Ham & Mushroom Quiche Recipe

Saturday, I needed to take a meal to a P.E.O. friend who recently broke her hip.  Our P.E.O. group passed around a sign up sheet to take turns taking her meals twice a week for a few weeks.  Kind of interesting that she was in Arkansas to help her 102 year old aunt when she fell and broke her hip.   

This is a favorite recipe.  After having it for one meal, any extra pieces heat up in the microwave well.  It is easy to transport to take to others.


HAM & MUSHROOM QUICHE                      from Southern Living cookbooks

1 baked pie crust
3 green onions, sliced
1 T. melted butter
1 c. shredded Swiss cheese
3 slices bacon, crumbled
1  8 oz. can mushrooms
1 c. shredded ham (I like small chunks instead)
4 eggs, beaten 
1 sm. can evaporated milk
1/8 t. garlic powder
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. dry mustard
dash nutmeg
dash white pepper

Saute onions in butter.  Add mushrooms, ham and bacon.  Sprinkle cheese over crust.  Spoon meats over cheese.  Combine remaining ingredients; beat well.  Pour into shell.  Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes or until set and slightly browned.

Unbaked quiche can be covered with aluminum foil and frozen.  To serve, thaw overnight in refrigerator.  Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes.  

Overnight French Toast Recipe

If you like French Toast and/or like to have something a little nicer for breakfast if you have overnight company, you will definitely want to try this recipe!  It's a keeper.  It is almost like dessert.

Note - I always use real butter, not margarine, when baking.  It makes a big difference.

OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST

2 T. corn syrup
1/2 c. butter
1 c. packed brown sugar
5 eggs
1 1/2 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1 loaf sliced French bread

Combine the corn syrup, butter and brown sugar in a small saucepan.  Simmer until bubbly and the sugar has melted.  Pour over the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 pan.

Place bread slices (may not need the whole loaf) over the mixture in the baking dish.  In a bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, vanilla and salt; pour over bread.  Cover and refrigerate overnight.

The next morning, preheat oven to 350.  Uncover pan and bake 45 minutes.  

If you buy unsliced bread, slice it to about 1" thick.

Spraying the Beans

We had overnight company last night.  Jay and Heidi from S. Dakota were visiting family in the area.  Jay is the guy that takes Bill & friends out to the prairie dog towns when they go on their annual hunting trip in S. Dakota.  Heidi grew up here.

This morning we had a good breakfast before they headed out.  Overnight French Toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, juicy Missouri peaches and orange juice.  The Overnight French Toast was a big hit (recipe from Bill's sister - thanks Karen!)  I will share that recipe here soon.

Bill and Tim are spraying the beans fields.  Aphids have been found.  They got about 400 acres sprayed this afternoon.  We didn't have lunch due to the big breakfast so when Bill was broke down needing new fuel filters, he called for a snack and I took these pictures. 

On the way home I saw the rotten tree - looks like a good home for woodpeckers!  In the last picture, see what the last big branch left will hit when it falls!