casey crocker’s Quiche

I felt like it had been ages since our last cooking session together and I’ve missed this dear friend’s sweet face. We literally talked for an hour before even beginning to cook. She’s always smiling, always happy, and always an all around cheering person to spend the afternoon with. She could brighten gloomiest of days, in only moments. (I’m sure of it!)

So basic quiche it is for March…and when she told me that she knew this recipe like the back of her hand, I still wasn’t prepared for what how well she did. I was rushing to just keep up with her rapid progress, as she confidently prepared this amazing dish, at an alarming speed. It was like she started and then, bam! she was done and asking me if I was in a good position to get the shot of her putting the quiche into the oven=) Haha…it was so fun watching her in her perfect element…oh and I almost forgot to mention how beautiful she looked -  she wore this blue maxi dress that was positively stunning on her, making her already beautiful eyes, really pop=) so there’s a lot more pictures of her than normal in this post…I just couldn’t help myself=)

Seeing all these eggs made me want to raise an entire flock of chickens. (similar to the one we had growing up, back at the farm) I want a large flock, maybe like 30 plus of them someday=) then I’d sell eggs and complain about having way too many eggs, all the time. How fun would that be?!?!? Quiche is mainly eggs and so this would be a perfect dish for me to make once I have my dream flock of chickens, hopefully one day=) Forgive a girl for wishing…out loud..haha=)That’s what makes this dish taste perfect. I think I’ve shared how much I absolutely adore onions…if it wasn’t what they do to your breath, I’d eat one every. single. day. They are like the best vegetable God ever created. Onions, oh, and avocados….seriously avocados are AMAZING!Don’t you just LOVE her spoon ring! Isn’t she just so lovely!?!? Yeah I just kept taking pictures of her. I think we’ve both gotten so comfortable with this entire cooking/photography thing. We never stop talking and I just snap away and she just cooks (hardly any silence, poor Carl has to listen to us=)…even the photos of Casey are so spontaneous and turn out so wonderfully! Charlie’s beginning to like me, I think…He acted very happy to see me for the first time, on Sunday….but he still won’t let me pick him up. Even though with all that blonde thick fur and cute face, I was almost ready to just snatch him up whether or not he wanted it=) It was the first warm day here in Indiana so Casey had her windows open…and Charlie was in heaven=) And lots of mozzarella cheese!!! definitely add the cheese…She added just the right amount of chees to this so that the quiche wasn’t at all runny.  I had to note that for future reference, when of course I make this for my family, in the very near future. Because knowing me, that would be the mistake I’d make=) Don’t judge, I’m a recovering “health nut.”That blue casserole dish is just plain lovely! I want it     ….one just like it=)It amazes me, still, how Casey always cooks everything to perfection! This is a common error I make, either over cooking something or the complete opposite. In fact, this happened to the blueberry muffins I made for my parents to take with them to MO this week – they were under cooked. (Isaac’s national, basketball, tournament is held out there every year, for a week. And both parents go along to cheer their youngest on). When mom called and I asked her if she liked the cookies etc. that I had baked for them She was like the “cookies are great, but we haven’t started on the muffin yet”…ahem I wonder why=P I need Casey at my house so she can be my 24/7 food display personnel…but that would only be reality in a perfect world, and we all know the one we live in is fare from what that word describes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry Casey but these were just too beautiful not to share…=)

Hey hurry over to Casey’s blog to get the recipe. She has several substitution ideas…personally I want to try making it with the tomato with basil, she suggested. And I will totally be up for eating left overs of this…it’s amazing the second day, even can be eaten as a cold lunch=)

Have you ever made quiche and if so what are some of your substitution ideas??? please share them and the recipes…I would love to try them=)

Happy Friday folks!!!!!

 

my love<3

When I can’t deal with the stress of the busy corporate world I just escape to a place that’s familiar to me. Filled with quiet and love. A place where I know God is. Because here I can feel and hear Him.

The freezing wind biting at my nose. The cold, wet snow fogging my camera lens. And me soaking in the most beautiful of sceneries, with numb fingers and toes. Totally happy…because I’m here;

alone.

Alone in the world that make complete sense, where life is only about instinct. Not rules.

"Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ... a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl.  And the anticipation nurtures our dream."
-  Barbara Winkler

“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” -
Martin Luther

“The earth is the LORD'S, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.” – Psalm 24:1

“In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.”
 -Charles A. Lindbergh

”Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.” -George Washington Carver

I’m only two months into the year…2015 looked so promising at the beginning. And so far hasn’t let my expectations for it, down.

Just since the start of the year, God has been opening doors…resulting in me having to make some huge life decisions…I mean crazy big ones! But even though it’s been a tough emotional roller coaster, for me, the last few weeks, I’m happy to say I’m through the bulk of it and now strictly onto finalizing each one of them.  What I planned for myself the beginning of the year isn’t all holding together…like maybe jumping ahead a few years…I have to be okay with it. God’s plans are better anyway=) “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jer. 29:11 Being flexible and resting in the knowledge that God knows what He’s doing. I can’t wait to share more details about these things but I need to wait until everything is completely set in stone.

Happy Friday!!!

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casey crocker’s No Bake Cake Batter Truffles

“Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath makes me lazy, but I love you nonetheless.” –Terri Guillemets

It’s officially WINTER!!!!! yay! we a have few months a head of us that will be stuffed full with cozy clothes, warm drinks, lots of comfort foods, sweets and bunches of family time. I mean we’ve already started the “every nights a movie night” thing here at my house. I can’t possible watch them all with them, but I’m starting to fall asleep listening to classic Christmas movies like “It’s a wonderful life”.

Casey and I decided on these delicious Truffles for Christmas, something simple yet so yummy! These would be perfect as a last minute treat to add to your Christmas Day goodies or even to make with the kids=) These would be simple perfect for any Holiday party.

Casey cooks with such ease, it simply amazes me! Never rushes or makes mistakes. Definitely the model cook=)

Check out the recipe over on Casey’s blog=) be sure to let her what you think!

 

By far my favorite picture of them all=)I blinked every. single. time. she hit the table with this, surprisingly I got one clear picture=)It smelled so good! The peppermint….So lovely!

I ate one…no maybe two…they were absolutely perfect!

What Holiday treats have you been making lately