Guest Recipe: DL and her Hen's Eggs Quiche

This is my friend, DL's Quiche Recipe. 

 

She says, "I am focused on using all the eggs our hens produce so have included a quiche recipe that is easy and delicious."

 

DL and her Hen's Eggs Quiche

 

 

Ingredients:

 

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil

1 medium onion, diced (about 1/3 to 1/2 a cup)
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 bunches of broccoli, chopped (about 4 cups)
3/4 cup of sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
3 Jumbo Eggs or 4 Large Eggs
1 cup milk of choice (I used plain Almond Milk or Soy Milk)
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
1/4 tsp. nutmeg

 

 

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  
• Use premade crust to keep things simple. A deep dish pie crust works best as the recipe makes enough to fill a large pie crust.
• In medium saucepan, add 2 Tbsp. olive oil over and warm up on medium heat.
• Once warmed, add diced onions (I don't include onions) and cook until just starting to turn translucent, about 6 minutes.
• Add minced garlic and let cook for one minute longer.
• Add diced broccoli, a simple twist of salt and a sprinkle of pepper and cook until bright green about 6 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let rest.
• While the above is resting, whisk together eggs, milk and spices: 3/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. pepper, garlic powder, dry mustard, paprika, and 1/4 tsp. nutmeg and red pepper flakes in a small bowl or directly in your measuring cup if you like to save on dirty dishes.
• Add the sautéed broccoli, onions, and garlic to the prepared quiche crust.
• Top with 3/4 a cup of sharp cheddar cheese. I always buy a block of cheese and shred it myself because I think it makes a difference, but then again, I’m a cheese snob.
• Pour egg and milk mixture over top. It’s perfectly ok if the liquid mixture doesn’t completely cover the broccoli. In fact, the broccoli poking out the top will get nice and crispy and might just be your favorite part.
  
• Put in 350 degree oven and bake until top just starts to turn golden brown, about 40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and enjoy.

Project Gutenberg - The First Internet eBook Library

Project Gutenberg

 

One website I frequent a lot is Project Gutenberg. Their inventory of over 60,000 eBooks has a lot of classics and surprises. It also has cookbooks.

 

Basically, after searching their inventory, you can download your selection in various formats like: HTML, ePub, Plain Text and more.

In conjunction with Project Gutenberg, I use iBooks.

These are a sample of some of the classics available:

• The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
• Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Poems by Emily Dickinson
• The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
• Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley
  
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  
• Persuasion by Jane Austin
  
• A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
• Mother Goose and other children's books

There are also dictionaries, histories and more.

 

Some of the surprises I found are: you can post your self-published eBook on Project Gutenberg but it will be free to Project Gutenberg visitors and find unusual books like:

 

A General History of the Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson

 

Hindustani Lyrics Rendered From The Urdu by Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook

Six Months in Mexico by Nellie Bly

 

Of course, I searched for Cookbooks and these are just two of many I found:

The Suffrage Cook Book complied by L.G. Kleber

 

The California Mexican-Spanish Cookbook by Bertha Haffner-Ginger

 

 According to A History of Project Gutenberg, Project Gutenberg (1971-2008) by Marie Lebert, Michael Hart created Project Gutenberg in June 1971 at the University of Illinois. At first, he typed in each book as eText (ASCII) and stored it on the mainframe for others to access. The first book he typed was the Declaration of Independence. Over the next few years, Hart continued to type and store other classic books. In essence, he created the eBook.

 

Hart defined Project Gutenberg's mission as:

 

“...to put at everyone's disposal, in electronic versions, as many literary works of the public domain as possible for free....We consider eText to be a new medium, with no real relationship to paper, other than presenting the same material, but I don't see how paper can possibly compete once people each find their own comfortable way to eTexts, especially in schools.” --Excerpt From: Marie Lebert. “Project Gutenberg (1971-2008).” Apple Books.

 

Reading about the changes in computer technology in parallel Project Gutenberg's adaptations to these changes is a fascinating read. From 1 book a year to 1 book a month, by 1994, Project Gutenberg had published 100 eBooks. Today, its inventory is over 60,000 eBooks, in English and other languages.

 

Also, Project Gutenberg invites volunteers to help proofread the text of books in process for uploading as an eBook.

