Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Quiche aka the Recipe with NO MEASUREMENTS!

Don't you love when your friends send you recipes? I always like ones that are tried-and-true! I got this one from one of my friends, who got it from a friend, who got it from a friend...  She ate it for dinner, and raved about her breakfast leftovers the next day.

However, this recipe, had NO measurements! Good thing I know how to cook, otherwise, this could have ended up as a hot mess! Here is the version I got:

Attached is a pic of the quiche recipe. The basis of it is a pie crust, 5 eggs and 2/3 cup of almond milk, cook for 45 min at 375.

You can add ingredients to it to add additional flavor. Below is what I did this morning.

1 pie crust, thawed (mine was gluten free from Whole Foods)
5 eggs
2/3 cup almond milk
Fresh basil
Fresh garlic
Olive oil
Chili powder
Garlic powder
Rosemary
Pepper
Sea salt
Ground turkey
Spinach, briefly sautéed in olive oil, basil and sea salt.
Sun dried tomatoes, cut Julienne style in a jar, from Trader Joes
Goat cheese crumbles (from TJ)

1. Cook ground turkey with garlic, basil, and rosemary
2. Briefly sauté spinach with fresh basil and a little bit of sea salt in olive oil
3. Layer spinach mixture on the thawed pie crust
4. Then add a layer of sun dried tomatoes followed by crumbled goat cheese
5. Then add a layer if ground turkey
6. Whisk 5 eggs, then add 2/3 cup almond milk
7. Add in a bit of garlic powder, chili powder, sea salt and pepper. Whisk everything again then pour egg mixture into pie crust. Season the top with a tad of chili powder, sea salt and pepper
8. Cook at 375 for 45 min.

Note, depending in the size of your pie crust or any cracks, the mixture may overflow the crust. Thus, I always cook the quiche on top of a cookie sheet.





So here is the "April" version.  I changed a few things, part of which because my grocery store is going thru a remodel and I can't find ANYTHING! 

Ingredients: 
  • 1 pie crust, thawed
  • 5 eggs
  • 2/3 cup skim milk
  • 3-4 leaves basil
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • Drizzle of Olive oil
  • 1/4 t. Chili powder
  • 1/4 t. Garlic powder
  • 1 sprig fresh Rosemary
  • 1/4 t. Pepper
  • 1/4 t. Sea salt
  • 1/2 lb. Ground turkey (Italian style)
  • 1/2 cup frozen Spinach, defrosted, drained, and briefly sautéed in olive oil, basil and sea salt.
  • 1/3 cup feta cheese
  • 1/3 cup goat cheese (had an oops and bought honey style, so I didn't use the whole thing, and added feta to supplement)
  • 4-5 strips of jarred roasted red peppers


Directions: (these are pretty much the same!)
1. Cook ground turkey with garlic, basil, and rosemary
2. Briefly sauté spinach with fresh basil and a little bit of sea salt in olive oil
3. Layer spinach mixture on the thawed pie crust
4. Then add a layer of roasted red peppers, followed by feta & goat cheese
5. Then add a layer if ground turkey
6. Whisk 5 eggs, then add 2/3 cup almond milk
7. Add in a bit of garlic powder, chili powder, sea salt and pepper. Whisk everything again then pour egg mixture into pie crust. Season the top with a tad of chili powder, sea salt and pepper
8. Cook at 375 for 45 min.




Rosemary, the herb that lives all year!


The quiche went on a little adventure to the neighbors to get heated up! Snow day fun!

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