quiche

I made quiche this morning and added two tbsp sour cream, two tbsp salsa and one tsp of hot sauce (next time I'm doing more). It's so nice when I realize I have either all or most of the ingredients to make something I'm craving. All I had to pick up was a pie crust.

Starter quiche
1 9-inch refrigerated pie crust (I use Pillsbury)
4 eggs
1.5 cup milk or cream (I use skim milk)
1.75 cup shredded cheese (I use cheddar or a Mexican cheese blend, but swiss works too)
2 TBSP flour
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
pinch of salt

Optional add-ins
crumbled bacon or sausage
chopped spinach, bell peppers or mushrooms
salsa
sour cream
hot sauce
ground pepper

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix eggs and milk in one bowl and flour, cheese and cayenne pepper in another (mix any add-ins in this bowl as well). Combine.

Pour quiche mixture over pie crust and bake for 50-60 min. I move mine to the lower rack after 30 minutes so the crust doesn't burn. Prick with a fork to make sure the eggs are set, and then move the quiche to a cooling rack and let it sit for an hour or two before refrigerating. 

I've been keeping on track for trying a new recipe once a week, but I'm a little embarrassed to tell you what I made last. The recipe doesn't involve any cooking skills whatsoever, but I had Simply Potatoes and almost all the other ingredients, so I thought why not? I've had it at a friend's and it was delicious. If you don't have cornflakes, don't bother. I tried using crushed saltines and it wasn't horrible, but the original recipe is much, much better!

Any recipe suggestions?

game night

I'm hosting game night for my Bible study girls on Monday, and I'm curious - what are your favorite group games?

Mine are:

(if you can't see me, I'm Balderdash and I'm awesome)

yeah I like games. my friend Annie reminded me of the crazy fun game of Kemps, which I haven't played in years. My brother and I have the best agreeing signal everrr. I also enjoy a good game of pinochle - the game that I avoided for sixteen or so years of my life. My family played practically every Sunday when I was growing up. I read books on the couch and they played pinochle. Now I'm the pinochle master. :) Not really. (But yea.)

wintery date

wintery date by laurarennie featuring red gloves

girl's night

Yesterday afternoon I slid my mix CD of The Format songs into my car's player and headed down the highway to Waynesboro. The days before held the excited, almost desperate e-mails and texts of girls ready to share victories, admit mistakes and simply be real with one another.

Kelly surprised me with some adorable handmade stationary and *gasp* the blue vintage earrings I had spotted at The Lady Jane the last time the two of us hung out. I left the shop without them, and Kelly drove back later that evening and bought them for me! Another perfect example of good gifting.

Confession - there is no way I deserve the awesome girls that I call my friends. they're way too amazing.

We had the best of intentions to do our nails, hit up a store or two and watch "Sabrina" with our friend Amber, but as always, we had too much to chat about to do anything else for five and a half hours (except eat lots of bread and chocolate, of course). We finally turned the movie on and snuggled together under a blanket, giggling about bad breath and rumbly stomachs - the perfect end to the perfect evening.

if you haven't seen "Sabrina" (the 1995 version), I'd be more than happy to loan it to you. just don't tell me if you don't like it, because then I'll have to shake some sense into you.

self portrait

I had a lisp when I was a kid and it comes out every now and then when I'm exhausted. In the fourth grade I began mimicking Stacey's handwriting (from "The Babysitter's Club") and got in trouble for dotting my I's with hearts. I always request the window seat on airplanes.  I love the smell of cinnamon gum. "I Need Love" is my favorite NSync song. I struggle with road rage. I'm always appalled when people don't keep tissues in their house. Cheese and bread are my favorite foods.