Jan's Sunday Eggs

Heat oven to 400º - Serves 8

Combine and mix well:

5 eggs

2 T melted butter

8oz Fat Free Cottage Cheese or Ricotta

2 Cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese

2 - 4oz cans of diced green chilies or the same amount of chopped Jalapeños (1 cup) - with or without seeds/ribs

1/4 C flour

1/2 t baking powder

Pour into well greased quiche pan (or a cake pie/pan)

Bake 10 minutes

Remove from oven and place 8 small tomato slices evenly around quiche

Return to oven and reduce temp to 350º

Bake 20 minutes longer.

Cut into wedges and serve. 

Mildred's Meatloaf

2 lbs Ground Beef
3 Eggs, beaten
Salt and Pepper (to taste/if you like)
1/2 C Ketchup
1/2 C Chopped Onion - or you can use chopped dried onion 1.5 T
1/4 C Cream of Rice (cereal aisle) - go by feel, start wth the 1/4 cup and add more if needed.

Topping:

Mix 1/2 C Ketchup and 1/2 C Brown Sugar.
After 1st 1/2 hour, add half of the topping.
15 min later, add the rest.

Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Mom's Meatless Stuffing

Family fave!
Not soggy.
Cooked separately from the bird, not inside - way more delish!
Even cold as leftovers to snack on from the fridge!

Serves 6-8 People

8 c Bread cubes

1/4 c Water (if new bread)

1 1/2 c Thin Sliced Celery

1 c Chopped Onion

1/2 c Unsalted Butter (1 stick)

2 Eggs

3 T Parsley Flakes

1 1/2 t Poultry Seasoning

1/2 t salt

1/2 t pepper

Cube bread. Scramble eggs together in a bowl.

Saute/Brown onion and celery in butter. 

Mix with all other ingredients.
Add Eggs to the rest, stirring to be careful so eggs don't immediately cook.

Put in foil lined/cooking-sprayed casserole bowl. Cover and Bake 1 hour 325-350º

Double: 1 1/2 Sticks Butter and 3-4 Eggs (Double everything else)

Triple: 2 Sticks Butter and 4-5 Eggs (Triple everything else)

Enjoy!

Secret Health Spices!

Well, not so secret.

I've been doing a lot of reading about the benificial properties of various spices.
Specifically ones that are supposed to help with Arthritis, Joint Pain and even Cancer Prevention.

The four I've read most about are Cayenne, Ginger, Turmeric and Black Pepper. Black Pepper activates the curcumin in Turmuric.

Basically, I've made a concoction of all four.

Equal amounts in a spice shaker.

Then I sprinkle it on my eggs, into my juice or smoothies, soups and more.
Whenever I want a bit of a kick (instead of added salt) I just give 2-3 good shakes into the beverage or dish. Heck, it's even good in a Bloody Mary!

The shaker is small enough that I can take them anywhere to flavour my food or beverages.
I try to have at least one or two items per day with a shake of 'kick'!

Try it!

*Note: I realise that I've used some cheap store spices, but only to use up what I have. Once gone, I will be purchasing organic spices, or making my own when possible, using a grinder and dehydrator, or whatever works best.

Mom's Lemon-Cream Cheese Cake (Lemon Pound Cake)

*You'll need 2 Fresh Lemons* 

Cake
3c sugar 
1 and 1/4 c butter softened 
1 8oz pkg cream cheese softened 
1T lemon juice (from a real lemon) 
1t vanilla 
1t lemon extract 
1/2 t orange extract 
1/2 t salt 
6 eggs 
3 c soft as Soft As Silk cake flour (or cake flour) 

Lemon Glaze 
1c powdered sugar 
1T butter softened 
2t grated lemon peel (real not dry) 
2-3 T lemon juice (1 big lemon) 
Mix all ingred til smooth - drizzle over cake 

Pre-heat oven to 325 

Beat sugar, butter and cream cheese til fluffy. 
Beat in lemon juice, vanilla, lemon and orange extracts, and salt. 
Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. 
Add flour and beat until smooth. 

Pour batter in a greased and floured bundt or tube pan (angelfood pan). 

Bake until golden brown and wooden stick (like a kabob/bbq skewer* - tooth pick is too short!) inserted in center comes out clean. 

* This type of skewer - found at the dollar store. 
About 1 and 1/2 hrs* 
(*this took over 2 hours 15min baked in an angel food pan - don't think my oven is off as everything else I bake is done on time - just heavy wet batter and maybe the pan? I don't have a bundt pan, nor have I tried it in smaller loaf pans - but it turned out SO DELICIOUS - so who knows. Give yourself time, and keep checking - be sure the batter is done completely.) 

Cool 10 min. 
Remove from pan turning onto a plate with an edge with a larger diameter than the cake (so the drizzled glaze has room to pool along the bottom edge of the cake). 

Cool cake completely. (Make glaze while cake cools) 

Spread glaze over the cake, letting it drizzle down the sides and down the middle too! 

Makes 12-16 Servings 

OMG OMG OMG if you or someone you knows likes/loves lemon... 
And those browned cake edges...
yeah.

 

To Die For!

Avgolemono (Greek Egg Lemon) Soup

The first time I had this was at the Greenery, and soooo delish!
I had to figure out a recipe and make it, and found it's great to solve the leftover egg yolk dilemma when I make the  light oatmeal muffins.

Avgolemono (Greek Egg Lemon) Soup - Serves 6

8 c chicken stock
1 1/2 - 2 c short grained rice, orzo or quinoa
1/2-3/4 c lemon juice or 2/3 c (4-5 fresh squeezed lemons)
6 egg yolks (or 3 whole)
1 T lemon zest
1/4 c unsalted butter
1 - 1 1/2 c cubed/shredded chicken
salt and pepper to taste
You can also throw in some chopped artichoke hearts. (opt)
Dill or parsley for garnish (opt)

If you want it more rice/chickeny use the upper measurements if more brothy, use less.

Bring chicken stock to a boil.
Add rice and reduce to simmer following cooking time on package.
Zest one lemon.
Roll lemons on counter to loosen juices up, slice and juice into a measuring cup.
Add juice, egg yolks and salt into a mixing bowl and whisk to combine.

When rice is done, remove from heat.
*Slowly add stock to egg/lemon mixture stirring constantly, so you don't curdle/cook the eggs (or you'll end up with scrambled eggs).

When all is combined, add back in pot and add butter and chicken and lemon zest, until chicken is warmed and butter is melted. It will thicken slightly. (don't boil or you'll end up with egg drop soup)
Season with salt and pepper.
Garnish with dill or parsley (opt)

Serve with a spinach salad and crusty bread or warm pita, and extra lemon on the side if desired.
Opa!