 

 

Resources:

 

 A History of Project Gutenberg, Project Gutenberg (1971-2008) by Marie Lebert

 

Project Gutenberg

University of Illinois

https://distributedmuseum.illinois.edu/exhibit/michael_hart/

Microwave: Mug O'Vegetable Timbale

 

 At times, trying the Use What You Have method of "cooking" gets great results.

 

Believe it or not, this recipe stems from my attempt to make "Chicken Timbale" from:

 

Cook Book of Left-Overs

UCA

P54/60 physical page no.

"Chicken or Turkey Timbale with or without Mushroom Sauce

 

"When no more slices can be cut from a cooked chicken or turkey, take the bits of meat near the bones, chop fine, and to two cups of such meat allow one cup of soft, white bread-crumbs and one- half cup of hot milk. Mix the crumbs and hot milk together, then add the chopped meat and yolks of two eggs. Season with one teaspoonful of salt and one - quarter teaspoonful of pepper. Beat the whites slightly—they must not be frothy —and mix them well in. Turn the mixture into a buttered pan or mold, cover with a greased paper, and steam; or set in pan of hot water and cook in moderate oven about one hour. Carefully unmold on a hot platter, and serve with or with- out mushroom sauce (see page 69)."

 Until I found the recipe Chicken Timbale, which is similar to a bread pudding, in The Cookbook of Leftovers, I never realized how flexible a bread pudding recipe could be. There are so many variations you can make to a bread pudding recipe.

This recipe is a marriage of a Mug O'Frittata and a bread pudding.

Plus, this recipe includes sources for grain, vegetables, diary, and protein.

 

 

Mug O'Vegetable Timbale
(Adapted from: Chicken Timbale, The Cookbook of Leftovers, published by Harper & Brothers, p60)

eBook available on Project Gutenberg

 

Ingredients:

Olive oil

1-3 Drops Hot sauce

A Dash of Ground black pepper.

1-2 TBspns Pickle Juice (Optional)

A Dollop Milk

1 Egg

2 TBspns Canned mixed vegetables

1 TBspn Canned mushrooms (Optional)

1 Slice of multi-grain bread, torn into tiny pieces.

1 slice of Turkey lunchmeat, torn into pieces (Optional)

Optional Sauce: 1/8 Cup Mushroom soup mixed with a bit of hot sauce and ground black pepper.

 

For Toast Topping:

1 Slice Toast, multi-grain.

Mayo

 

 

Process:

Add a dab of oil to mug.

Swirl oil to coat bottom and sides.

Add hot sauce.

Add ground black pepper. 

Microwave mug and contents for 10 seconds.

Add pickle juice.

Add milk.

Add egg.

Stir and whip ingredients thoroughly and rigorously.

Add vegetables and mushrooms.

Add bread pieces.

Stir to make sure bread is soaked in liquid.

Add turkey pieces (Optional)

Stir and mix ingredients thoroughly.

Place mug in microwave.

Use a saucer as a cover.

Microwave on high for 2 minutes.

Check to see if liquid has been cooked off.

If not, microwave for 30-45 seconds more.

Remove.

Use a knife to separate mixture from the side of the mug.

Tip mixture onto a plate.

Heat mushroom sauce in separate bowl.

Pour over mixture.

 

Variation Toast Topping:

Place toast on plate.

Coat toast with a bit of mayo.

Spread some of the mixture over toast.

 

With or without the toast, this is a substantial meal.

 

Updated 1/16/21, text added, process changed, picture added.

 

Guest Recipe: Mom's Potato Casserole

While Mom can not join us for the holidays, she is with us in spirit.

 

 This is one of her recipes we love. 

 

Mom's Potato Casserole

 

Ingredients:

2 lbs. frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed

1/2 c. melted oleo

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

2 tbsp, dried onion

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 pt. sour cream

2 c. grated cheddar cheese

 

Process:

Mix potatoes, oleo, salt, pepper, minced onion, soup, sour cream and grated cheese together.

Spoon into a 2 quart or 9 x 13 x2 inch buttered casserole.

