Spinach and Swiss Cheese Quiche

SPINACH SWISS CHEESE QUICHE

2 regular Pet Ritz pie crust
Little bit of softened butter
2 c. heavy or whipping cream
5 large eggs
3/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/8 tsp. nutmeg

If you have Fox Point Seasoning, use that instead of salt
12 slices Swiss cheese, cut into small chunks
2 tbsp. minced onion
2 tbsp. butter
1-1/2 cups chopped spinach

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spread little bit of soft butter over pie crusts, then put half of the spinach and cheese in each crust. In bowl, mix with fork or wire whisk, cream, eggs until well blended. In a saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter; add onion and cook until tender. Into cream mixture, add seasonings, butter and onion. Pour mixture into pie crust. Place on sturdy foil covered baking pan (one that won't warp when heated). Bake 15 minutes; turn oven to 325 degrees (you may need to cover the crust with a foil jacket to protect it from over browning) and bake 35 minutes longer or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

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Last night was Thursday and I made Meatballs and Gravy, Noodles, and Broccoli.

Mixed some garlic powder, onion powder, and Sunny Paris (salted) seasoning, along with a quarter packet of brown gravy mix into ground beef. Make little meatballs and pan fry in a swirl of olive oil. Remove balls, drain oil, then mix the remaining gravy mix in the pan (with a bit of oil and crumbles still there). Add a T of corn starch to make up for the gravy mix you used. Add 1/2 tsp finely diced garlic. Once the gravy's ready, add the meatballs back in. Serve over boiled and buttered noodles (shake on some parsley flakes for pretty). I had steamed broccoli too. Mark loved dinner.

Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

I took a rock hard squash and hacked it in half the long way with my big heavy meat cleaver. After removing the seeds and pumpkin stringy stuff with a grapefruit spoon, I coated the insides with olive oil and baked face down in a 350F oven for about an hour. After letting it cool on the counter, the outer shell looked puckered and loosened. It lifted easily it off the well-cooked meat.

Into a deep pan I put:

all the soft cooked squash

6 ounces of cream cheese

1 can of chicken broth

1/2 tsp marjoram

1/2 tsp onion powder

pepper

I tried squishing it all together with a potato masher, but even after it was heated through, it was lumpy. My handy stick blender did the trick. Smooth and tasty!

With this we shared a baked turkey thigh and some romaine salad with grape tomatoes.

Vanilla sheet cake with homemade cocoa butter cream icing for dessert.

I would take a picture, but a pot of soup doesn't look very interesting. Everything tastes great!

Salmon with a Quinoa Veggie Salad

Salmon and Quinoa Veggie Salad

Quinoa Avocado Crunchy Veggie Salad

Adapted from: The Diva Dish

Ingredients:

1 C. dry quinoa (cooked and cooled)

½ C. cherry tomatoes, sliced

1 avocado, diced

1 C. spinach, chopped

¼ C. cilantro, chopped

1/2 C. sweet onion, diced

2 small cloves garlic, chopped

1 stalk celery, diced

10 baby carrots, diced

½ cucumber, peeled, seeds removed, diced

For the dressing:

Juice of 2 lemons

zest of 1 lemon

2 tsp. dijon mustard

2 tsp. olive oil

2-3 tsp. honey

1/2 tsp. cumin

dash of salt and pepper

Salmon on Wilted Spinach

In pan:

A good swirl of olive oil, almost sizzling

2 nice sized salmon filets

Penzey’s Sunny Paris seasoning

Salt, pepper

lemon

Put the filets into the hot oil and sprinkle with lemon juice and a good shake of seassoning.

Flip, and add same again. Once cooked through, set aside and in the hot pan:

2 C. spinach

Leave the spinach in the pan about a half minute until it starts to wilt.

Place spinach on the plate and top with salmon.