Mexican Quiche

Its been a while since I shared a recipe. I made this for dinner last night for the first time in a LONG time! Its a yummy one served with some fresh diced tomatoes (how lucky am I to live in a place where you can get nice greenhouse tomatoes fresh from the farmer?).

Mexican Quiche

5 eggs

1/4 cup flour (I used whole wheat)

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 cup butter melted (I think you could just use 2 tbsps and be FINE!)

1 - 4 or 7 ounce can of diced green chiles

1 cup cottage cheese

1/2 cup chopped onion cooked in another tbsp butter

1 cup shredded cheese (pick your fave!)

Preheat oven to 400 and spray pie plate or 8x8 (or 9x9) pan and set aside. Beat eggs then add in flour and baking powder and wisk well. Add the melted butter, chiles and cottage cheese. Then add in the onions which have been sauteed in 1 tbsp butter and the shredded cheese. Then pour it into your prepared pan. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes then reduce heat to 350 and cook for another 25-30 minutes. Serve warm. It also reheats well (I had some leftovers for lunch).

Catch Up!

My Mom told me today I needed to update my blog.  So here’s a small attempt.  Thankfully I didn’t resolve to post more frequently/regularly on my blog this year!  I have however been exercising 6 days a week which I am really excited about!

So, what have we been doing?  Not much.  The day after Christmas it snowed a little. 

Then we hung out a bunch and even went to Warner Robins for a day where all the grandkids got to play.  I of course left my camera at home.  I did take a few with Frances’ camera (you want to email me a few Frances?). 

We’ve played a lot and spent time as a family.  Here’s Paul and Ruthanne playing the piano.

Paul is insisting on sitting in a chair to eat a lot.  Its going a lot better than I anticipated.

 

Paul happens to think bouncy balls are the greatest thing ever.  Here’s a funny video of him playing.

And, it snowed a 2nd time this winter and swiftly turned to ice.  When we went out to play in it you couldn’t gather any together, it just crunched under your feet.  We were home bound for a couple days.

Hmmm, thats about it for now!  I’ll try to think of something fun for us to do and post about it.  Oh, maybe I should ask ya’ll if I should finally take the tree down or embrace it and make a Valentine’s tree?  Paul loves the tuh-ree!

Christmas Morning

We had a lovely Christmas. 

Santa made a little accident and gave Ruthanne a leapster game she already had (woops, luckily I had some extra in the closet and I offered her one of mine for her Santa one). 

We had lovely cinnamon rolls for breakfast.

We relaxed and watched movies and chatted and enjoyed a quiet day.

All the pictures I took are linked below.

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Tex Mex Crockpot Roast Recipe

I found this recipe last night and made it today. I modified it a bit and it was sooo yummy!

Tex Mex Crockpot Roast Recipe:

1 can chili beans

1-2 cups frozen corn

1 can rotel tomatoes/diced tomatoes with green chiles

1 tablespoon taco seasoning

1/2 tablespoon ranch seasoning (I keep a jar with the herbs already mixed)

1.5-2 lb roast (mine was pretty lean)

Throw it all into the crockpot and cook on low about 8 hours, or high about 4 hours. We served it over rice with shredded cheese and sour cream. Everyone ate it and liked it!

Cold Weather Dinner

Since we have some cold weather blowing through, I thought we needed an appropriate dinner tonight. So we're having:

Chicken Corn Chowder

and

Skillet Bread

Hopefully it will be a success!

In Support of Poppa’s Team

Paul wore his Auburn outfit.  I guess it worked!

Charging the camera:

    

Cheese!

Ruthanne & John get in on the camera action.

 

Cyber Monday!

Gotta love it!  Just scored Curious George (the movie) on dvd for $7.99 on amazon!  Perfect Christmas present for this little monkey!

I love this

Because it totally keeps my monkey lover (Paul) occupied for a few minutes!

Oatmeal Soufflé

I can’t believe I haven’t posted this recipe here yet. Patricia had seen oatmeal soufflé mentioned in a food network magazine and insisted I make a version while they were here one weekend. I obliged and it was really good. A little fussy and takes a little while to throw together, but we enjoy it. The original recipe comes from here: http://www.ericsons.net/535/oatmeal-souffle

But my version is this:

Preheat oven to 325 and grease a large high-sided casserole dish.

Bring to a simmer in a pot on the stove:

2 cups milk

1/2 stick butter

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup brown sugar/demerara sugar

Once it is simmering add in:

1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats

and simmer for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, separate 6 eggs.

Whip the egg whites until peaks form but still moist.

Beat the yolks until thick and lighter.

When oatmeal is done, mix in 4 ounces of cream cheese (the whipped works well for me) and the egg yolks until combined. Then, gently fold in the egg whites 1/3 of the mixture at a time. Pour into casserole dish, sprinkle with more cinnamon and brown sugar (optional). Bake for 35-40 minutes. Enjoy with cream or milk if you want!

My First Ball

So, I finally got to go to a ball!  Luke was invited to pray at the Marine Corps Ball on Friday, so we got a babysitter and off we went!  I had the babysitter snap a photo before we left though.

We got some professional photos taken at the ball, we’ll see if they turned out any better!