In a skillet, melt 1/4 cup butter and stir in crushed corn flakes. Spread on top of casserole.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

 

Gina's Dream

An Environmental Manifesto Wrapped

in a Science-Fiction Romance

 

Now Available as an Audio Book (English)

MERIDA, MEXICO -- Expat, Ria Stone published her first Smashwords fiction eBook, Gina’s Dream in 2013. 

In Gina’s Dream, Kit Brennan, SETA’s (Space Exploration Through Astronomy) Assistant Director, meets an unusual woman at a convention. She claims she is an alien. What is he to believe? What is he to do?

 

Kit’s co-worker sees her as a threat, first to his friend and then to humankind. The co-worker seeks to discover Gina’s secrets and to stop her. 

 

Gina has broken the emissaries’ primary rule by telling Kit who she is. But, she is here to defend her world from a future invasion by humans. As Gina’s safety is threatened, what will she do to defend herself?

 

Caught in the middle between his co-worker’s fears and her defense, Kit has few choices but to let Gina follow her dream.

 

What would you do if you met an alien?

 

Now, You Can Listen to Gina's Story!

 

Find Gina's Dream Audio Book at:

Barnes & Noble--Nook Books
https://www.nookaudiobooks.com/audiobook/1022544/Gina-s-Dream

 
Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/gina-s-dream-2

  

Michael Hardemann narrates Gina's Dream.

 

A Tostado Bowl

They say necessity is the mother of invention.

 

Maybe. When I found myself without any "baked" corn tortillas or toast to make a tostado, a light bulb went off, make a tortilla-less tostado, make it in a bowl. I have avoided Bowl recipes for some reason but this Tortilla-less Tostado recipe works great as a Bowl recipe.

 

While in my Tostado phase, you will see various Tostado recipes and the ingredients will vary slightly.

A Tostado Bowl

 

Pre-preparation:

DIY Sour Cream

In a refrigerator container with a lid,

Add 3 TBspns of cream.

Add 1 TBspn of apple cider vinegar.

Stir cream and vinegar together.

Cover and store in frig for 10-30 minutes. 

 

Tostado Table of layers / Ingredients:
 

"Baked" corn tortilla / tostado (Optional)
1-2 TBspns Frijoles mashed or Canned black beans
1-2 Shakes Garlic powder
1 1/2 TBspns Canned or cooked chicken, diced or 1 Slice of Turkey Lunchmeat, sliced
2 Shakes Onion flakes
1 TBspn Canned Salsa
Black pepper (Optional)
1-3 TBspns Lettuce slivers, Salad, or coleslaw mix, or cabbage slivers

1-3 Avocado slices or guacamole (Optional)
1-2 TBspns Cheese, shredded or grated
1 -2 TBspns DIY Sour cream

 

 

Process:

 

If you don't have a "baked" tortilla, use a bowl.

Add ingredients in the order of the table above.

 

 

Coming Soon! My Interview with Antoinette G. Lane, Author of Guy Williams: Man Behind the Mask

I am excited. I am going to interview Antoinette G. Lane, author of Guy Williams: Man Behind the Mask. Guy Williams was the actor who played Zorro in Walt Disney’s 19050s TV show.

 

When I watched Zorro in 1958, I was too young to understand much about TV production or the profession of acting. I just loved adventure stories. The show, Zorro, was exotic with its late 18th century Spanish-Mexican political setting, horses, sword-fights, and a handsome, masked hero saving the day. 

 

Later in 1965, I recall, I was happy to see Guy Williams on the show, “Lost in Space.” I know I watched the show just because he was in it. 

 

But, as life went on, I forgot about Guy Williams. 

 

Then, I found Zorro reruns on YouTube. Watching those shows brought back wonderful memories, and I wondered, “What happened to Guy Williams?” A few internet searches later I found Ms. Lane’s biography. 

 

What a treasure trove of information and she spent 19 years doing research for the book. 

 

In our interview, Ms. Lane will talk about the art and skills needed to write a biography, and about some of the wonderful experiences she had, as an author, during her years of research and more. 

 

The interview and other materials will be available around April 30, 2014. 

 

For more information on Ms. Lane's book go to: Antoinette G. Lane -- Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/GUY-Williams-The-Man-Behind-the-Mask/122605604480183

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