It’s a new year. Finally. Good to be done with 2020. I don’t do resolutions any more but I still feel the need to refresh or freshen things up. Make an effort to do things like trying new recipes. With the days shorter I feel like cooking more. And especially with my daughter not in school every day, I’ve got a helper. I measure or she does, then she pours. She is in second grade so measuring is a good practice for fractions and multiplication. And at her age she seems to be more interested in cooking and baking. I enjoy baking more than cooking, but find myself cooking more because it is a necessity. I have a small selection of cook books that I like to use. Of course these days it’s easier to find a recipe by going online. But frustratingly I am constantly having to log back into my iPad when I get to the next step. Is this the same situation for everyone? My go to’s this past January have been Bon Apetit and NY Times cooking, my fallback is always Smitten Kitchen by Deb Perelman , Small Victories by Julia Turshen and Martha Stewart Classics. I am trying to find more vegetarian recipes, I’ve got one foot in that world. But my family, especially my husband eats meat. So if you have any recipe or cook book suggestions that are vegetarian send them my way!
Quiche to me is always a lovely winter lighter meal. Checks off the protein and vegetable intake for the meal, which I need to do when dealing with a 7 year old picky eater which is extremely frustrating. But she likes broccoli and I found this recipe on Bon Appetit , broccoli and cheese quiche. I didn’t have a couple of the ingredients so I substituted spinach for swiss chard and I haven’t been liking feta lately so I subbed goat cheese for that. I was thinking the chef who created this recipe might be insulted but I am trying to work with what I have. Regarding the crust, this recipe in Bon Appetit includes a crust recipe. I made this on a week night and was pressed for time so I used a crust I already had made that was in the freezer. It was all quite tasty.
If you try this recipe let me know what you think. And if you made any changes, what changes were they?
Take care!
Tracey
photo by harper s.p.