Friday Five: Crustless Breakfast Quiche!

This is another GREAT breakfast meal to feed a crowd (a.k.a. just my family) and even prepare in advance. Just cook it up a day ahead of time, and then bring to room temp and reheat for a few minutes in a 250 degree oven. Easy as pie....or should I say, quiche?

CRUSTLESS BREAKFAST QUICHE

NOTE: There are so many adaptations for this recipe so experiment according to your liking. These are just some basic ingredients to get you started (and to keep it eligible for the "Friday Five!") This goes great alongside these biscuits! This recipe makes two pies.

*12 - 15 eggs, scrambled

*1/2 lb cooked ground breakfast sausage

*1/2 cup shredded cheese (any blend you prefer, I used Colby-jack because that's what I had on hand)

*1/2 cup cubed potatoes, cooked (I used leftover roasted potatoes. You could quickly boil some to soften them up for this recipe. You could also brown some in the pan first, and cook for a bit with the lid on... just don't use raw potatoes, they'll never cook all the way through.)

Fill a deep pie dish with the sausage, cheese, and potatoes. Season your egg mixture with salt & pepper to taste. Pour into pie dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes or until lightly golden and a toothpick comes out clean. MANGIA!!!

Whole Wheat Bananna Cupcakes - YUM!

This is a super easy, one bowl recipe that uses my beloved whole wheat flour!! There's a ton of reasons why I am coming to loathe white flour, mostly discovered after reading this book. But in my quest towards healthy flours, I've realized that whole wheat is not as yucky as everyone makes it out to be. It's good and good for you!

SO here's a fool proof, really good recipe for banana muffins/cupcakes (is it a muffin? is it a cupcake? who cares its good). You could also substitute white flour for the whole wheat, and white sugar for the Evaporated Cane Juice (organic unbleached sugar) I suppose...

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 1/4 cups evaporated cane juice crystals (organic sugar)

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

1 stick unsalted butter, melted

2 very ripe bananas, mashed

1/2 cup milk

Directions:

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Make a well in the center. Add wet ingredients and incorporate well. Pour into muffin cups and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Wouldn't these be twice as yummy topped with some vanilla cream cheese icing?!?!

MANGIA & ENJOY!!!!