Free Lunch

I am not shy to admit that if someone offers me a free lunch, I'm going to take it.  I'm working on a project right now and I've been blessed with free lunch every day.  Sounds good, right?  Well, sort of...


For the past week and a half, I've had some form of chicken every day for lunch.  While the chicken is prepared [somewhat] differently every day, it's pretty much the same thing.  Chicken with some kind of sauce, with rice and vegetable.  And dinner rolls.  And some kind of dessert (which I've been avoiding like the plague).


The thing is, on Sunday, but my mom and my mother in law brought us dinner at the house.  They both made a different kind of chicken.  So let's do the math:


Sunday Lunch:  Chicken (My Mom's)
Sunday Dinner:  Chicken (My mother in law's)
Monday Lunch:  Chicken (FREE LUNCH!)
Monday Dinner:  Chicken (Leftovers - My Mom's)
Tuesday Lunch:  Chicken (FREE LUNCH)


I am starting to grow feathers and a beak!  I'm turning into a chicken!!

A typical free lunch at work...Chicken rice, veggies, and a dinner roll....

Leftovers!!!

I am not a fan of leftovers.  I find that on most occasions, re-heated food is awful (with a few exceptions).  However, I do like taking my leftovers and making something new with it....QUICHE!

I find that I really only make quiche at Easter time.  There's something about ham and cheese quiche that just makes me happy.  I make it different almost every year and it's one of the very few things that I can cook and improvise and not have it come out awful.  

This year's quiche is Ham and Broccoli....Here's what I did:

The Ingredients

-Leftover ham (I used about 5-6 slices and cubed it up)

-Cheese (whatever kind you have/like.  I had some basket cheese, so I cubed up some of that)

-1 box frozen chopped broccoli, defrosted

-Onion (as much as you want, I used 1/4 of a massive onion)

-Garlic (once again, as much as you want)

-4 eggs, beaten, with a splash of milk (more, depending on the size you're making)

-Pie Crust

The Method to my Madness

-Chop the onion and saute it in a little bit of olive oil

-Add in the garlic and the defrosted broccoli

-Add in some salt and pepper (not too much salt - the ham is salty enough)

-Add in the chopped ham

Onion, Garlic, Broccoli, and Ham

-Line a pie plate with the pie crust (if you're feeling ambition, go ahead and make your own.  I bought the rolls of pie crust - thank you Pillsbury!!)

-Put all of the broccoli and ham mixture into the crust

-Put the cheese in on top and mix in it with a fork (I think that chunks of cheese works better than shredded cheese)

 

On the Left:  Basket Cheese!  On the Right:  Everything in the pie crust

-Pour the Beaten eggs/milk over the mixture and mix it in, making sure to mix everything in well

-Fold the crust over for a "rustic" look - or make a real crust if you're up to it...

-Bake at 350* for 30-45 minutes

The Finished Product

 The key to a good quiche is using whatever you want - Potatoes are great in quiche (make sure you pre-cook them so they're not hard when you try to eat it).  I would have used potatoes today, but I didn't have any....


Have fun and ENJOY!!


Points:  7 points per slice - 8 slices per pie