Quick Quiche

Like most moms, I don't have a few hours everyday to make dinner.  Sometimes I try to make a few in one day.  Last night was quiet.  The math tutor came, my kids did not have baseball or softball.  The only thing on my calendar was to pick up my 8th grader at 9:30 from the middle school.  Score!  I made an easy shrimp, spinach and pasta dish for that night then began making a quiche for the following night.  With a birthday party for my youngest and sports for the boys, I knew I needed to be prepared.

So I made a quiche, always easy and a crowd pleaser in my house.  You can serve it with a simple salad for a fast and yummy meal

Here is what I used:

1               prepared pie crust

8               eggs 

1/2 cup     half and half

1/2 cup     baby spinach

1               small tomato sliced

Just before putting it in the oven.

2 cloves    garlic

1/3 cup     shredded cheddar cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Sautee garlic and baby spinach on medium heat until spinach is wilted

3. beat eggs and half and half until frothy

4. Place spinach loosely on bottom of pie crust, separating as much as possible

5.  Pour egg mixture into pie crust slowly

6.  Spred tomato slices over spinach

7. Top with cheddar cheese

8.  Bake in oven for 40 minutes or until to is browned

9.  Let cool before serving

Finished Product

My International Family Kitchen

My beautiful family

I'm a wife, a mom and a short order cook.  At least that's how I feel most days.  I love to cook, but it sure is a challenge to satisfy the entire family with their varied tastes and needs.  My husband is a vegetarian, my growing teenage boys crave meat and my daughter doesn't eat much at all...

Additionally, our family is a mini United Nations.  I'm Chinese, I came to America when I was four years old.  No not from China, or Taiwan, I was born in Canada.  My husband is Jewish, born in Brooklyn and grew up in western New Jersey. 

 I learned to cook from my dad.  He owned a restaurant in Chinatown.  Like many head cooks in his field, he had Mondays off. On those days, I'd come home from school and watch him cook.  He'd never let me help but I watched and learned, but mostly I tasted.  He would make some unique dishes like steak and mango stir fry, or a lobster salad with Japanese mayonnaise and fresh fruit.  They were not always hits, but the failures were fun too.  It taught me never to fear making a mistake in the kitchen.  Every dish was a lesson, you can even learn from a bad recipe.  

Join me on my adventures in cooking as I figure out how to feed everyone a healthy diet but not spend the entire day in the kitchen.  Did I tell you the kids play multiple sports and play the violin and piano?  And we have new puppy too!