homemade quiche

 

 Every Holiday my mom has always made us Quiche for breakfast or brunch for as long as I can remember.  It has become a wonderful tradition that I am excited to share with my family.  Quiche is the perfect all around dish, breakfast, lunch or dinner! 

You can make a few variations on this theme but I stick pretty close to this recipe depending on what I have on hand.

1 pre-made pie crust (I use Trader Joes)

6-7 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1/2 sweet onion

1/4 to 1/2 cup ham or bacon cooked

1/4 cup spinach finely chopped

salt and pepper to taste

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2.  Roll out pie crust and place in deep pie dish, pushing into base and edges

3.  Beat eggs and milk in large bowl
4. Add all other ingredients in with eggs and mix together
5. Pour egg mixture into pie dish
6. Bake for 60 minutes until crust is brown and eggs are puffed at the top
7. Allow to cool before serving - eggs will settle
8. Serve with mils salsa



 

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Weekend Wishes..

 

I hope you are enjoying the start to the weekend!!  We will be shopping the Paris flea markets all weekend in search of treasure.  Don't forget your Mom's this weekend!

Also, this coming week we have some great guest posts while I am traveling, please join these lovely ladies as they become part of the Design Traveler Series.

Here is a little of what inspired me this week...

I so cannot wait to make these amazing grilled cheese sandwiches for pool side evenings. Perfection.

I love the fashion inspiration here.

I am dying because now this clutch is now available in grey!

Where oh where can we put one of these?? Any takers?

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Easy Chicken and Biscuits

This is another recipe that lots of friends have asked me to share, so here it is! 
This is one of those good old standbys that is fast and easy to prepare. It's also 
a real comfort food that disappears quickly - there are never any leftovers! 
For this recipe, you can either cook your own chicken or use a prepared 
rotisserie chicken instead.

Ingredients

The meat from 1 precooked rotisserie chicken, chopped or shredded 

(OR if you prefer, you can cook your own chicken. You will need about 2 & 1/2 cups, which is about 3 breasts)

1 can Campbell's Cream of Chicken soup

1 can Campbell's Cream of Potato soup

1 & 1/2 cups of milk (I use 1% milk)

3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 & 1/2 cups frozen broccoli florets
1 & 1/2 cups frozen veggie mix (I use one that has corn, carrots, peas and green beans)

1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

1 can refrigerator biscuits

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Grease or spray a baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. (Casserole or lasagna dishes work well for this recipe.)

In a large bowl (I use my Kitchen Aid mixer on the slowest speed for just a few seconds) combine the chicken soup, potato soup, milk, and shredded cheese, and mix until combined. Then add the broccoli, veggie mix, black pepper, and chicken. Mix again, until all ingredients are combined. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish and bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, until mixture is simmering.

While casserole is baking, prepare the biscuits. Because I use refrigerator biscuits for this recipe, they are often the large or grand size, so I cut each biscuit into quarters before I add them to the casserole. This way, they will bake quickly and evenly, and you won't be stuck with any that are uncooked in the centers, which can happen when you use large sized biscuits. I think the finished dish also looks nicer this way too!

When casserole is finished baking, remove from oven and lay the biscuits on top of the casserole. Return the casserole to the oven and bake, uncovered, for an additional 13 to15 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown. 

I use kitchen scissors to cut the "Grand" sized uncooked biscuits into quarters

This way, the biscuits will cook more evenly and thoroughly than if you put them on whole

Before going in the oven

Finished!

Delicious!

What do you think?

Choices choices

 

I am so excited that the appliances are arriving today.  It sounds silly even to me as I don't really love to cook, but I like the option to cook.  Options and choices that seems to be a huge part of this kitchen remodeling thing.  I had a hard time picking appliances.  I knew in my heart what I wanted but things change as you design spaces and figure out your needs {likes, dislikes and budget}.  I knew I wanted a Viking cook top but had planned on sticking with our double wall ovens that were in the original kitchen layout.  Little did I know that the cost of those ovens {used once a year} was triple what I wanted to spend.  So I opted for the 36" Viking range.  I cannot wait to see it in it's new spot and feel like a real cook {ha ha} when I use it.  

I will send over some cookies from the first batch!

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