Disaster Averted Quiche

The house has several pounds of spinach sitting in the fridge, and some good cheese.
Since we had some eggs, I started making a quiche sans the pie crust.

I put three slices of butter into a pan, then covered it with olive oil, cajun seasoning (it was a good move), four eggs, two cheeses (Kiernan--kin to cheddar--and "Cheese Food Singles"--apparently the creators of American Cheese Singles at Land-O-Lakes found it irresponsible to consider them as real cheese). I started to add some milk and tried to fluff the egg mix a bit.

I then realized I had never cooked a quiche before, and had very little idea as to how one should make a quiche.

Thank goodness for the internet!

After a brief google search and a glance at several recipes, I realized I was supposed to bake the ingredients in some kind of grain-based carbohydrate substance.

Disaster averted, I added some pinto beans into the egg mix and carried on with my pan heating.

At the same time, I created a cavity inside of a cheap baguette, did some creative things with bread slices to hold the egg mix, dumped in the goodness, and put it in a toaster-oven.

Success!

Sprinkles and the New Year

I've been staying with my Godmother for the past few weeks and noticed a lonely bottle of sprinkles sitting on a rack in the pantry. Today, the first of the New Year, was the day I finally decided to put it to use.

It is perhaps the most juvenile concoction ever to have come to my mind: peanut butter, semisweet fudge, honey, and sprinkles on wheat bread.

I was going for a nutella/peanut butter type sandwich with sprinkles.  [side note: nutella contains palm oil, which very likely contributes to rainforest deforestation and habitat loss for orangutans among other things--I'm disappointed to find that it's in KitKat bars and used in Kar's Nut mixes too]

Since the fudge said semisweet, I reasoned that honey would be a good way to sweeten the deal.

The sprinkles contributed exquisite texture and color to the experience. The sandwich was acceptable, but really I'd rank it a 2 or 3 out of five. All in good fun, here's to 2011!