Spinach Quiche (crustless)

Quiche is a favorite in our home.  My personal favorite rendition would have to be my mothers Mexican Style Quiche!  I will have to post that one soon!  But we are not fans of quiche's with a crust.  It is too dry for our liking.  So since we like quiche we decided to try out a new one.  This is oh so yummy and with the dark leafy greens it is good for you too!

What kind of quiche do you like?? If you have a favorite please let me know and I will post it so we can all try it out!

Spinach Quiche

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 3 cups shredded Muenster cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan.
2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft. Stir in spinach and continue cooking until excess moisture has evaporated.
3. In a large bowl, combine eggs, cheese, salt and pepper. Add spinach mixture and stir to blend. Scoop into prepared pie pan.
4. Bake in preheated oven until eggs have set, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Pepper Steaks

Slow Cooker Pepper Steaks

Ingredients

• 2 pounds beef sirloin, cut into 2 inch strips
• garlic powder to taste
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cube beef bouillon
• 1/4 cup hot water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 large green bell peppers, roughly chopped
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, with liquid
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Sprinkle strips of sirloin with garlic powder to taste. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat the vegetable oil and brown the seasoned beef strips. Transfer to a slow cooker.
2. Mix bouillon cube with hot water until dissolved, then mix in cornstarch until dissolved. Pour into the slow cooker with meat. Stir in onion, green peppers, stewed tomatoes, soy sauce, sugar, and salt.
3. Cover, and cook on High for 3 to 4 hours, or on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

Orange Spiced French Toast

Whenever we have the Elder's over I try to do something a little different.  I remember as a missionary all the yummy dinners I got for the 3 months I was off the square, but sometimes I really just wanted a good breakfast that wasn't cold cereal (even though I could eat that for any meal).  Usually, there was just not enough time to make a gourmet breakfast.  So often we will make them breakfast for dinner!!

So last week we made french toast with a little twist, orange spiced french toast!  It was a huge hit! Needless to say we topped it off with some fabulous Buttermilk syrup 

Ingredients:
2 large eggs
1 cup half & half or heavy cream
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange peel (optional) 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional, but highly recommended!!!)
8 slices raisin or cinnamon bread, halved diagonally

Directions:

In large bowl, using wire whisk, beat eggs, half & half, sugar, orange juice, orange peel, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg until blended. Dip bread in egg mixture.

Cook on griddle or frying pan and enjoy!

Even Eden likes it!

I am a proud mother.  Even Eden liked Coldstone.  Those little tester spoons they give you are just her size.

Another Guilty Pleasure

Anyone who knows me well, knows that this place...

is a little bit of heaven on earth for me!!!

I mean look at all these beautiful creations!!!!

 Further more, for those who know me well, you know that my absolute favorite is Birthday Cake Remix. In one word... AAAAAAAAAAAAmazing!

Colby always gives me a hard time when we go out to places and I get the same thing.  He sometimes forces me to try something new.  Well, here is my theory.  When I find something I REALLY like, I stick with it.  Especially because we go so very little that when I do go I want my favorite!  Why spend that money on a new flavor that I am not sure how I will feel about it than use the money on something I know will be good and not take the chance of spending money on something I don't like when I know I would have been happy with my favorite!  Sorry, I need to calm down.

Well, I have seen the light.  I went out on a limb and found another creating that tickled my fancy!

We went last week with one of our coupons we get in our email from them, hello - coupons and free ice cream on your birthday, not passing that one up. 

 But we went in and I saw.... Cinnamon Bun Batter Ice cream!!!  Well, again, I am obsessed with cinnamon and I'm always stocked!  I just had to try it. So I got the Cinnamon Bun Batter and added Apple pie filling to it.  Oh.....MY.....GOODNESS!! Heaven!!!

So what is your favorite Coldstone creation??? I am curious and maybe you can persuade me to try a new flavor, but I am pretty stingy.