Monday, July 22, 2013

More things that I love

So, this is like a true "ah-hah" moment as Oprah would say!


These cheese wrapping papers allow for amazing freshness when storing cheese blocks, even cheap supermarket cheese!

If you buy cheese, buy these!!!

http://www.formaticum.com/products/cheese-paper

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Quinoa frittata - YUMMMMMMY

Well, it's been quite a while since my last posting and I apologize.

Today I made something delicious (by all accounts) and I wanted to share!

Quinoa frittata!

YUMMMMMY!

Ingredients:
Crust -
1 cup of dry quinoa (cooked in accordance to directions)
Some grated gruyer cheese (I didn't measure, but if I guess, I think it was about 1/3 cup of grated cheese)
Some salt and pepper

Filling -
8 eggs lightly beaten
Sautéed veggies (I chose about 3/4 cup of diced zucchini, 1/2 cup diced onion and 1/2 cup of diced mushrooms)



4 ounces of goat cheese
Herbs ( I used fresh basil from the garden and some fresh tyme from the garden)



Instructions -
Cook quinoa as instructed
Grate cheese
Mix cooked quinoa and cheese with some salt and pepper (go with your gut - don't measure!)
Press the mixture into a pie crust until it is crust - shaped

Bake in an oven that was preheated to 400 degrees for about 15 minutes or until just slightly brown (SLIGHTLY!)

Remove from the oven.

Mix eggs, satueed veggies and herbs together and pour into the baked crust.

I then put the goat cheese - kind of flaked it onto the egg mixture with a fork.
For decorate purposes I placed some purple basil leaves onto the top and baked it until the egg seemed set.  I think this took about 25 minutes, but honestly I lost track of time...


Eat while warm.
Yummy - really yummy!  Crispy healthy quinoa crust and delicious, healthy filling!

Enjoy!!!