My First Quiche!

I came home (back to Dallas) to 20 eggs in the fridge that are set to expire (that sounds weird) in about a week.

So today, I made a quiche!  Below is the recipe I sort of kind of followed with certain edits/oops-ies

I used left over Christmas ham (had to think twice about this, but considering it was cured and cooked twice (soon to be third) I went for it.  and I'm told trichomoniasis trichinosis is basically not an issue anymore.

I *almost* forgot to put the ham in.  I poured half my egg/cream blended mixture into the dish before the ham, which I then sprinkled on top and covered with the other half of the egg/cream mix.

I should have known that filling the pie tin to the top with all the layers was a bad idea.  Eggs expand when they cook... duh!  Thankfully, I put a cookie sheet under the quiche and caught the spillover.



A few things I would do differently next time:  more spinach at the bottom.  more cheese at the bottom. try bacon (instead of ham) at the bottom.   Six eggs down, 14 more to go!

7 Jan 2013 UPDATE: the quiche tasted very yummy and is almost gone :)



http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/spinach-and-bacon-quiche-recipe/index.html

Pardon Me

... if I become sentimental these next 7 days.  It's hard to believe that after 4 years in St. Louis I am saying 'adios' (for at least 4 years.  i'm being not so subtly persuaded at work to come back for my post-doc).

Weekend Food Adventures

 Ham and Scalloped Potatoes

 Key Lime Cheeseball!  (keylime cheesecake in spreadable form)  it's really yummy :) photo by B



Pepperoni Pizza (ok, so B had nothing to do with this one... i actually made it tonight. )

I am semi-ashamed to admit that Briana and I went to Ted Drewes (http://teddrewes.com/home/default.aspx) no fewer than 2 times in 24 hours.  Although none of the photos below include the yummy concretes we bought (because we ate them in haste), here are a few of the meals we made this weekend.