Author: HungryDad

Sausage and Spinach Quiche

This recipe for Sausage and Spinach Quiche looked good. I love making pie crust from scratch though, so I modified it a bit.

For the crust:

  • 1 1/3 cups White Wheat Flour
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 Flax-paks
  • About 5 Tbs ice water with a bit of lemon juice

Cut the butter and flax into the flour and add enough water to hold everything together. Roll out on a floured surface and place into pie dish.

For the filling:

  • 1 package sausage sliced or removed from casing
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • ~10oz bag of fresh spinach
  • ~1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 5 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk

Preheat oven to 375. In a skillet, cook the sausage and onion. Add the garlic and spinach and cook until the spinach releases its water.

Place the cheese in the bottom of the pie shell, add the sausage and spinach mixture on top. Lightly beat the eggs with the milk and pour over sausage and spinach.

Cook at 375 for about 45 minutes.

Meals for June 11-17

  1. Pasta with Smoky Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Bacon (TFMCB p 255, also online several places including here)
  2. The Station Wrap– Grilled chicken, craisins, crumbled bacon, cheddar-jack cheese, tomatoes, and balsamic vinaigrette tossed together and rolled in a honey wheat wrap. I was googling around for something like this and found this on a menu from The Irish Rail–sounds like a winning combination that we’ll try to recreate.
  3. Chicken Pineapple Black Bean Crock Pot Burritos
  4. A modified version of this yummy looking Swiss chard and corn tart.
  5. Sweet and Spicy Chicken Stir-fry.
  6. Quinoa with sausage and feta
  7. Broccoli, cheddar and ham strata.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

I generally avoid coffee cakes since they take so long to cook. But this morning I woke up early enough that I decided to give one a try. We had some sour cream that needed using, and I found this recipe at Two Peas & Their Pod, where I’ve seen some other great recipes, so I decided to give it a try.

We ate it up too fast to take a photo…it was really good (besides, Two Peas has great photos of this)! I added a little extra cinnamon and skipped the glaze, but other than that, followed the recipe.

Meals for May 7-13

  1. From the Fine Cooking that just arrived: Coffee-rubbed pork tenderloin with watermelon relish.
  2. Chicken Gyros
  3. Lemon Chicken pasta salad
  4. Hot dog dippers–looks like this was in lots of people’s newspapers this week…sounds like a fun meal for he kids, but using homemade pizza dough. With corn on the cob.
  5. Grilled Garlic Chicken and Spinach Pizza….something like this, but with homemade dough.
  6. Turkey cornbread casserole, with extra frozen veggies.

For mother’s day breakfast, we’ll be making orange rolls.