Basic quiche recipes call for pastry for the crust. However, if you want, you can replace the pastry with potatoes. I did this and here’s my potato crust quiche recipe, which you can use as base for any kind of quiche you like: mine has mushrooms, red bell pepper, parsley, dill and onions, but variations…
I like roasting the whole chicken. Although I know a big part of it will eventually end up in the soup, I still like to roast it whole, then tear apart those juicy, tender pieces, covered by the golden, crispy skin. Here’s how it goes: Take one piece free range chicken, as small as you…
Although at first sight stuffed pork chop recipes might seem complicated, they are just as easy as any other pork recipe. All you need to take into account is that the total cooking time will be longer, because you have to prepare the stuffing, then to cut pockets in the chops, then to fill them…
Ingredients: 4 whole wheat tortillas 1/2 pound lean beef, ground 1/2 cup shredded cheese (Cheddar, mozarella, goat cheese, Swiss cheese or whatever else you prefer) 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1/2 cup baked beans 1/2 cup celery root, diced 1/4 cup carrot, sliced 1 red hot chili pepper, finely chopped (if it’s…
Smoked pork ribs with sauerkraut is a recipe I like to cook in winter. It’s a rather fat and heavy dish, so it’s best when you come home from a freezing walk in the snow. It’s not a quick recipe, as it needs almost 2 hours to cook, so don’t try it if you don’t…
Ingredients: 2 flour tortillas 1 cup shredded cheese mix of your choice (it can be Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Swiss cheese, Italian cheese or whatever your favorite types of cheese) 1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced 1/2 cup green bell pepper, diced 1/2 cup corn, whole kernel (drain it before use) 2 spring onions, chopped 1/2…
Spinach quiche is a permissive recipe. You can add other goodies such as bacon, mushrooms, chicken, turkey or ham, thus getting rid of your food leftovers in a delicious and easy way. This is the basic spinach quiche recipe. I used frozen spinach, because we are now in winter time, when fresh vegetables are hard…
Although typical quiche recipes call for pie crust, if you want a low-carb recipe, you can enjoy a healthy, crustless version of this delicious dish. It can make a perfect breakfast, nourishing and full of vitamins. Ingredients: 4 cups broccoli, florets only 2-3 garlic cloves, minced 1 red onion, chopped 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive…
It somehow amuses me how a basic dish for poor people managed to become gourmet. If you didn’t know it, find out that onion soup was a popular dish in ancient Rome. Onions were widely available and very easy to grow, so one didn’t need to have advanced gardening skills to be able to cultivate…
Ingredients: 3 cups chopped vegetables (mushrooms, zucchini, onions, broccoli, corn, asparagus or anything else you may like) 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 eggs, beaten 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup Swiss cheese, grated 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese, grated pinch of nutmeg salt and pepper to taste Directions: Heat the olive oil in a skillet and…