Monday, November 23, 2009

More on Quiche

Revision to the Quiche recipe:

6-8 oz breakfast sausage, browned
1 red, yellow, or orange pepper, chopped
1 cut-up potato
1 clove garlic, chopped
a handful or two of baby spinach
a spoonful or two of sliced black olives
feta cheese, or parmesan cheese
Italian seasoning
3 eggs mixed with some milk
pie crust

Mix everything together and place in pie crust. Bake on oven set at 375 or 400 degrees until done.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Brook's Quiche

(Greek style, but can be altered for any style. Note: tomatoes are a bad idea in this, they are too liquidy)
6 oz Breakfast Sausage, browned
1 red, yellow, or orange pepper, chopped
1 red or yellow onion, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, chopped
a handful or two of baby spinach
1/2 cup chopped kalamata olives
feta cheese
Italian seasoning
3 eggs mixed with some milk
pie crust

Mix everything together and place in pie crust. Bake on oven set at 350 degrees until done.

Brook's Minestrone

1 lb sausage, browned
1 medium onion, chopped
carrots, chopped
2 zucchini, chopped
1-2 stalks celery, chopped
2 red peppers, chopped
1 potato, chopped
fresh cut green beans
frozen peas
3-6 cloves of chopped garlic
couple handfuls of baby spinach
1 box of beef stock
14 oz. can diced tomatoes
small can of tomato sauce
1 can beans (kidney, garbanzo, etc.)
sprinkle of baking soda
lots of Italian seasoning
black pepper, to taste

Brown the sausage and place in a stock pot on stove on medium heat, adding onions followed by all the other remaining veggies. Add the rest of the ingredients and increase heat to high to start simmering. Then reduce heat to medium and allow to cook for about an hour.

Boil a bag of cheese tortellini and drain. Place a serving of the tortellini in the bottom of your bowl and scoop the soup over it. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and enjoy!!