Sunday, June 7, 2009

suzanne's super easy quiche


this is better than any quiche i've ever had at a restaurant! my friend suzanne got a basic recipe online and tweaked it to make it even better. she's definitely a natural at cooking. i can't wait to share more of her recipes with you because her dishes are fancier than mine, but just as easy to make. so, keep your eyes peeled for recipes i post from suzanne because they'll be the ones you want to impress your friends with. the quiche pictured above is the mushroom cheddar version.

2 cups milk
4 eggs
3/4 cup biscuit baking mix
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
8 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups sliced mushrooms
2 cloves of garlic
1/3 cup minced onions
salt to taste

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2. Lightly grease a 10 inch quiche dish.

3. In a small pan, sauté mushrooms in a small amount of butter. Put cloves of garlic through a garlic press, and add to pan. Add minced onions. Add salt.

4. In a large bowl, beat together milk, eggs, baking mix, butter and parmesan cheese. Batter will be lumpy. Stir in mushroom and garlic mixture and cheddar cheese.

5. Pour into prepared quiche dish.

6. Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes, until eggs are set and top is golden brown.

Tips: This recipe is very flexible and easy---you can pretty much add any ingredient to the quiche base. A good variation is to replace the mushrooms and cheddar cheese with spinach and swiss cheese. Sauté about 2 cups of frozen or fresh spinach with garlic and onions in a bit of butter, add salt. Replace cheddar with 8 oz. shredded swiss cheese.


This is a picture of the spinach swiss version. The amazing thing is that this recipe makes its own crust---you just mix everything up in one bowl, and pour it into a regular quiche dish or pie plate!

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