Ok I don't know about your family but mine hate leftovers...LOL! So I try to find new ways to use said leftovers in a new way so they don't think of it that way.
I love quiche. In case you are not familiar with it here is the Wikepedia definition:
In French cuisine, a quiche (IPA: [ki:ʃ]) is a baked dish that is made primarily of eggs and milk or cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as cooked chopped meat, vegetables, or cheese are often added to the egg mixture before the quiche is baked.
There are many variations of it but what i have found over the years is it a great way to "re-invent leftovers".
Here is the recipe I used today (but you can use pretty much any variation depending on what you have in the fridge.
The main ingredient of course is eggs. I used 9 today because well, that is how many we had left. It all depends on how dense you like it. Recipes vary from 8-15 eggs that I have seen but i like it a bit lighter so we use less.
The next main ingredient is cheese. Well at least it is in mine. Course if you follow Julia Child...Cheese is not an ingredient of the original Lorraine recipe, as Julia Child informed Americans: "The classic quiche Lorraine contains heavy cream, eggs and bacon, no cheese."[
Yeah well, I like mine with cheese...Thank you very much.
I use pretty much whatever we have in the fridge. I had some cheese we had for pizzas a few days ago and some from some tacos. I also addeda bit more colby and a bit of parmesean for good measure. AS you can see you can use pretty much whatever kind you want and amount you want. I probaby used about 1-1 1/2 cups.
The next main ingredients are sour cream, garlic and basil. I used what I had left from taco night, probably about a 1/2 cup and then a little garlic to your taste and basil. I have fresh Basil thanks to my AEROGARDEN ( Thanks MOM!) (if you ar not familiar and love basil and other spices that can be grown right in your own kitchen look here:
Next is really up to you. I added ham and bacon we had left from a breakfast and some tomato and olives left over agian from taco night. I also had a bit of cream of Spinach from one night. So you pretty much pour it all in and mix it up good.
Now you can either pour it in a large casserole dish as is or put a crust down like I do. I use leftover Ritz crackers and crumble them up and pour about 1/4 cup of butter over it a pat it down. I then our it in and cook at 350 degrees until the top is brown. I let it set for a bit before serving and viola.
Tastes really good with a loaf of french bread and some fruit.
YUMMY!!
The pictures above show the crust, filling and final product.
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