imagine that it will be so good too.


Cut together:

3 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup buter


Mix in:

1/2 tsp baking soda
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp stevia
2/3 cup black currents or blueberries



Add:
2/3 cup yogurt (any flavor)
1 egg
1/4 to 1/3 cup milk



Mix it all together. You may actually have to mix with your hands.



Roughly roll or push it out in to a circle



Cut the dough into 8 pieces



Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes on a pan covered with parchement paper.



These are so good fresh from the oven with some butter.