Thursday, August 18, 2011

Garden Vegetable Quiche

Garden Vegetable Quiche

 1 pie crust, uncooked
6 ounces shredded cheese, mild cheddar
1 small zucchini, diced
1 small summer squash, diced
2 green onions, chopped
¼ cup red bell peppers, diced
¼ cup fresh basil leaves
4 large eggs
1 cup Hickory Hill Milk
1 medium tomato, thinly sliced
2 tbsp. parsley, chopped

Heat oven to 350.
Coat skillet with olive oil and add diced veggies. Sautee for 6-8 minutes.
Add fresh basil leaves, cook an additional 2 minutes.
Scoop sautéed veggies into pie crust. Spread evenly.
Top veggies with shredded cheese.
Whisk together eggs and milk. Pour over cheese and veggies.
Top with sliced tomato and parsley.
Cook in oven 35-40 minutes

Friday, August 12, 2011

Spiked Lemonade

I like a Mike's Hard Lemonade now and then.  This spiked lemonade might be good too.  Of course, it won't be like Mike's Hard Lemonade because they will be no carbonation but I may try this.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Apple-Pecan Salad

    1/4 Cup fat-free sugar-free vanilla yogurt
    1/4 Cup tablespoons reduced-fat whipped topping
    1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
    2 medium red apples
    1 large Granny Smith apple
    1/4 cup dried cherries
    2 tablespoons chopped pecans


    Chop all apples to 1 inch  chunks.In a large bowl, combine the yogurt, whipped
    topping and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Add apples and dried cherries; toss to coat.   Refrigerate until serving. Sprinkle with pecans and remaining cinnamon before serving.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Patriotic cookies

Thanks to Betty Crocker and Red Couch Recipes for this one!Click on title to view
For those of you wondering who the character in green and white is,  that is Michigan State University's mascot, Sparty.  Go Green!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Veggie Burgers

1 can of cannellini beans
1 1/2 cups of plain bread crumbs
1/4 cup of carrots shredded
1/4 cup of finely chopped onion
1 large egg
2 TBS of fresh parsley
3 TBS of olive oil

Put beans in food processor to mash them together. Scrape beans into a large mixing bowl. Stir in half the bread crumbs, all the carrot, onion, egg, half the parsley, one tablespoon of olive oil and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.  Combine remaining bread crumbs with parsley in a medium sized bowl.  Heat the rest of the olive oil in a large pan.  Put the patties in a pan and cook for 4 min per side.

Caramel French Toast

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Monday, May 9, 2011

Quick and easy potato salad

Quick and Easy Potato Salad

    32 ounce package frozen cubed Southern style hash browns
    4 eggs, hard-boiled and chopped
    3 strips bacon, cooked crispy and crumpled
    1/4 cup of pimento or red sweet pepper diced
    1⁄2 cup Miracle Whip
    1 tablespoon yellow mustard
    3 TBS sweet or dill relish     

Bring a pot of water to boiling and place hash browns in the water. Let them boil over medium heat for 3 minutes.  Drain boiled hash browns in a colander.  Stir in pimento or sweet red pepper diced.   To that add Miracle Whip, mustard and relish.  Then add in bacon, boiled eggs and salt and pepper to taste.  Sprinkle top of finished dish with paprika.  Refrigerate overnight or several hours.