quick and easy (and delicious) quiche!

This morning I desperately needed to get some dinner going before I thought about the rest of the day. When I'm in a rush, easy dinner= QUICHE! When we were first married, my husband was so amazed that his wife could whip up a quiche so effortlessly. He said he'd only ever had quiche in restaurants, and that mine was much better than those. Well, here's my secret: it's the easiest thing in the world. Those restaurants were just doing a bad job. I always keep some pre-made pie crusts in the fridge. They last forever (at least several months), are pretty inexpensive, and are SUCH a pain to make from scratch.



My ingredients this time around: 

1 Pillsbury pie crust 

layer: 
8 oz cheddar cheese, grated 
8 oz frozen spinach, thawed 
8 oz frozen broccoli, thawed 

combine: 
5 eggs 
1.5 cups milk 
a dash of allspice 
 a pinch of salt 
half a pinch of ground black pepper 

Pie crust goes in the pie plate. First put a layer of cheese- whatever you have on hand is fine! For me it's usually cheddar. Then add whatever you have for a filling. For me, it's usually spinach or broccoli, or in this case, both. We're being pescetarians for Lent, but I'll often add leftover chicken, too. Finally, the egg mixture gets poured over it all and you're ready to bake!

 

Place it all in your preheated oven at 375 for about an hour, until it's nicely browned on top. 

 

I'll have a happy husband tonight!