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Easy Sausage & Vegetable Quiche

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Easy Sausage and Vegetable Quiche.

For those days when you want a hearty, substantial supper, but don’t feel like putting a lot of time and effort into it, this simple recipe is just the ticket.

It’s full of protein and veggies and could really be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

The secret to it being easy is in the fact that you don’t have to prepare a crust.  You simply use a little bit of baking mix (like Biquick) to create an almost crust-like texture.

And the options are limitless for what you can put in for your protein and veggies.  Exchange the sausage for bacon or chicken or turkey or ground beef.   You could even leave the meat out and just add more veggies.  Throw in any favorite vegetables you have in your fridge – mushrooms, asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, kale, tomatoes…..  And use any kind of cheese you love.  Exchange the cheddar for Swiss or muenster or provolone or mozzarella or even blue cheese or feta.

You get the idea…  right?  Toss in whatever you like, and you can have a wide variety of quick and easy meals.

I was recently reminded of this recipe when I came across a version of it at The Speckled Pumpkin.  It reminded me of years ago making all of those “impossible” pies….  Impossible Cheeseburger Pie, Impossible Taco Pie, Impossible Lasagna Pie, Impossible Tuna Pie….  Anybody else remember the Impossible Pie craze?  I may be back in the mood for these!

Serve it with a salad or side of roasted potatoes or even some chunky applesauce.

Here is how I made mine for our Sunday Supper last night.

Easy Sausage and Vegetable Quiche

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb pork sausage, cooked and crumbled
  • 1/2 medium sweet onion, chopped
  • 1 red pepper, chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh broccoli
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 cup Bisquick baking mix (or your favorite)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Put sausage in bottom of stoneware deep dish baker or your favorite 2-quart round casserole dish or deep dish pie pan.  Top with chopped onions, pepper, broccoli, and cheese.

In a medium bowl, beat the eggs, milk and baking mix with a wire whisk until well blended.  Pour over sausage, veggies and cheese.

Bake for approximately 40 minutes until knife inserted in center comes out clean. 

Enjoy!

Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi

 

 

Homemade Haluski – Peasant Food fit for a King

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How can something so simple taste so good?
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Every once in a while, I just get a hankering for halushka/haluski/cabbage and noodles (you say tomato – I say tomahto).  This old-fashioned Polish peasant comfort food makes a great side dish to pork.  Our favorite is a lemon-garlic-herb marinated pork tenderloin on the grill.

This past weekend, Marty grilled the tenderloin while I whipped up this haluski and a nice beet salad, and voila! – Yummy deliciousness on a plate and in my mouth!

It is SOOOO easy and SOOO inexpensive to make.

You start out with a stick of butter, a head of cabbage, a large sweet (Vidalia) onion, a bag of Halushka noodles, and garlic, salt, and pepper to taste.  (What’s that cost?  About a total of maybe $5?!)

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In a large skillet, melt the butter and sauté the garlic.

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And the sliced sweet onion.

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Coarsely chop the cabbage.

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And add to the buttery garlic and onion yumminess with a nice dash of salt

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And coarsely ground pepper to taste (which I am L O V I N G on everything lately)!

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Then you sauté and reduce it down for about 10 minutes.  I starts out looking like a lot of cabbage

h8but be patient and watch as it reduces and softens and browns into an amazing caramelized deliciousness that looks about like this

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while that is working its wonderfulness, add the bag of noodles to a large pot of salted boiling water

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and boil for about 8 minutes.

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I like to make it a little ahead of time, put a lid on it and let it “soak” and marinade.  When ready to serve, sauté for a couple more minutes to get some of those noodles crispy brown, and ENJOY….

at Life in Between or A N Y   T I M E!

Cheers and Hugs,

Jodi