Recipe of the Moment - Mushroom Quiche and Sausage Pepper Quiche

This comes to us courtesy of my friend Jess' baby shower. I was asked to help host, and my part of hosting involved the food prep. I was very excited to be a part of this wonderful day. We have such an awesome group of women at our church, and spending the morning with them while celebrating a new little life was great.

For my part, I baked a bunch of mini cupcakes (recipe forthcoming), and I also made two different quiches. Quiches are a great baby shower food. They are easy to make, appropriate for a breakfast or brunch time, and usually very yummy. I have a certain favorite quiche recipe (this one, thank you Barbara Bush), and it's very easy to tweak and play with. It gives you the basic proportions for a quiche and allows you to then play with ingredients at a whim. One of these was the basic mushroom quiche that the recipe calls for with a few tweaks depending on my spice rack, and one sausage pepper version that I made up. Both were delicious. I was quite pleased. I'll give you the recipes for them both.

Photo courtesy of Jenna Satterthwaite - jennaseverythingblog.wordpress.com

Mushroom Quiche

Ingredients

2 T butter

1 1/4 lbs baby bella mushrooms (aka Crimini or Italian brown mushrooms), chopped

3 green onions, choppped

3 garlic cloves, minced

3 shallots, minced

2 1/2 t marjoram

2 t basil

1 1/2 t salt

1/2 t thyme

1/2 t black pepper

1/2 t dry mustard

4 eggs

3/4 c 2% milk

1 unbaked 9 inch frozen pie crust

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees

2. Melt butter in medium or large skillet over medium-high heat

3. Saute mushrooms, green onions, garlic, shallots and all herbs till almost all mushroom liquid has evaporated

4. Let mushroom mixture cool completely

5. Beat eggs and milk together thoroughly

6. Add mushroom mixture to egg mixture

7. Pre-bake frozen pie crust for 10 minutes, till light brown and bubbly

8. Pour mushroom mixture into pie crust

9. Turn oven down to 375 and when at correct temperature, bake quiche until puffy and starting to brown, about 40 min, give or take 5 minutes

10. Let sit about 5 min before serving

Sausage and Pepper Quiche

Ingredients
2 T olive oil
2 links italian style sausage, diced
1/2 white onion, diced
1 red pepper, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 T cumin
1 1/2 T coriander
1 t garlic salt
1 t black pepper
4 eggs
3/4 c 2% milk
1 unbaked 9 inch pie crust

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. Heat olive oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat
3. Saute sausage, onion, pepper and garlic for about 3 minutes
4. Add in spices and saute till veggies are soft, about 3 more minutes
5. Let sausage mixture cool completely
6. Beat eggs and milk together thoroughly

7. Add sausage mixture to egg mixture

8. Pre-bake frozen pie crust for 10 minutes, till light brown and bubbly

9. Pour sausage mixture into pie crust

10. Turn oven down to 375 and when at correct temperature, bake quiche until puffy and starting to brown, about 40 min, give or take 5 minutes

11. Let sit about 5 min before serving

Enjoy!