the weekend in food
Lest you think I’m a professional chef, Internet, I’ll share with you my cooking oops’ as well as the successes. I pulled ham leftover from New Years out from the freezer, and decided to attack. After this week, we may never again eat ham.
I whipped together a quiche that was good, but not in the WOW! This is SO good! category. I’m still learning when it comes to building my own recipes from scratch, as you will soon be quite aware. It started as a take on a recipe I found, but now looks nothing like the original. Which might be the problem. First, the ingredients, then the results and the play-by-play analysis:
Spinach Ham Quiche
2 c milk
2 eggs
1/2 cup egg substitute
3/4 cup bisquick
2 T butter
2 T reduced fat margarine
1/2 cup grated parmesean cheese
1o oz frozen spinach, thawed and drained
1 cup cubed ham
4 oz shredded cheddar cheese
Beat together milk, egg, egg substitute, bisquick, butter, marg, and parmesean cheese. Add spinach, ham and cheddar. Stir. Pour into greased 2 quart baking dish. Bake at 375 for 50 minutes.
The taste was actually pretty good. Something happened with the eggs, though. If anyone reads this blog - especially someone who has more knowledge of food science than I (that would be anyone) - I’d appreciate some insight. I had a thin layer of egg that seems to have separated from the rest of the mix and cooked at the bottom of the dish. Was this because I had egg and egg subtitute both in the recipe, and they acted somewhat like oil and water?
I think that next time, I’ll use swiss cheese instead of parmesean. The spinach and ham was great in it, though. I was surprised that it was still a little greasy. I can’t imagine what it would’ve been like had I used all butter and more cheese, like I was tempted to do.
Nutrition Information: 6 servings, each with 293 calories, 18 g fat and 1.2 g fiber, or 7.0 Weight Watcher points.
For kicks last night, I made Orange Curd Filled Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting, inspired by Chockylit. I’m wondering if I did something wrong with the curd, as it tasted more of egg than orange. I’m guessing I overcooked the curd. Other than that, I highly recommend those cupcakes. You eat one and hit your sugar quota for the week. Very good.
Don’t ask for the NI - you don’t want it. Just eat and smile.