My gardening breakfast simply couldn't have gone any better today. It was heavily attended by many of my very favorite people, I didn't burn anything, and the weather was gorgeous. On the menu was fresh fruit, blackberry muffins, and my go-to company breakfast dish, Bacon and Asparagus Quiche. Pitty Pat contributed some melt-in-your-mouth chocolate covered peanuts.
Bacon and Asparagus Quiche
Yields one 9 inch quiche
PREP TIME
25 Min
COOK TIME
35 Min
READY IN
1 Hr
INGREDIENTS
1/2 pound fresh asparagus
4 slices thick slice bacon
1 (8 inch) unbaked pie shells (I use Pillsbury that come rolled up)
1/2 egg white, lightly beaten
2 eggs
3/4 cup half-and-half cream
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Snap asparagues into approx. 1 inch pieces discarding tougher bottom pieces. Line a shallow jelly roll pan w/tin foil, spray w/ nonstick cooking spray. Place asparagus on foil, drizzle w/olive oil, sprinkle w/salt and pepper and roast for 15-20 minuties or until tender. Cool.
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
Brush pie shells with beaten egg white. Sprinkle crumbled bacon and chopped asparagus into pie shells.
In a bowl, beat together eggs, cream, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Sprinkle Swiss cheese over bacon and asparagus. Pour egg mixture on top of cheese.
Bake uncovered in preheated oven until firm, about 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before serving.
As is our way, we chatted away at about 90 miles through the entire event. Satan, who mysteriously disappeared at the time of the first arrivals, spent quite a bit of time sequestered on his porch sprucing up his plant collection and no doubt feeling smug about his already beautifully blooming Clematis. At one point I went out to get him (so he could say hi to our guests) only to find the porch desserted. No one had seen him traverse the living room, which could only mean that, at some point, he actually leapt to the ground (a one-story drop).
Despite this disappearing act, he still managed to point out to one guest his rose bushes which are on the verge of mad crazy blooms.
I myself could not help but ponder this morning how lucky I am to have such bright, intelligent, articulate women in my life.
I am truly blessed.
Bacon and Asparagus Quiche
Yields one 9 inch quiche
PREP TIME
25 Min
COOK TIME
35 Min
READY IN
1 Hr
INGREDIENTS
1/2 pound fresh asparagus
4 slices thick slice bacon
1 (8 inch) unbaked pie shells (I use Pillsbury that come rolled up)
1/2 egg white, lightly beaten
2 eggs
3/4 cup half-and-half cream
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Snap asparagues into approx. 1 inch pieces discarding tougher bottom pieces. Line a shallow jelly roll pan w/tin foil, spray w/ nonstick cooking spray. Place asparagus on foil, drizzle w/olive oil, sprinkle w/salt and pepper and roast for 15-20 minuties or until tender. Cool.
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
Brush pie shells with beaten egg white. Sprinkle crumbled bacon and chopped asparagus into pie shells.
In a bowl, beat together eggs, cream, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Sprinkle Swiss cheese over bacon and asparagus. Pour egg mixture on top of cheese.
Bake uncovered in preheated oven until firm, about 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before serving.
As is our way, we chatted away at about 90 miles through the entire event. Satan, who mysteriously disappeared at the time of the first arrivals, spent quite a bit of time sequestered on his porch sprucing up his plant collection and no doubt feeling smug about his already beautifully blooming Clematis. At one point I went out to get him (so he could say hi to our guests) only to find the porch desserted. No one had seen him traverse the living room, which could only mean that, at some point, he actually leapt to the ground (a one-story drop).
Despite this disappearing act, he still managed to point out to one guest his rose bushes which are on the verge of mad crazy blooms.
I myself could not help but ponder this morning how lucky I am to have such bright, intelligent, articulate women in my life.
I am truly blessed.
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