Spinach Bacon Quiche

My Sunday morning tradition continues! I woke up this morning, kind of angry that I lost an hour of sleep. My clock didn't change, so I think I just kept sleeping... until I looked at my phone. :( I had to get up... I have so much to do today! I decided that today, I will play house and make myself a wonderful quiche while wearing my Minhy apron. Last summer, I went to the fabric store and bought a bunch of fabrics, trims, and patterns to sew. I really love to sew. I wanted to make a cute super feminine retro apron that custom fits to my size. Adult aprons usually are too large and unflattering. I don't think I saved much money by making my own, but I liked that I could choose the fabrics... and I do cherish the things I make more than the things I buy... I chose this red and white polka dot print, and had black contrasts with the ties and ruffles... for the bib area, I pleated it and used rick rack trim for that area and the skirt. I made the ties really long so it could loop back and tie into a big bow in the front. I think I just wanted to prance around in a dress - ish/ skirt thing... I feel like I'm 5 again.... ( Well, this can just add to my finals procrastination!)


Back to cooking land. Start to finish, this took 1 hour. Not bad. I used a crust recipe that didn't need to be chilled. The crust recipe didn't even have butter! I just mixed it up and formed it into a tart pan. The filling was simple, I cooked a few slices of bacon, then drained them on brown paper bags ( omg.. the fat....) and then sautéed some chopped fresh spinach in the same pan... added some shallots, and canned diced tomatoes, and waited for the crust to bake for 10 minutes. Many quiche recipes have fancy cheeses... I only had mozzarella on hand. It worked. I think I should have added a bit more salt. Overall, it was an easy dish, flaky crust, rich filling... more like a breakfast food than anything... hopefully it will last a few days for me. I already ate 1/3 of it for lunch....  now for the clean up... :( I hope this will be my last post for a few days... I just need to get through until Thursday, then I can bake and cook to my heart's desire for one whole glorious week :)

Well I realized, since there's now more daylight during the "day" ... I may now be able to photograph my dinners... it's been hard taking pics of things I make at night because I have no idea how to take decent pics with the lighting that I have in my apt. I might invest in a little photo box soon... until then.. this blog will be devoted to lunches.. day old dinners.. and weekend baking :)

Crust Recipe http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-pie-crust/ ( don't add sugar!!! ) I mixed it in a bowl first, not in the tart pan... then I formed it in the pan.

Spinach Bacon Quiche 

Makes a 9 inch quiche 

1 9 inch pie crust, pre-baked  

2-3 cups chopped fresh spinach, quickly sautéed until starts to wilt

1 shallot finely chopped

3 slices of bacon, fried, drained, and crumbled

1/4 can diced tomatoes, drained

1 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 

3 eggs

3/4 cup milk

1/4 cup heavy cream

salt and pepper to taste 

1. Make the crust ( it will bake at 400 degrees.) Reduce temp to 350 degrees while filling up the pan.

2. Place the spinach, shallots, bacon, and tomatoes in the bottom of the tart pan , sprinkle on the cheese. 

3. In a large bowl, whisk up the eggs, milk, cream, salt and pepper. Carefully pour over the spinach mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Broil on low for 5 minutes on low or until the top is nice and golden (keep an eye on it!)